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3-Multiple Representations on the Same Matter

Law firms representing a state political subdivision developing an industrial park and issuing industrial revenue bonds may also serve as bond counsel for the lender and represent a developer (the applicant for the bonds), because the clients are sophisticated "users of money and legal services" and their interests are not inconsistent.

Copyright 2000, Thomas E. Spahn