One of the most commonly misunderstood terms in the Rules of Professional Conduct is contained in the admonition of Rule 1.9(c)(1) (“Duties to Former Clients”) that a lawyer may not “use information ...

Nearly every dentist and dental care professional (DCP) will have signed an employment contract that includes a confidentiality clause, committing them to keep a secret - or treat on a ‘need to know’ ...

A psychologist considers whether there is a duty to warn a couple whom the jealous patient has expressed a desire to stalk and frighten. You are a psychologist treating a 22-year-old man with a ...

In many industries, intellectual property is everything. Companies have to safeguard their ideas and methods because those are precisely what they have over their competition. Ideas and information ...

Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente (L-R) Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente of Bressler, Amery & Ross. Courtesy photos The attorney-client privilege ...

Akira is the president of her student government, and each week she presides over the meeting of the executive branch. The meetings are open, and sometimes senators or students from across campus ...

Genetics can pose special challenges to the principle of confidentiality within the health professional–patient relationship, since genetic information is by its nature both individual and familial.