This would be illegal anywhere in the world.
Always obtain legal advice from a licensed legal pracitioner in your state.
The privilege doesn't apply if another person is involved in the communication, if the client tells the attorney about a future illegal act (NOT past crimes), or in some cases if the information is being used against someone other than the client.
No. You could have relations with your accountant and that's not illegal.
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check out Professional Conduct Rule 1.14Added: He could pick a person whom the client trusts and have them read the document to the client as the attorney wrote it.
if there is any question about fraud or illegal acts and the client refuses to provide additional or revised information.
A privileged document is a legal term referring to a document that is protected from disclosure in legal proceedings due to a specific legal privilege. Common examples include communications between a lawyer and their client (attorney-client privilege) or documents prepared in anticipation of litigation (work product doctrine). These privileges are designed to encourage open and honest communication in legal contexts, ensuring that sensitive information remains confidential.
It depends on the document and the surrounding facts. In most cases no. But it can be foreseen where Court orders it, or the issue is a dispute regarding payment of the attorney and a contract authorizes the attorney to sign. The lawyer has a duty to act in the client's best interests. Generally if the client is saying don't sign something and the lawyer disagrees, the lawyer's duty is to persuade the client or, if necessary to avoid doing something else unethical or illegal, withdraw. Now, keep in mind that if a lawyer signs a document on a client's behalf without the clients actual consent, the other party to the agreement may be able to hold the client to it due to the apparent authority the attorney had. An attorney acts as an agent for his client, if he signs an agreement on your behalf, it may be enforceable against you if it appeared to the other side that he had authority to sign and that he/the client had the ability to fulfill the agreement.
The answer is in your question "given by a client" - that means from the client.
what information is normally stored in client files and what is it used for
what information is normally stored in client files and what is it used for