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Attorney–client privilege or lawyer–client privilege is the common law doctrine of legal professional privilege in the United States. Attorney–client privilege is "[a] client's right to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and the attorney."
Attorney–client privilege is a legal concept that protects communications between a client and his or her attorney and keeps the communications confidential in both civil and criminal cases. The privilege encourages open and honest communication between clients and attorneys.
Number Name Notable Rules 1 Client-Lawyer Relationship 1.1: Duty of Competence [7]; 1.6: Confidentiality of client information. [8] Note that these confidentiality requirements overlap with but are distinct from evidentiary rules of attorney-client privilege.
When it comes to the attorney-client privilege, confidentiality matters. The privilege ordinarily is lost when otherwise confidential attorney-client communications are exposed to third parties ...
WilmerHale partner Seth Waxman said attorney-client privilege rules barred him from discussing the firm's involvement in the new case or other client work.
Witnesses interviewed in the federal investigation around efforts to overturn the election withheld information on the basis of an assertion of attorney-client privilege, special counsel Jack ...
AG Dana Nessel said Michigan State University's use of attorney-client privilege to keep Larry Nassar documents secret "was not always appropriate."
Unfortunately, they have to be careful how to approach the situation without revealing that Carrie had broken her attorney-client privilege. With the help of Homicide Detective Paul Dockry, an old acquaintance of Gibbs, they manage to trick Kaiser in testifying against Dunne and Chandler.