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28 Jan Watch the first segment of https://mediaplayer.pearsoncmg.com/assets/_video.true/civillit4e_confidentiality_issue_public_inf

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and then answer the following:

– Alicia is simply reading to Judy from the newspaper. Is Alicia violating any duties here if she doesn't work on the apple fritter case?
– How about Judy?
– Does it matter that they are in a public place?
– Does your answer change for either Alicia or Judy if they were in the lunchroom inside the law office?
– Before you watch the rest of the video, brainstorm a good response for Judy. What should she have said to Alicia?
– After you watch the reset of the video, compare your solution with Judy's.

Video Case Study #2 Questions:

up to the first narrator break and then answer the following:

– Presuming Lisa works for the same law firm, but does not work on the apple fritter case, is Judy's conversation with Lisa a break of her duty of confidentiality?
– Watch the second half of the clip and answer the same question as above.
– Does is make any difference that Judy did not mention the client's name? Why or why not?

Video Case Study #4 Questions:

– Does Alicia have an ethical problem based on what Mr. Hutchinson said during this meeting?

Now watch the rest of the video and then answer the following:

– Presuming that Mr. Hutchinson has admitted to committing fraud, is Alicia correct about the attorney-client privilege protecting her?
– Does she become an accomplice when she obtains knowledge of a past crime?
– Is a past crime confidential in Virginia?
– Presuming that the information makes an interrogatory answer incorrect, what should she doe with this damaging information now?