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handle is hein.ali/rettlglyrs0061 and id is 1 raw text is: THE LAW GOVERNING LAWYERS 3D CHAPTER 2. THE CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP TOPIC 1. CREATING A CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP § 14. Formation of a Client-Lawyer Relationship D.D.C.2020. Com. (f) quot. in sup. Buyers of a government-contracting firm under a verbal contract sued seller, alleging, among other things, breach of contract and fraud in the inducement. This court denied buyers' motion to disqualify seller's counsel, holding that buyers failed to show that seller's counsel also represented buyers in their individual capacity in the early stages of the parties' dispute. The court cited Restatement Third of the Law Governing Lawyers § 14 in noting that, while sometimes in the absence of warning from a lawyer, a constituent of an organizational client could reasonably rely on the lawyer's apparent willingness to provide legal services for the constituent in addition to the organization, thus creating an implied client-lawyer relationship, the overwhelming evidence in the record showed that seller's counsel repeatedly gave such warnings to buyers, and that there was no indication that seller's counsel learned any private information that remained private for more than a few days and was useful to seller in this action. Butler v. Enterprise Integration Corporation, 459 F.Supp.3d 78, 113. Nev.2020. Com. (f) quot. in sup. In an action brought by state senators, among others, against senate majority leader and senate secretary for allegedly illegal legislative conduct, plaintiffs filed a motion to disqualify defense counsel on the ground that counsel, as the legislative counsel bureau legal division, had a concurrent conflict of interest with plaintiffs, because counsel represented all members of the state senate. The trial court denied defendants' petition for writ of mandamus. This court granted defendants' petition, finding that plaintiffs lacked standing to disqualify defense counsel, because counsel represented the legislature and not its members, counsel's defense of defendants as to their actions regarding the bills was ancillary to counsel's defense of the bills themselves, and plaintiffs were not acting on behalf of the legislature when challenging the bills. The dissent argued that the majority should have denied defendants' requested relief, because, under Restatement Third of the Law Governing Lawyers § 14, Commentf, whether defense counsel represented members of the legislature or only the legislature itself was a finding of fact, and the record did not indicate that the trial court abused its broad discretion in making its factual finding that defense counsel represented plaintiffs as well as defendants. State ex rel. Cannizzaro v. First Judicial District Court in and for County of Carson City, 466 P.3d 529, 535. TOPIC 2. SUMMARY OF THE DUTIES UNDER A CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP § 16. A Lawyer's Duties to a Client-In General Alaska, 2020. Coins. (b) and (c) cit. in ftn. After attorney filed an ex parte motion in which he criticized client for refusing to settle a wrongful-death action arising from his son's death and for refusing to COPYRIGHT ©2021 By THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America For earlier citations, see the Appendices, Supplements, or Pocket Parts, if any, that correspond to the subject matter under examination.

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