FloridaBarRulesofProfessionalConductRule4-1.4 says: "alawyershall keep a clientreasonably informed about thestatusof a matterandpromptlycomply withreasonablerequestsfor information."
"People want justice, ruleof law and implementation of the constitution, " one of the petitioners, lawyer Chaudhry Akram, told two Supreme Court judges overseeing Monday's hearing.
John Van Doorn of the Ohio Association for Justice, a trial-lawyer group, said the disclosure rule is an attempt to trim payouts by insurance companies and manufacturers.