Ethics Hotline & Opinions

ETHICS DOCKET NO. 1988-17

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MARYLAND STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, INC.

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

ETHICS DOCKET NO. 1988-17

Conflict: Representation of Clients With Adverse Interests


Your letter of inquiry to the Maryland State Bar Ethics Committee dated August 7, 1987, was numbered Ethics Docket 88-17. The Committee had previously received a request for an opinion from the lawyer on the other side of the situation you described. A single response to both inquiries was prepared. A copy of it is enclosed.

 

 Ethics Docket 88-11


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