Duty of non-disclosure. The Attorney is obliged to keep strictly confidential all information and data acquired in connection with provision of legal assistance to the Client. This duty of non-disclosure applies on all of the Attorney’s workers who will take part in providing legal assistance hereunder. This duty applies also in relation to Client’s workers and employees. Only the Client determines who of his/her employees is entitled to acquire information and what information should it be. The Attorney is obliged to hold information in confidence even after termination of the Client’s legal representation. The Attorney declares that all of her workers not covered by the Advocacy Act, such as secretaries, are contractually bound to confidentiality with respect to all information acquired in the course of working for the Attorney, her lawyers and her legal assistants. In case confidential documents are provided to the Attorney in written form, she will secure them against being misappropriated. The Client declares his/her agreement with the fact that on an issued invoice particular items concretely in relation to legal acts taken by the Attorney under the Client’s name will be specified. The Client is aware of the fact that these specifications may be made accessible to the appropriate Revenue Authority examining an inspection of an accounting and a tax registry. These invoices also may be made accessible to an outside contractor of the Attorney who provides tax or accounting services to the Attorney. Outside contractor is also contractually bound to confidentiality. Such disclosure is not considered to be a breach of the Attorney’s duty of non-disclosure.
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Samples: Legal Services Agreement, Agreement on the Provision of Legal Services, Agreement on the Provision of Legal Services
Duty of non-disclosure. 1. The Attorney is obliged to keep strictly confidential all information and data acquired in connection with provision of legal assistance to the Client. This duty of non-disclosure applies on all of the Attorney’s workers who will take part in providing legal assistance hereunder. This duty applies also in relation to Client’s workers and employees. Only the Client determines who of his/her employees is entitled to acquire information and what information should it be. The Attorney is obliged to hold information in confidence even after termination of the Client’s legal representation.
2. The Attorney declares that all of her workers not covered by the Advocacy Act, such as secretaries, are contractually bound to confidentiality with respect to all information acquired in the course of working for the Attorney, her lawyers and her legal assistants.
3. In case confidential documents are provided to the Attorney in written form, she will secure them against being misappropriated.
4. The Client declares his/her agreement with the fact that on an issued invoice particular items concretely in relation to legal acts taken by the Attorney under the Client’s name will be specified. The Client is aware of the fact that these specifications may be made accessible to the appropriate Revenue Authority examining an inspection of an accounting and a tax registry. These invoices also may be made accessible to an outside contractor of the Attorney who provides tax or accounting services to the Attorney. Outside contractor is also contractually bound to confidentiality. Such disclosure is not considered to be a breach of the Attorney’s duty of non-disclosure.
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Samples: Legal Services Agreement, Agreement on the Provision of Legal Services, Legal Services Agreement