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  1. americanbar.org

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest. A concurrent conflict of interest exists if: (1) the representation of one client will be directly adverse to another client; or (2) there is a significant ...
    • Table of Contents

      Podcasting of Model Rule 1.1; Rule 1.2 Scope of Representation and Allocation of Authority Between Client and Lawyer Rule 1.3 Diligence Rule 1.4 Communications Rule 1.5 Fees Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of Information. Podcasting of Model Rule 1.6; Rule 1.7 Conflict of Interest: Current Clients. Podcasting of Model Rule 1.7

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      (3) information relating to representation of a client is protected as required by Rule 1.6. (g) A lawyer who represents two or more clients shall not participate in making an aggregate settlement of the claims of or against the clients, or in a criminal case an aggregated agreement as to guilty or nolo contendere pleas, unless each client ...

    • Current Clients

      See Rule 1.8 for specific Rules pertaining to a number of personal interest conflicts, including business transactions with clients. See also Rule 1.10 (personal interest conflicts under Rule 1.7 ordinarily are not imputed to other lawyers in a law firm).

    • Model Rule 1.7

      These Comments are taken primarily from the Comment to current Rule 2.2, which the Commission is recommending be deleted on the grounds that the relationship between Rules 2.2 and 1.7 is confusing, the role of lawyer as "intermediary" has not been well understood and the Rule has not proved helpful in clarifying conflict-of-interest doctrine ...

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  3. americanbar.org

    See Rule 1.8 for specific Rules pertaining to a number of personal interest conflicts, including business transactions with clients. See also Rule 1.10 (personal interest conflicts under Rule 1.7 ordinarily are not imputed to other lawyers in a law firm).
  4. americanbar.org

    Find the text and podcasts of the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, including Rule 1.7 on conflict of interest: current clients. Rule 1.7 covers the situations in which a lawyer may represent or consult with a client when another client or former client has interests adverse to or potentially adverse to the current client.
  5. hinshawlaw.com

    ABA Model Rule 1.10 provides that "[w]hile lawyers are associated in a firm, none of them shall knowingly represent a client when any one of them practicing alone would be prohibited from doing so by Rules 1.7 or 1.9." [9] However, there is an exception where a lawyer who has a conflict of interest joins a different firm. The conflict can also ...
  6. abajournal.com

    The opinion explains when lawyers have conflicts of interest with former or prospective clients under Rules 1.9 and 1.18 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. It identifies three types of situations where the condition may arise: suing or negotiating against a former client, attacking or undermining their own prior work, and examining a former client.
  7. courts.nh.gov

    2004 ABA Model Rule Comment RULE 1.7 CONFLICT OF INTEREST: CURRENT CLIENTS. General Principles [1] Loyalty and independent judgment are essential elements in the lawyer's relationship to a client. Concurrent conflicts of interest can arise from the lawyer's responsibilities to another client, a former client or a third person or from the lawyer ...
  8. judicialstudies.duke.edu

    Home > ABA Groups > Center for Professional Responsibility > Publications > Model Rules of Professional Conduct > Rule 1.7: Conflict of Interest: Current Clients Rule 1.7: Conflict of Interest: Current Clients Client-Lawyer Relationship Rule 1.7 Conflict Of Interest: Current Clients
  9. If it is, representation adverse to the constituent requires compliance with Rule 1.7. See ABA Opinion 92-365. The propriety of representation must also be tested by reference to the lawyer's obligation under Rule 1.6 to preserve confidences and secrets and to the obligations imposed by paragraphs (b)(2) through (b)(4) of this rule. ...
  10. lawyersrepresentinglawyers.com

    Comment [11] to Model Rule 1.7(a)(2) offers no guidance to those lawyers. As a result, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently issued Formal Opinion 494 (July 29, 2020), offering advice to lawyers in a "personal relationship" with opposing counsel not based on blood or marriage.
  11. americanbar.org

    These Comments are taken primarily from the Comment to current Rule 2.2, which the Commission is recommending be deleted on the grounds that the relationship between Rules 2.2 and 1.7 is confusing, the role of lawyer as "intermediary" has not been well understood and the Rule has not proved helpful in clarifying conflict-of-interest doctrine ...
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