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Up Close - Law - June 02, 2011
ABA says decision affirms client confidentiality's role
SEC rules attorneys are ineligible for cash awards if violating industry ethics


A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decision in late May not to encourage lawyers to divulge confidential client information is "a welcome recognition of the critical importance of the attorney-client privilege and client confidentiality," says Stephen N. Zack, president of the 400,000-member American Bar Association.

Under the new rule, issued under the Dodd-Frank Act, whistleblowers who voluntarily provide the SEC with original information regarding violations of the federa...


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