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Sep. 4, 2002

Screening May Prevent 'Imputed Knowledge' Disqualification

Focus Column - By Alec H. Boyd - California law may prohibit a firm from accepting or continuing employment adverse to parties that the firm has never represented and from whom the firm has obtained no confidential information. This is because a law firm may be disqualified from a representation based on a firm attorney's representation of the adverse party before joining the firm.

        Focus Column

        By Alec H. Boyd
        
        California law may prohibit a firm from accepting or continuing employment adverse to parties that the firm has never represented and from whom the firm has obtained no confidential information. This is because a law firm ...

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