Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Abstract
Loyalty to an organizational client means fidelity to the substantive legal structure that constitutes it. Although this principle is not controversial in the abstract, it is commonly ignored in professional discourse and doctrine. This article explains the basic notion of organizational loyalty and identifies some mistaken tendencies in discourse and doctrine, especially the "Managerialist Fallacy" that leads lawyers to conflate the client organization with its senior managers. The article then applies the basic notion to some hard cases, concluding with a critical appraisal of the rationale for confidentiality with organizational clients.
Disciplines
Business Organizations Law | Law | Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility | Legal Profession
Recommended Citation
William H. Simon,
Duties to Organizational Clients,
29
Geo. J. Legal Ethics
489
(2016).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/855
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