ORPC 1.6 Confidentiality of Information

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ORPC 1.6 Confidentiality of Information is the Oregon professional conduct rule that governs a lawyer’s duty to protect client confidences and restricts when and how client information may be disclosed.

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Label Occurrences
ORPC 1.6 Confidentiality of Information canonical 2

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional conduct rule ⓘ
allowsDisclosure to comply with other law or a court order ⓘ
to establish a claim or defense in a controversy between the lawyer and the client ⓘ
to prevent a client from committing certain crimes ⓘ
to prevent or rectify substantial injury to financial interests or property of another in some circumstances ⓘ
to prevent reasonably certain death or substantial bodily harm ⓘ
to respond to allegations concerning the lawyer’s representation of the client ⓘ
to secure legal advice about the lawyer’s compliance with the rules ⓘ
when impliedly authorized to carry out the representation ⓘ
appliesTo lawyers licensed in Oregon ⓘ
basedOn ABA Model Rule 1.6 ⓘ
defaultRule lawyer shall not reveal information relating to representation of a client ⓘ
distinctFrom evidentiary attorney–client privilege ⓘ
enforcedBy Oregon State Bar ⓘ
governs disclosure of information relating to representation of a client ⓘ
lawyer’s duty of confidentiality ⓘ
protection of client information ⓘ
imposesDutyOn Oregon attorneys ⓘ
linked to: Oregon State Bar
jurisdiction Oregon ⓘ
partOf Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct ⓘ
protects client confidences ⓘ
information relating to representation of a client ⓘ
purpose to encourage full and frank communication between lawyers and clients ⓘ
to protect client privacy interests ⓘ
relatedTo attorney–client confidentiality ⓘ
requires client informed consent for voluntary disclosure of confidential information ⓘ
reasonable efforts to prevent inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of client information ⓘ
scope all information relating to representation regardless of source ⓘ
violationMayResultIn professional discipline ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct → hasPart → ORPC 1.6 Confidentiality of Information ⓘ
ORPC 1.9 Duties to Former Clients → relatedTo → ORPC 1.6 Confidentiality of Information ⓘ