AuthorRene Lewis Leigh

The Duty to Avoid Conflict of Interest is a Sorites Problem

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In this week’s Ethical Lawyering in a Global Community class, students discussed the lawyer’s duty to not act for a client in a situation of conflict of interest. The professor described a situation where a lawyer tells a potential client that the lawyer cannot represent them because the other party in the dispute already discussed the case with the lawyer.  The ensuing controversy among my...

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