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League City adopts ordinance formally declaring attorney-client communications confidential and requiring acknowledgment
Summary
League City council adopted a local ordinance declaring attorney–client communications confidential and implementing a statutory acknowledgment that council members must sign; the measure divided council members and passed after debate about whether it went beyond state law.
League City enacted a local ordinance on Nov. 18, 2025, formally recognizing attorney–client communications as confidential and adopting a confidentiality acknowledgment tied to recently enacted state law.
Mayor Nick Long told the council the ordinance’s key purpose is to protect the city by clarifying that only the full governing body can waive privilege: "The key part of the ordinance is to protect the city as a whole if one person decides to release something," he said. City attorney…
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