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| A law firm represents a joint venture comprised of three companies. The firm "has never had any contact with any employees of [one co-venturer], nor does it have any familiarity with [that co-venturer's] corporate structure or workings." The firm may therefore represent another client adverse to the co-venturer, because there is no attorney-client relationship between the law firm and the co-venturer. The Bar explains that "the joint venture is an entity distinct from the individual members," citing ABA LEO 361 and earlier LEOs applying this "entity-representation rationale" to a homeowner's association (LEO 1168) and a partnership (LEO 1458). |