Supplement in print: Order print copies of the law in academe supplements from May 2005 and June 2004 What is the attorney-client privilege? The attorney-client privilege protects the confidentiality ...

Psychologists, family counselors, clinical social workers, and other licensed mental health professionals often explain confidentiality to clients by assuring them that the information shared in ...

Clients dissembling in depositions place their lawyers in a difficult position, a situation we’ve noted in a prior article. Does the lawyer’s obligation to preserve client confidences protect the ...

Effective January 1, 2019, California attorneys will be required to provide written disclosures to their client explaining mediation confidentiality restrictions. They must also obtain written ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court is seeking input on a proposed rule change that would require lawyers to speak up if they hear information suggesting an innocent person has been wrongly incarcerated. If ...

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the “electrical speech machine,” a device we now refer to as the telephone. Although Bell imagined great uses for his invention, he could not have been aware ...

Talkspace, a site for online therapy and counseling, was apparently in a panic. When its commitment to client confidentiality was challenged, its response was hasty, ill-advised and hurtful to clients ...