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The Attorney-Client Privilege After Attorney Disclosure, Michigan Law Review
The Attorney-Client Privilege After Attorney Disclosure, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
This Note examines the interests that must be balanced in determining when an attorney's disclosure waives the attorney-client privilege. Part I presents three judicial standards defining the class of attorney disclosures that waive the privilege: the traditional client consent rule that only attorney disclosures to which the client has consented constitute waiver; the broader "implied authority" view that attorney disclosures made with the client's consent or with an intent to further the client's cause constitute waiver; and the still more expansive view that all attorney disclosures falling within the scope of the attorney's agency authority to act for the client …
Lawyer's Writing, Richard C. Wydick
Lawyer's Writing, Richard C. Wydick
Michigan Law Review
A review of How To Write Plain English: A Book for Lawyers & Consumers by Rudolf Flesch
The Lawsuit Lottery: Only The Lawyers Win, Michigan Law Review
The Lawsuit Lottery: Only The Lawyers Win, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Book Notice about The Lawsuit Lottery: Only the Lawyers Win by Jeffrey O'Connell
Machiavelli And The Bar: Ethical Limitations On Lying In Negotiation, James J. White
Machiavelli And The Bar: Ethical Limitations On Lying In Negotiation, James J. White
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Upon the enactment of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, published ethical norms will for the first time give explicit consideration to the lawyer's behavior in the process of negotiation. Rules 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 deal with negotiation. Although the Canons, the interpretations of the Canons, and the Disciplinary Rules and Ethical Considerations gave tangential consideration to negotiating, 1 none of the Disciplinary Rules or Ethical Considerations explicitly considered negotiation apart from the process of litigation or counseling. The mere recognition of negotiation as a separate process worthy of unique rules is a large step. The purpose of this paper …