Attorney Z Plaintiff-Side Retaining Attorney Client-Transmitted Confidentiality Trigger
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#Attorney_Z_Plaintiff-Side_Retaining_Attorney_Client-Transmitted_Confidentiality_Trigger
Properties
Instance of
FormerClientConfidentialityPerpetuationObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FormerClientConfidentialityPerpetuationObligation
Case context
Attorney Z and the plaintiff provided Engineer A with confidential documents, access to the plaintiff, and strategic case information in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner during the forensic engagement. This transmission created a confidentiality obligation that persisted after termination.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to protect the confidential information, documents, and case materials transmitted to him by Attorney Z and the plaintiff during the forensic engagement, recognizing that the voluntary and cooperative transmission of this information created a heightened confidentiality obligation that survived the termination of the engagement.
Temporal scope
From the time of transmission of confidential information through at least the conclusion of the proceeding
Relationships
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A throughout his first analysis had access to information, documents, etc., that were made available to him by the plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner.
Text references
Engineer A throughout his first analysis had access to information, documents, etc., that were made available to him by the plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner.
In BER Case 82-2 ... the Board ruled that this action was not in accord with the Code of Ethics. In that case this Board noted Section II.1.c.
TTL
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case172:Attorney_Z_Plaintiff-Side_Retaining_Attorney_Client-Transmitted_Confidentiality_Trigger a proeth:FormerClientConfidentialityPerpetuationObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Attorney Z Plaintiff-Side Retaining Attorney Client-Transmitted Confidentiality Trigger" ;
proeth-core:competesWith case172:Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Witness_Objectivity_Correctly_Applied_Initial_Engagement ;
proeth-core:prevailsOver case172:Engineer_A_Termination_Non-Cure_of_Same-Matter_Adversarial_Conflict_Violation ;
proeth:casecontext "Attorney Z and the plaintiff provided Engineer A with confidential documents, access to the plaintiff, and strategic case information in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner during the forensic engagement. This transmission created a confidentiality obligation that persisted after termination." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case172:Client-Transmitted_Confidentiality_Obligation_Arising_From_Plaintiff_Attorney_Engagement,
case172:Confidentiality_Principle_Applied_To_Plaintiff_Case_Information_Transmitted_To_Engineer_A ;
proeth:discoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T18:19:02.353557+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T18:19:02.353557+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Former Client Confidentiality Perpetuation Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to protect the confidential information, documents, and case materials transmitted to him by Attorney Z and the plaintiff during the forensic engagement, recognizing that the voluntary and cooperative transmission of this information created a heightened confidentiality obligation that survived the termination of the engagement." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A throughout his first analysis had access to information, documents, etc., that were made available to him by the plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner." ;
proeth:temporalscope "From the time of transmission of confidential information through at least the conclusion of the proceeding" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A throughout his first analysis had access to information, documents, etc., that were made available to him by the plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner.",
"In BER Case 82-2 ... the Board ruled that this action was not in accord with the Code of Ethics. In that case this Board noted Section II.1.c." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 172 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T18:28:40.776069"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 172 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
172
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:19:02.353557+00:00
First case
172
Generated
2026-03-01T18:19:02.353557+00:00
Attributed to
Case 172 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:28:40.776069
Generated by
ProEthica Case 172 Extraction