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Litigation

Jun. 3, 2000

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NEW ADMITTEES: By Suzanne Mellard The specter of ethical conflicts takes on new meaning when law firms hire recent graduates who clerked for competitors the summer before graduation. Summer clerkships can give rise to actual conflicts of interest, which, unless identified early and managed well, can result in disqualification of the hiring firm from pending cases and disgorgement of fees.

By Suzanne Mellard
        The specter of ethical conflicts takes on new meaning when law firms hire recent graduates who clerked for competitors the summer before graduation. Summer clerkships can give rise to actual conflicts of interest, which, unless identified early and managed well, can result in disqualification of the hiring firm from pending cases and disgorgement of fees. Howe...

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