ABA-400
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| A lawyer interviewing for a job with the firm the lawyer is opposing in a matter must obtain the client's consent if the negotiations involve substantive discussions about experience, clients or business potential, or the terms of a possible association; the negotiating lawyer's conflict is not imputed to the rest of the firm, but the lawyer's colleagues may have their own conflict because of an interest in the negotiations; the firm with which the lawyer is negotiating faces a similar conflict. |