Opinion ID: 1813026
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Heading: relators' legal right

Text: The relators must demonstrate clearly and conclusively that they are entitled to the particular remedy sought. See State ex rel. Upper Republican NRD, supra . A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between the client and his or her lawyer made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional legal services to the client. See Neb.Rev.Stat. § 27-503(2) (Reissue 1995). Thus, whether the relators have a clear legal right to the relief they seek depends on whether an attorney-client relationship existed between Vipond and Pace and whether the information sought to be disclosed was a protected confidential communication. The party asserting attorney-client privilege has the burden of proving that the information sought is protected. See Greenwalt v. Wal-Mart Stores, 253 Neb. 32, 567 N.W.2d 560 (1997).