Aaron is a paralegal with a law firm that specializes in intellectual property law. Aaron’s supervising attorney asks him to e-mail a letter to the client that the attorney has prepared. The letter and its attachments discuss a patent application and contain drawings and plans for a heated steering wheel that the client plans to sell to automobile manufacturers. Aaron does so without encrypting the letter or the attachments, which contain confidential information. A temporary employee work ing at the client’s office accesses the unencrypted e-mail and steals the information. Have any ethical rules been violated by Aaron or by his supervising attorney? If so, which rules? What could Aaron and his supervising attorney have done differently to better protect the cli ent’s interests? The client’s best friend is enraged that this happened and wants to sue the firm. Can the friend sue?