LAW 680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 66: Abortion-Rights Movements, Chinese Wall
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Ex: if associate does not want to be as zealous b/c don"t want to anger other atty with personal conflict; whether is material depends on other factors who was the first atty; what is size of firm; multiple offices. 1: if yes conflict is imputed to all attys in the firm, can the imputed conflict by cured by consent obtained under conditions 1. 7(b, if no other attys in the firm may rep the client. If client does not consent aba under 1. 10 the entire atty firm must decline rep: if firm is already in midst of representation then is disqualified from further rep. 2 (2 a: not imputed conflict 1. 7 would apply, 1. 7 can have concurrent (a)(1) conflict b/c are directly adverse. 3: look at 1. 9 former client situation, 1. 9(a) does not apply because beta never actually represented. Mircrosoft: 1. 9 (b) would apply (not (a) b/c beta never personally did work on.