Sometimes the universe just hands you real-world scenarios
that would have seemed ludicrous exam hypotheticals: High-priced lawyer
representing the world’s most incredible and wealthiest children’s-book author
tells his wife’s best friend about the client’s pseudonymously written novel; about
to be former BFF tweets about it; media follows up. Discuss in the context of
legal ethics.
Discuss in the context of maintaining one’s high-priced-lawyer
job. Discuss in the context of keeping one’s high-profile client and others
like her. Discuss how a rule prohibiting workplace secrets from being shared
with trusted spouses can possibly be enforced. Discuss how a rule prohibiting
workplace secrets from being shared with trusted spouses’ best friends might
even arise.
Compare and contrast requirements to protect client confidentiality
in different countries. Evaluate the impact on any divorce action of
high-priced lawyer spending sufficient time with spouse’s best friend such that
super-big, potentially career-ending secret might possibly be shared and shared
again and again until it’s viral.
Thank you, J. K. Rowling. Thank you, The Cuckoo’s Calling. Thank you, Twitter. Thank you, Russells. And,
most of all, thank you, BFF of Mrs. Chris Gossage.
—Lori Tripoli
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