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A lawyer's client, Millie, reveals that she is cheating on her spouse, which is why she was taking an unusual route to work. While taking

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A lawyer's client, Millie, reveals that she is cheating on her spouse, which is why she was taking an unusual route to work. While taking this different route, her tire got punctured and she had to step out of the car to check it out. While Millie was taking a look at the tire, a random man (whom she did not know) ran past Millie and slipped a murder weapon into her bag. Just as she was getting the murder weapon out of her bag, the cops arrived and arrested Millie as an accessory to murder. Prosecutors contend that Millie knows who the "random man" is, and they allege that she assisted that man to escape capture. Despite the serious charges against Millie, she tells her lawyer that she does not want to disclose the real reason why she was taking a different route to work (that she had gone that route in order to be with her paramour - the person with whom she was having an affair). Is the lawyer permitted to reveal what Millie told her - the reason she was taking that route? Yes, because of the mandatory disclosure rule. Yes, because the client told the lawyer, which automatically means the lawyer can reveal that information in courts. No, because Millie's detour kom her regular route fails to provide evidence proving she is not guilty. Yes, because it serves as evidence and will prevent the client from getting framed. O No; in this case, the lawyer may only reveal a client's spoken intent to soon commit a crime (i.e., to carry out an impending crime)

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