I don't think this will surprise anyone out here. The opinion. Digest:
ISSUE: What duties does a lawyer owe to current and former clients to refrain from disclosing potentially embarrassing or detrimental information about the client, including publicly available information the lawyer learned during the course of his representation or relating to the representation?
DIGEST: A lawyer may not disclose his client’s secrets, which include not only confidential information communicated by the client to the lawyer, but also publicly available information that the lawyer obtained during or related to the professional relationship which the client has requested to be kept secret or the disclosure of which might be embarrassing or detrimental to the client. Even after termination of the attorney-client relationship, the lawyer may not disclose potentially embarrassing or detrimental information about the former client if that information is related to or was acquired by virtue of the lawyer’s prior representation.
AUTHORITIES INTERPRETED: Business and Professions Code section 6068(e)(1). Evidence Code sections 952 and 954. Rules 3-100 and 3-310(E) of the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of California.