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43 Gonz. L. Rev. 327 (2007-2008)
Confidentiality and Candor under the 2006 Washington Rules of Professional Conduct

handle is hein.journals/gonlr43 and id is 333 raw text is: Confidentiality and Candor under the 2006 Washington Rules of Professional Conduct Brooks Holland* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 327 H1. B ACKGROUND ................................................................................................... 329 Im . R ULE 1.3: D ILIGENCE ....................................................................................... 332 IV. RULE 1.6: CONFIDENTIALITY ........................................................................... 337 A . Confi dentiality .......................................................................................... 339 B. Disclosure of Confidential Information .................................................. 340 1. D iscretionary D isclosure ................................................................... 341 2. M andatory D isclosure ....................................................................... 343 a. When is the duty to report triggered? ........................................ 349 b. What is the scope of this duty, once triggered? .......... 352 c. Will otherwise privileged information disclosed under 2006 RPC 1.6(b)(1) remain privileged? ................................... 355 d. Will lawyers who fail to report a client's threat become liable in tort to victims of client violence? ............................... 359 V R ULE 3.3 : C ANDOR ........................................................................................... 361 V I. C ON CLUSION ..................................................................................................... 366 I. INTRODUCTION On September 1, 2006, new Washington State Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) became effective. The 2006 RPC represent a several year effort by the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Ethics 2003 Committee to update the RPC, which had not been updated since 1985.1 The 2006 RPC, as ultimately * Assistant Professor of Law, Gonzaga University School of Law. J.D., magna cum laude, 1994, Boston University School of Law. Danial Gividen and Katherine Georger, law students at Gonzaga University School of Law, supplied outstanding research assistance. Katharine Tylee and other members of the Gonzaga Law Review also provided excellent feedback. Early drafts of this article were presented at CLE programs sponsored by the Washington State Office of Public Defense, the Washington State Defenders Association, and the Washington State Tria Lawyer's Association. I am thankful to the many lawyers who supplied insightful comments and questions during these CLE programs. I am also thankful to Gonzaga University School of Law for its financial support of this research project. Unless noted otherwise, the anecdotal observations and hypotheticals presented in this article draw on the author's experience as a public defender in New York City from 1994-2005, and current criminal appellate practice in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 1. See Douglas Ende, Supreme Court Adopts Ethics 2003 Amendments to Rules of

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