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Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.6: Confidentiality of Information
Arkansas Supreme Court rules, as reproduced by courtrules.net, n.d.
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- What it is
- The text of Rule 1.6 in Arkansas's professional conduct rules, including paragraph (c), on reasonable efforts to prevent inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of client information, and the comment that lists factors for judging reasonableness.
- How much weight it carries
- The rule text is a state's official professional conduct rule, but this copy is a third-party reproduction, not the court's own site. Other states adopt their own versions of Rule 1.6, so check your own state's rule before relying on it. We did not open the ABA's Model Rule text because the ABA site blocked our request.
Facts taken from this source
- The comment to Arkansas's Rule 1.6 lists factors for judging reasonable efforts, including the sensitivity of the information, the likelihood of disclosure without extra safeguards, and the cost and difficulty of those safeguards.
“Factors to be considered in determining the reasonableness of the lawyer’s efforts include, but are not limited to, the sensitivity of the information, the likelihood of disclosure if additional safeguards are not employed” (Comment, paragraph on reasonable efforts)
- Arkansas's Rule 1.6(c) requires a lawyer to make reasonable efforts to prevent inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, information relating to a client's representation.
“A lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, information relating to the representation of a client.” (Rule 1.6, paragraph (c))