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5.6.CONFIDENTIALITY7.ItisinClients’bestinteresttopreservetheconfidentialityofallcommunicationsbetweenus.Theabilitytoprotecttheconfidentialityofthosecommunicationsmaybejeopardizedifthosecommunicationsortheircontentsaredisclosedthirdparties.InsigningthisAgreement,eachClientacknowledgestheexistenceofpotentialandactualconflictsofinterestandnotwithstandingsuchconflicts,knowinglywaivestheprotectionsaffordedbyobtainingseparatecounsel.EachClientwillinglyentersintothisjointAgreementandeachclientagreesnottoholdAttorneysliablefordamagesjointrepresentationmightcauseeachclientbecauseofthiswaiver.ClientseachremaincompletelyfreetoseekindependentcounselevenaftertheClientsdecidetosignthisAgreement.WSBisrepresentedhereinbycounselatHeley,Duncan&Melander,includingMarkHeley,EricHeibergand/orValerieSims.TheCityisrepresentedbyElisaHatlevigofJardine,Logan&O’Brien,PLLPandJoelJamnikandCampbellKnutson,P.A.11.AllworkperformedbymembersoftheJointDefenseGrouppursuanttothisagreementandcommunicationsamongJointDefenseGroupmembersandclientsinconnectionwithsuchrepresentationshallbeconductedandprotectedpursuanttothecommoninterestrulerecognizedinsuchcasesasUnitedStatesv.Schwimmer,902F.2d237(2dCir.,1989),onremand,738F.10.InformationobtainedbymembersoftheJointDefenseGroupuponviewingdocuments,witnessorclientdebriefings,orotherpapersincludinglegalmemorandaexchangedamongmembersoftheJointDefenseGroup,willremainconfidentialandprotectedfromdisclosuretoanythirdpartybyAttorneys’clients’attorney-clientprivilegesandbyprotectionsaffordedtoAttorneys’workbytheworkproductdoctrine.8.TheClientsandAttorneysagreethattheyformaJointDefenseGroupwiththeintentofprotectingandpreservingtheAttorneyClientPrivilegewithrespecttotheDefenseoftheClaim.AnycommunicationsbetweenanymemberoftheJointDefenseGroupconcerningtheClaimandrelatedmattersareconfidentialandareprotectedfromdisclosuretoanythirdpartybytheapplicableattorney-clientprivilegeandbyprotectionsaffordedbytheworkproductdoctrine.4.BasedontheinformationClientshaveprovidedtotheAttorneys,wedonotbelievethatotherthantheallocationofsettlement,orpotentialjudgment,describedabove,representationofClientscurrentlyinvolvesanyotheractualconflictofinterest.Clientsshouldbeaware,however,thattheattorneys’representationoftheClientsmayinthefutureinvolveactualconflictsofinterestifClients’interestsinthismatterbecomeinconsistent.Shouldthatoccur,AttorneyswillendeavortoappriseClientspromptlyofanysuchconflictsothatClientscaneachdecidewhethertoobtainindependentcounselorwithdrawfromtheJointDefenseAgreementassetforthherein.9.AnycommunicationsamongtheAttorneysandClientsconcerningtheClaimandrelatedmatters,includingworkproduct,conversations,documents,interviewmemoranda,andothercommunicationsareconfidentialandareprotectedfromdisclosuretoanythirdpartybytheapplicableattorney-clientprivilegeandbyprotectionsaffordedbytheworkproductdoctrine.