Committee on Professional Ethics
Topic: Disclosure of information obtained from purported client
Digest of the Committee:
“An individual whose purpose in communicating with an attorney is to defraud that attorney rather than to obtain legal services is not a client or prospective client entitled to confidentiality, and it would not violate any ethical rules for the attorney to disclose relevant information to investigators.”
Rules: New York Rules of Professional Conduct 1.6(a), 1.9(c), 1.18(a) and (b)
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