First Page
284
Date Created
6-30-2022
Publisher
St. Mary's University School of Law
Editor
Bailey Rider
Last Page
328
Abstract
There are two main questions that any account of corporate lawyers’ moral obligations needs to answer: (1) Do corporate lawyers have moral obligations to third parties? and (2) In cases of conflict between obligations to the corporation and obligations to third parties, which should prevail? This Article offers answers to these questions in the context of lawyers working in medical corporations. I argue that lawyers do have moral obligations to third parties, and that in cases where patients’ rights are being violated by a medical company, patients’ rights should prevail. Consequently, attorney–client confidentiality rules should be relaxed to allow for attorney disclosures in egregious cases of potential harm to third parties.
Recommended Citation
Ioan-Radu Motoarcă,
Patients, Corporate Attorneys, and Moral Obligations,
12
St. Mary's J. on Legal Malpractice & Ethics
284
(2022).
Available at:
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/lmej/vol12/iss2/3
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