American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Topic: Inadvertent Disclosure of Confidential Materials
Digest of the Committee:
“A lawyer who receives a document from opposing parties or their lawyers and knows or reasonably should know that the document was inadvertently sent should promptly notify the sender in order to permit the sender to take protective measures.”
Rule of Professional Conduct: ABA Model Rule 4.4 (b)
Cited Opinions:
ABA Formal Opinion 92-368 (November 10, 1992)
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