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The 12 pages that link to Attorney-client privilege, each with the reason it gives.

• ConfidentialityBroader topic: It gives some lawyer-client communications a specific legal protection against disclosure.

• Fiduciary dutyRelated: The lawyer’s fiduciary obligations accompany, but are distinct from, this confidentiality protection.

• Discovery (law)Compared with: It can shield relevant communications from compelled disclosure.

• Legal ethicsCompared with: Privilege is an evidentiary protection, not the whole ethical duty to preserve client confidences.

• The FirmCompared with: The film tests legal confidentiality against Mitch’s knowledge of the firm’s crimes.

• Legal dramaRelated: It creates tension between professional confidentiality and the demands of a case.

• Legal professionRelated: Confidentiality enables clients to seek advice within a regulated relationship.

• LawyerRelated: Confidentiality enables clients to disclose facts needed for competent advice.

• SubpoenaRelated: Privilege may limit what a recipient must disclose in response to a subpoena.

• Law firmRelated: Confidential client communications are central to the advice law firms provide.

• Obstruction of justice in the United StatesCompared with: Invoking a valid privilege is not itself obstruction, though destroying evidence is different.

• Practice of lawRelated: Confidential communications support candid consultation during legal representation.