(a) A lawyer shall keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information.

(b) A lawyer shall explain a matter to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the client to make informed decisions regarding the representation.

Comment to RPC 1.4

As recommended by the Debevoise Committee, the Court has adopted ABA Model Rule 1.4, requiring that an attorney keep clients reasonably informed as to the status of their matters and requiring the attorney to comply promptly with requests for information. The rationale for this requirement is obvious: clients must be sufficiently informed to be able to participate actively in the decisions that are made during the course of the representation (including such dispositional. decisions as offers of settlement in civil litigation or plea bargains in criminal prosecutions). See RPC 1.13, RPC 1.14.

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