When lawyers aim to withdraw from a representation, they must maintain client confidentiality in all but rare circumstances, ...

Lawyers are known to "talk shop" with other lawyers, online or in person, to review hot legal issues of the day. One popular legal community is the listserv—an email group that may be tailored to a ...

A recent decision from the Pennsylvania Superior Court raises the question of whether the attorney-client privilege applies ...

In law, confidentiality is sacred, or nearly so. Generally, it appears in either one of two settings: confidentiality between a lawyer and his client, and confidentiality in settlement negotiations.

I hear this concern often. Lawyers, legal marketing professionals, and others in law firms tell me that lawyers remain very concerned about how to stay out of trouble when posting in social media.

Supplement in print: Order print copies of the law in academe supplements from May 2005 and June 2004 What is the attorney-client privilege? The attorney-client privilege protects the confidentiality ...

A new court filing indicates Kathryn Ruemmler, now the top Goldman Sachs lawyer, communicated with Jeffrey Epstein about sex ...

Maintaining client confidentiality is a cornerstone of practicing law, and it is also essential to preserving trust and maintaining professionalism. Unfortunately, many lawyers forget or are not aware ...

Nathan Emmerich is affiliated with the Research Ethics Group of the Academy of Social Sciences. The views expressed here are his own and may not reflect those of the Research Ethics Group or its ...

A newly proposed AICPA ethics rule would clarify that certain reviews of a tax practice are included in the exceptions to the AICPA Professional Standards prohibition on disclosing confidential client ...

(hope this is the right place to post this, but here it is)<P>How many of you (who have "clients") hold all their information in confidence and do not release that information to anyone.<P>The ...