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by NeverFade 1041 days ago
What if you discuss sensitive health-related details with someone other than your doctor, for example your attorney?

The privacy issues here are bottomless, and so are the legal issues.

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The law doesn't protect it. HIPAA doesn't apply in that setting.

Attorney client privilege is an interesting case.

"Privacy issues" is a meaningless phrase to me when divorced from the law. Do you mean, like, ethically concerning? This term in the contract is neither uncommon nor illegal.