Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jan. 8, 2021
Potential liability to third parties for legal opinions
Providing a “legal opinion” may seem like a core function for lawyers that is anything but controversial.
Providing a "legal opinion" may seem like a core function for lawyers that is anything but controversial. In many cases, the legal opinion is rendered for a single specific client who has no intention of disclosing the opinion outside the confines of the attorney-client relationship. Although that circumstance may indeed by uncontroversial, questions arise when a legal opinion is used for broader purposes and is disseminated to others.
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