Steve S

Suppose I am in a contract negotiation with adversary "A", who is represented by lawyer "L". Because A has little money, A's friend "F" is paying L's legal fees.

I want to know whether L also represents A, or exclusively represents A.

If I ask L who they represent, do they have to tell me?

If L does not have to answer, but does so without obligation, are they obligated to tell me honestly?

I'm not sure whether such a question would vary from state to state, but in case it does, I'd be most interested in how California law would apply (and only US law would be helpful).

The obvious difference is that the first book was re-titled. But I've read that wording was changed also, supposedly making the books more explicitly critical of authoritarian religious organizations. (And maybe there are simple vocabulary changes too; I don't know.)

The US publisher also published the Harry Potter books. It changed vocabulary, since US kids would know the word "truck" but not its UK synonym "lorry". (Bad example, maybe; I don't know whether such vehicles are mentioned in those books.) They also changed spelling; US spelling favors "color" over "colour", and spells some words with "z" in place of "s". I don't think any content was changed, though.