05/22/2007
Montana Court Holds Attorney-Client Confidentiality is not a Defense to Attorney's Lack of Candor With Court or to Assisting in Client Fraud
In the Matter of Steven T. Potts, ___P.3d___, 2007 WL 852362 (Mont. 2007)
Brief Summary
The Supreme Court of Montana held that an attorney could not use the duty of confidentiality under RPC 1.6 to justify misrepresentations to opposing counsel or to a trial court.
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