Promontory Financial Group declined to comment on the IFR settlement because of client confidentiality.
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Deloitte said in a statement that it could not comment on the matter, citing client confidentiality.
Nor do the accountants have much truck with accusations that they would put client confidentiality at risk.
Attorney-client confidentiality between Saddam and his lawyer has been respected, the source said.
The law firm had said it was being prevented from responding to "inaccurate" comments made by News International chairman James Murdoch because it was not allowed to breach its duty of client confidentiality.
For example, suppose an employee violates client confidentiality.
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The Mississippi cases face an uphill fight, as lawyers and physicians have frequently cited confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege to refuse to turn over documents.
Branca's attorney argued in a court filing that his client had no choice but to request confidentiality from Katherine Jackson, since the contracts have a provision keeping them confidential.
Note: This is a real example for a client whose name has been disguised for reasons of confidentiality.
Patient confidentiality constrained her from going to the media, and her responsibility to her client made her wary of turning him into a public victim.
While the attorney-client privilege only covers communications between lawyer and client, not the existence of a relationship, he said, every state has tougher confidentiality rules protecting clients against being forced to identify their lawyers.
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