§ 499 — Lawyer assistance committees

§ 499. Lawyer assistance committees. 1. Confidential information\nprivileged. The confidential relations and communications between a\nmember or authorized agent of a lawyer assistance committee sponsored by\na state or local bar association and any person, firm or corporation\ncommunicating with such committee, its members or authorized agents\nshall be deemed to be privileged on the same basis as those provided by\nlaw between attorney and client. Such privilege may be waived only by\nthe person, firm or corporation which has furnished information to the\ncommittee.\n 2. Immunity from liability. Any person, firm or corporation in good\nfaith providing information to, or in any other way participating in the\naffairs of, any of the committees referred to in subdivision one of this\nsection shall be immune from civil liability that might otherwise result\nby reason of such conduct. For the purpose of any proceeding, the good\nfaith of any such person, firm or corporation shall be presumed.\n