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IX.Ethical Duty of ConfidentialityRetained and in-house counsel share ethical duties to maintain confidentiality relative totheir representation of corporations and individuals.ABA Rule 1.6 governingconfidentiality of information provides in relevant part:(a)A lawyer shall not reveal information relating to the representation of aclient unless the client gives informed consent, the disclosure is impliedlyauthorized in order to carry out the representation or the disclosure ispermitted by paragraph (b)….(c)A lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent orunauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, informationrelating to the representation of a client.Rule 1.6 is broader than the attorney-client privilege and encompasses all informationrelating to the representation. It also gives rise to a duty to safeguard client informationfrom inadvertent disclosure.In-house counsel should associate competent outsidecounsel to advise them on how to safeguard electronic information. Furthermore,Federal Rule of Evidence 502 may be used to protect privileged information frominadvertent disclosure.In the event of an inadvertent disclosure of confidential information, in federal courtcounsel has some protection. Fed. R. Evid. 502 provides:19

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