Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam Practice Question
An attorney represents a client who discloses a plan to cause physical harm to someone at the client's workplace. Which choice is the best approach regarding the attorney's confidentiality obligation?
Inform your client's workplace.
Notify the relevant authorities if release of information is essential to prevent harm.
Maintain silence about the client's plan, emphasizing the principles of confidentiality above all else.
Publicize the threat broadly to ensure the client's intention is exposed to as many people as possible.
Under professional rules, an attorney is permitted to share confidential information if the attorney reasonably concludes disclosure may prevent significant harm or death. The option that supports revealing details to the proper channels meets this criterion. One incorrect option suggests withholding all information, which contradicts the principle of preventing threatened harm. Another option advocates public disclosure, which exceeds what the rule permits and could compromise client information more than necessary.
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