Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam Practice Question
Attorney Jordan represents a publishing company in a deal with a printer to produce a line of textbooks. The company says that cost figures may be disclosed to help complete the agreement. The printer requests the itemized budget. Is Jordan allowed to reveal it?
Yes. It is appropriate to share those details within the client’s guidelines for finalizing the negotiations.
No because an itemized budget goes outside the bounds of the client's instructions.
No. The lawyer maintains confidentiality for certain financial information both publicly and privately.
Yes. Attorneys can unveil some of a client’s information to close an agreement.
The lawyer is authorized to share the cost data because the client granted permission to disclose details for completing the agreement. Stating that an attorney can freely unveil client information is too broad and does not respect the scope of authorized disclosure. Maintaining confidentiality for certain budget items while ignoring the client’s direction overlooks the express or implied authority to share relevant information for negotiation purposes.
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