Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, I represent a corporate client in litigation. May I instruct or ask the client’s employees not to speak to opposing counsel about the case? May I instruct or ask the client’s former employees not to speak to opposing counsel about the matter?
Continue Reading July 15 Issue – Asking Current and Former Employees Not to Communication with Adverse PartyThe twice-monthly “Dear Ethics Lawyer” column is part of a training regimen of the Legal Ethics Project, authored by Mark Hinderks, former managing partner and counsel to an AmLaw 200 firm. Read More
July 2022
July 1 Issue – Avoiding Inadvertent Relationship when Dealing with Unrepresented party
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Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, I am an attorney for a company desiring to complete a relatively small real estate transaction with an individual to facilitate a development. The individual, who is not represented, shows up at closing to sign the document, but first asks a legal question about an effect of the document, a question concerning which I know the answer. Can I tell her the answer under any circumstances without creating a conflict of interest?
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