Hilary J Orzick

March 08, 2018 | New York Law Journal

To provide even further confidentiality protection, sometimes a settling party will ask that the complainant's counsel be bound to a confidentiality agreement as well. This raises an important issue: Under the ethical rules, can a claimant's counsel agree to hold information regarding a publicly filed litigation as confidential?

By David E. Gottlieb and Hilary J. Orzick

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