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2. American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct

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   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.

3. Attorney–client privilege - Wikipedia

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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."

4. Legal professional privilege - Wikipedia

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   In common law jurisdictions and some civil law jurisdictions, legal professional privilege protects all communications between a professional legal adviser (a solicitor, barrister or attorney) and his or her clients from being disclosed without the permission of the client. The privilege is that of the client and not that of the lawyer.

5. Legal ethics - Wikipedia

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   The Model Rules address many topics which are found in state ethics rules, including the client-lawyer relationship, duties of a lawyer as advocate in adversary proceedings, dealings with persons other than clients, law firms and associations, public service, advertising, and maintaining the integrity of the profession. Respect of client ...

6. Duty of confidentiality - Wikipedia

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   The duty is sourced from a combination of contract law and equity arising from the distinctive relationship between lawyer and client. The solicitor or attorney is an agent of the client under the law of agency. In contract, the duty arises from terms contained in the retainer agreement. Complementarily, equity prohibits unauthorised use or ...

7. Privilege (evidence) - Wikipedia

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   One well-known privilege is the solicitor–client privilege, referred to as the attorney–client privilege in the United States and as the legal professional privilege in Australia. This protects confidential communications between a client and his or her legal adviser for the dominant purpose of legal advice. [1]

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9. Withdrawal from representation - Wikipedia

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   An attorney may voluntarily terminate the attorney-client relationship at any time and without reason, if this will not have a material adverse effect on the interests of the client. Even if the withdrawal will be adverse to the client the attorney may still withdraw for a number of reasons: The client is engaged in illegal or fraudulent activity.