Utah Code Title 67. State Officers and Employees § 67-5-17. Attorney-client relationship

(a) keep the officer or the officer's designee reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information;

(b) explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to enable the officer or the officer's designee to make informed decisions regarding the representation;

(c) abide by the officer's or designee's decisions concerning the objectives of the representation and consult with the officer or designee as to the means by which they are to be pursued; and

(d) jointly by agreement, establish protocols with the officer to facilitate communications and working relationships with the officer or agencies under the officer's supervision.

(a) fully advise the governor, as the officer in whom the executive authority of the state is vested, before instituting the action, entering into a settlement or consent decree, or taking an appeal; and

(b) keep the governor reasonably informed about the status of the matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information.

(a) keep the governor reasonably informed about the status of the matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information;

(b) explain the matter to the extent reasonably necessary to enable the governor to make informed decisions regarding the representation; and

(c) abide by the governor's decisions concerning the objectives of the representation and consult with the governor as to the means by which they are to be pursued.

(6)(a) As used in this section, “cooperative state litigation” means:

(b) When the Office of the Attorney General discusses or shares with persons within the legislative branch documents or information related to cooperative state litigation, the sharing is in furtherance of matters of common interest between the represented parties.