Attorney Client Directing Confidentiality
Class
3c1885ab
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#AttorneyClientDirectingConfidentiality
Definition
A legal professional client role that retains an engineer as an expert witness or forensic consultant in litigation, bears authority to direct the scope of the engagement, and instructs the engineer to maintain confidentiality over findings that implicate public health and safety, thereby generating a conflict between the engineer's duty of confidentiality to the client and the paramount obligation to protect public welfare.
Properties
Subclass of
Definition
A legal professional client role that retains an engineer as an expert witness or forensic consultant in litigation, bears authority to direct the scope of the engagement, and instructs the engineer to maintain confidentiality over findings that implicate public health and safety, thereby generating a conflict between the engineer's duty of confidentiality to the client and the paramount obligation to protect public welfare.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer was retained as an expert by Attorney for the landlord-defendant
TTL
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<http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#AttorneyClientDirectingConfidentiality> a owl:Class ;
rdfs:label "Attorney Client Directing Confidentiality" ;
rdfs:comment "A legal professional client role that retains an engineer as an expert witness or forensic consultant in litigation, bears authority to direct the scope of the engagement, and instructs the engineer to maintain confidentiality over findings that implicate public health and safety, thereby generating a conflict between the engineer's duty of confidentiality to the client and the paramount obligation to protect public welfare." ;
rdfs:subClassOf <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ProviderClientRole> .
Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
3c1885ab6676bfdb...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
59
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-25T22:24:47.893284+00:00
First Discovered In Case
59
Generated
2026-02-25T22:24:47.893284+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 59 Extraction