(04-20-2018 10:14 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(04-20-2018 10:04 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-20-2018 09:42 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(04-20-2018 09:29 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  My thesis is that Hannity does because he explicitly asked for ACP with Cohen, and therefore recognized that he was entering into a verbal agreement at the time.

Your thesis is either 1) irrelevant, 2) wrong, or 3) both, depending upon facts not known to me.

I use a hypothetical case very near to this in my introductory business law course. There are all sorts of situations that do not create a client relationship but do create a need for confidentiality, including ACP.

So this all hinges on the exact definition of what a client is, right?

Per this source (https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/client), the term client:

Quote: includes a person who divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance, regardless of sub-sequent employment of the attorney.

So in Hannity's case, he divulged confidential material to Cohen, since he explicitly requested an ACP.

Requesting ACP does not necessarily involve divulging confidential information.

Perhaps you will educate us exactly what Hannity divulged, since you are stating that it was 'confidential'. I would love to learn your source. Or, are you simply making an assumption or wild ass guess here?

Isn't confidential information, by definition, privileged information shared with someone? Thus information shared under ACP inherently becomes confidential?

But regardless, if we're talking about specific information like proposed purchases, finances, etc., you're right, that I am 100% assuming that Hannity shared confidential information like that with Cohen. Hannity said he went to Cohen for "legal questions I had or I was looking for input and perspective."

So sure, if Hannity talked about things with Cohen he would be fine talking to anyone else about, and just asked ACP for fun, then I guess, maybe, we can assume that this interpretation of client doesn't exist. But I'm using logic and Hannity's words to put puzzle pieces together about what likely happened. But I fully admit I am using my brain and don't have hard evidence to back that up.