Common use of Joint Clients Clause in Contracts

Joint Clients. When we represent multiple clients as joint clients, such as the representation of two or more family members in the preparation of their combined estate plans or the representation of the partners and the partnership or the representation of both buyer and seller in a business transaction, information given to us by any client must be disclosed to the other(s), since not to do so would be a violation of the attorney-joint-client relationship. Each client in a multiple joint client situation waives the duty of confidentiality absolutely as between the multiple joint clients. This might inhibit one client from telling us something in confidence that he/she thinks we need to know, because he/she would realize that we should be forced to disclose it to the other. Furthermore, if, after completing the work (such as the estate plan for spouses), or after terminating our attorney-client relationship without completing the work, one of the clients in a joint client situation asks us to revise the work, then we can only do so with the consent of both of the joint clients and providing both with copies of all information, notes, correspondence, draft documents, and final documents, unless at that time all parties (or their representatives) agree otherwise.

Joint Clients. When we represent multiple clients as joint clients, such as the representation of two or more family members in the preparation of their combined estate plans or the representation of the partners and the partnership or the representation of both buyer and seller in a business transaction, information given to us by any client must be disclosed to the other(s), since not to do so would be a violation of the attorney-joint-client relationship. Each client in a multiple joint client situation waives the duty of confidentiality absolutely as between the multiple joint clients. This might inhibit one client from telling us something in confidence that he/she thinks thought we need to know, because he/she would realize that we should be forced to disclose it to the other. Furthermore, if, after completing the work (such as the estate plan for spouses), or after terminating our attorney-client relationship without completing the work, one of the clients in a joint client situation asks us to revise the work, then we can only do so with the consent of both of the joint clients and providing both with copies of all information, notes, correspondence, draft documents, and final documents, unless at that time all parties (or their representatives) agree otherwise.

Joint Clients. When we represent multiple clients as joint clients, such as the representation of two or more family members in the preparation of their combined estate plans or the representation of the partners and the partnership or the representation of both buyer and seller in a business transaction, information given to us by any client must be disclosed to the other(s), since not to do so would be a violation of the attorney-joint-client relationship. Each client in a multiple joint client situation waives the duty privilege of confidentiality absolutely as between the multiple joint clients. This might inhibit one client from telling us something in confidence that he/she thinks thought we need to know, because he/she would realize that we should be forced to disclose it to the other. Furthermore, if, after completing the work (such as the estate plan for spouses), or after terminating our attorney-client relationship without completing the work, one of the clients in a joint client situation asks us to revise the work, then we can only do so with the consent of both of the joint clients and providing both with copies of all information, notes, correspondence, draft documents, and final documents, unless at that time all parties (or their representatives) agree otherwise.