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Timestamp: 2019-05-22 02:45:33
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 68', '§ 86', '§ 69', '§ 68', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 68', '§ 71', '§ 68', '§ 70', '§ 72', '§ 68', '§ 72', '§ 68', '§ 70', '§ 70', '§ 73', '§ 70', '§ 74', '§ 73', '§ 68', '§ 75', '§ 68', '§ 76', '§ 68', '§ 77', '§ 78', '§ 81', '§ 86', '§ 78', '§ 79', '§ 80', '§ 81', '§ 82', '§ 83', '§ 84', '§ 68', '§ 70', '§ 85', '§ 68', '§ 86', '§ 68', '§ 68', '§ 78']

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RULE 7.1 COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING
A LAWYER'S SERVICES
RULE 7.3 DIRECT CONTACT WITH
(c) Every written, recorded or electronic communication from a lawyer soliciting professional employment from a prospective client known to be in need of legal services in a particular matter shall include the words "Advertising Material" on the outside envelope, if any, and at the beginning and ending of any recorded or electronic communication, unless the recipient of the communication is a person specified in paragraphs (a)(1) or (a)(2).
(d) Notwithstanding the prohibitions in paragraph (a), a lawyer may participate with a prepaid or group legal service plan operated by an organization not owned or directed by the lawyer that uses in-person or telephone contact to solicit memberships or subscriptions for the plan from persons who are not known to need legal services in a particular matter covered by the plan
RULE 7.4 Communication of Fields of
denotes that the person involved actually supposed the fact in question to be true. A person's belief may be inferred from circumstances
when used in reference to the informed consent of a person, denotes informed consent that is given in writing by the person or a writing that a lawyer promptly transmits to the person confirming an oral informed consent. See paragraph (e) for the definition of "informed consent." If it is not feasible to obtain or transmit the writing at the time the person gives informed consent, then the lawyer must obtain or transmit it within a reasonable time thereafter
Firm or "law firm
denotes a lawyer or lawyers in a law partnership, professional corporation, sole proprietorship or other association authorized to practice law; or lawyers employed in a legal services organization or the legal department of a corporation or other organization
Fraud or "fraudulent
denotes conduct that is fraudulent under the substantive or procedural law of the applicable jurisdiction and has a purpose to deceive
denotes the agreement by a person to a proposed course of conduct after the lawyer has communicated adequate information and explanation about the material risks of and reasonably available alternatives to the proposed course of conduct
denotes actual knowledge of the fact in question. A person's knowledge may be inferred from circumstances
denotes a member of a partnership, a shareholder in a law firm organized as a professional corporation, or a member of an association authorized to practice law
when used in relation to conduct by a lawyer denotes the conduct of a reasonably prudent and competent lawyer
Reasonable belief or reasonably believes
when used in reference to a lawyer denotes that the lawyer believes the matter in question and that the circumstances are such that the belief is reasonable
when used in reference to a lawyer denotes that a lawyer of reasonable prudence and competence would ascertain the matter in question
denotes the isolation of a lawyer from any participation in a matter through the timely imposition of procedures within a firm that are reasonably adequate under the circumstances to protect information that the isolated lawyer is obligated to protect under these Rules or other law
when used in reference to degree or extent denotes a material matter of clear and weighty importance
denotes a tangible or electronic record of a communication or representation, including handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photography, audio or videorecording and e-mail. A "signed" writing includes an electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a writing and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the writing
RULE 5.1 RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PARTNER
OR SUPERVISORY LAWYER
RULE 5.2 RESPONSIBILITIES OF A
SUBORDINATE LAWYER
§ 68 Attorney-Client Privilege
Except as otherwise provided in this Restatement, the attorney-client privilege may be involked as provided in § 86 with respect to:
(1) a communication
(2) made between privileged persons
(3) in confidence
(4) for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal assistance for the client.
§ 69 Attorney-Client Privilege - "Communication"
A communication within the meaning of § 68 is any expression through which a privileged person, as defined in § 70, undertakes to convey information to another privileged person and any document or other record revealing such an expression.
§ 70 Attorney-Client Privilege - "Privileged Persons"
Privileged persons within the meaning of § 68 are the client (including a prospective client), the client's lawyer, agents of either who faciliate the representation.
§ 71 Attorney-Client Privilege - "In Confidence"
A communication is in confidence within the meaning the meaning of § 68 if, at the time and in the circumstances of the communication, the communicating person reasonably believes that no one will learn the contents of the communication except a privileged person as defined in § 70 or another person with whom communications are protected under a similar privilege
§ 72 Attorney-Client Privilege - Legal assistance as the Object of a Privileged Communication
A communication is made for the purpose of obtaining or providing legal assistance within the meaning of § 68 if it is made to or to assist a person:
(1) who is a lawyer or who the client or prospective client reasonably believes to be a lawyer; and
(2) who the client or prospective client consults for the purpose of obtaining legal assistance.
§ 72 The Privilege for an Organizational Client
When a client is a corporation, unincorporated association, partnership, trust, estate, sole proprietorship, or other for-profit or not-for-profit organization, the attorney-client privilege extends to a communication that:
(1) otherwise qualifies as privileged under §§ 68-72;
(2) is between an agent of the organization and a privileged person as defined in § 70;
(3) concerns a legal matter of interest to the organization; and
(4) is disclosed only to:
(a) privileged persons as defined § 70; and
(b) other agents of the organization who reasonably need to know of the communication in order to act for the organization.
§ 73 The Privilege for an Organization Client
(a) privileged persons as defined in § 70; and
(b) other agents of the organization who reasonably need to know of the communication in order to act for the organization
§ 74 The Privilege for a Governmental Client
Unless applicable law otherwise provides, the attorney-client privilege extends to a communication of a governmental organization as stated in § 73 and of an individual employee or other agent of a governmental organization as a client with respect to his or her personal interest as stated in §§ 68-72.
§ 75 The Privilege of Co-Clients
(1) If two or more persons are jointly represented by the same lawyer in a matter, a communication of either co-client that otherwise qualifies as privileged under §§ 68-72 and relates to matters of common interest is privileged as against third persons, and any co-client may invoke the privilege, unless it has been waived by the client who made the communication.
(2) Unless the co-clients have agreed otherwise, a communication described in Subsection (1) is not privileged as between the co-clients in a subsequent adverse proceeding between them.
§ 76 The Privilege in Common-Interest Arrangements
(1) If two or more clients with a common interest in a litigated or nonlitigated matter are represented by separate lawyers and they agree to exchange information concerning the matter, a communication of any such client that otherwise qualifies as privileged under §§ 68-72 that relates to the matter is privileged as against third persons. Any such client may invoke the privilege, unless it has been waived by the client who made the communication.
(2) Unless the clients have agreed otherwise, a communication described in Subsection (1) is not privileged as between clients described in Subsection (1) in a subsequent adverse proceeding between them.
§ 77 Duration of the Privilege
Unless waived (see §§ 78 - 80) or subject to exception (see §§ 81-85), the attorney-client privilege may be invoked as provided in § 86 at any time during or after termination of the relationship between client or prospective client and lawyer.
§ 78 Agreement, Disclaimer, or Failure to Object
The attorney-client privilege is waived if the client, the client's lawyer, or anothr authorized agent of the client:
(1) agrees to waive the privilege;
(2) disclaims protection of the privilege and
(a) another person reasonably relies on hte disclaimer to that person's detriment: or
(b) reasons of judicial administration require that the client not be permitted to revoke the disclaimer; or
(3) in a proceeding before a tribunal, fails to object properly to an attempt by another person to give or exact testimony or other evidence of a privileged communication.
§ 79 Subsequent Disclosure
The attorney-client privilege is waived if the client, the client's lawyer, or another authorized agent of the client voluntarily discloses the communication in a nonprivileged communication.
§ 80 Putting Assistance or a Communication in Issue
(1) The attorney-client privilege is waived for any relevant communication if the client asserts as to a material issue in a proceeding that:
(a) the client acted upon the advice of a lawyer or that the advice was otherwise relevant to the legal significance of the client's conduct; or
(b) a lawyer's assistance was ineffective, negligent, or otherwise wrongful.
(2) The attorney-client privilege is waived for a recorded communication if a witness:
(a) employs the communication to aid the witness while testifying; or
(b) employed the communication in preparing to testify, and the tribunal finds that disclosure is required in the interests of justice.
§ 81 A Dispute concerning a Decedent's Disposition of Property
The attorney-client privilege does not apply to a communication from or to a decedent relevant to an issue between parties who claim an interest through the same deceased client, either by testate or intestate succession or by an inter vivos transaction
§ 82 Client Crime or Fraud
(a) consults a lawyer for the purpose, later accomplished, of obtaining assistance to engage in a crime or fraud or aiding a third person to do so, or
(b) regardless of the client's purpose at the time of consultation, uses the lawyer's advice or other services to engage in or assist a crime or fraud.
§ 83 Lawyer Self-Protection
(1) to resolve a dispute with a client concerning compensation or reimbursement that the lawyer reasonably claims the client owes the lawyer; or
(2) to defend the lawyer or the lawyer's associate or agent against a charge by any person that the lawyer, associate, or agent acted wrongfully during the course of representing a client.
§ 84 Fiduciary-Lawyer Communications
In a proceeding in which a trustee of an express trust or similar fiduciary is charged with breach of fiduciary duties by a beneficiary, a communication otherwise within § 68 is nonetheless not privileged if the communication:
(a) is relevant to the claimed breach; and
(b) was between the trustee and a lawyer (or other privileged person within the meaning of § 70) who was retained to advise the trustee concerning the administration of the trust.
§ 85 Communications Involving a Fiduciary Within an Organization
In a proceeding involving a dispute between an organizational client and shareholders, members, or other constituents of the organization toward whom the directors, officers, or similar persons managing the organization bear fiduciary responsibilities, the attorney-client privilege of the organization may be withheld from a communication otherwise within § 68 if the tribunal finds that:
(a) those managing the organization are charged with breach of their obligations toward the shareholders, members, or other constituents or toward the organization itself;
(b) the communication occurred prior to the assertion of the charges and relates directly to those charges; and
(c) the need of the requesting party to discover or introduce the communication is sufficiently compelling and the threat to confidentiality sufficiently confined to justify setting the privilege aside.
§ 86 Invoking the Privilege and Its Exceptions
(1) When an attempt is made to introduce in evidence or obtain discovery of a communication privileged under § 68:
(a) A client, a personal representative of an incompetent or deceased client, or a person succeeding to the interest of a client may invoke or waive the privilege, either personally or through counsel or another authorized agent.
(b) A lawyer, an agent of the lawyer, or an agent of a client from whom a
privileged communication is sought must invoke the privilege when doing so appears reasonably appropriate, unless the client:
(i) has waived the privilege; or
(ii) has authorized the lawyer or agent to waive it.
(c) Notwithstanding failure to invoke the privilege as specified in Subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b), the tribunal has discretion to invoke the privilege.
(2) A person invoking the privilege must ordinarily object contemporaneously to an attempt to disclose the communication and, if the objection is contested, demonstrate each element of the privilege under § 68.
(3) A person invoking a waiver of or exception to the privilege (§§ 78-85) must assert it and, if the assertion is contested, demonstrate each element of the waiver or exception.
RULE 1.8 CONFLICT OF INTEREST:
CURRENT CLIENTS: SPECIFIC RULES
RULE 4.2 COMMUNICATION WITH PERSON
RULE 5.3 RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING
RULE 5.5 UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW;
RULE 1.10 IMPUTATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:
RULE 1.11 SPECIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR
FORMER AND CURRENT GOVERNMENT
(b) A lawyer may act as advocate in a trial in which another lawyer in the lawyer's firm is likely to be called as a witness unless precluded from doing so by Rule 1.7 or Rule 1.9