Category Archives: conflict of interest- former clients

ABA Formal Opinion 497 provides guidance on how lawyers should address materially adverse interests strong

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent American Bar Association (ABA) Formal Opinion 497, which addresses how lawyers should address materially adverse interests and provides guidance.  ABA Formal Opinion 497 is here:  https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/aba-formal-opinion-497.pdf   The ABA press … Continue reading

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ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 492 addresses lawyer’s obligations to prospective clients after obtaining “significantly harmful” information

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent American Bar Association (ABA) Formal Ethics Opinion 492, which addresses the obligations of lawyers to prospective clients, including confidentiality, and conflicts of interest, including potential disqualifying conflicts … Continue reading

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Florida Supreme Court suspends two lawyers for conflict of interest Bar Rule violations under “hot potato doctrine”

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida suspending two Florida lawyers for 30 days for violating Bar Rules related to conflicts of interest under what is being called … Continue reading

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