A Lawyer and Her Paralegal Met with a Client to Discuss

A lawyer and her paralegal met with a client to discuss the client's estate plan. After the meeting, but before the client left, the lawyer, the paralegal, and the client began discussing the prospects for the Chicago Cubs in the upcoming baseball season. A week later, the client's daughter called the paralegal and began asking questions about the meeting with the client. The daughter wanted to know the client's plan for distributing his estate. The paralegal explained that he could not disclose anything related to the representation of the client. The daughter then asked, "Well, is there anything you can tell me about what you discussed with Dad." The paralegal responded, "Yes, we discussed the prospects for the Cubs this season." Did the paralegal violate the confidentiality rules?

A) Yes, because the confidentiality rule prohibits disclosure of all information related to the representation of a client, unless authorized or an exception applies.
B) Yes, if the client and the daughter had an adverse relationship and the client planned to disown the daughter.
C) No, because the prospects of the baseball team were not related to the representation of the client.
D) No, because the client and the daughter were related and the daughter had a reasonable expectation of inheriting under the client's estate.

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