04/15/2009
Lawyer Who Never Talks to a Client Still May Owe Duty of Confidentiality
D.C. Bar Association Ethics Opinion 346 (2009)
Brief Summary
A lawyer who receives a prospective client’s confidences, as well as permission to talk about the matter with other lawyers not in the same firm, is an agent of the client when talking to the other lawyers. The other lawyers therefore owe the prospective client a duty of confidentiality.
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