Engineer A Former Client Confidentiality Perpetuation Post-Termination

@prefix case106: <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . case106:Engineer_A_Former_Client_Confidentiality_Perpetuation_Post-Termination a proeth:FormerClientConfidentialityPerpetuationObligation, owl:NamedIndividual ; rdfs:label "Engineer A Former Client Confidentiality Perpetuation Post-Termination" ; proeth-core:competesWith case106:Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Switching_Sides_Prohibition ; proeth-core:defeasibleUnder <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Continuing_Post-Termination_Loyalty_to_Attorney_Zs_Client_—_BER_Case_85-4>, <http://proethica.org/ontology/case/106#Engineer_A_Cross-Side_Retention_After_Plaintiff_Confidential_Access_—_BER_Case_85-4> ; proeth-core:prevailsOver case106:Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Switching_Sides_Prohibition ; proeth:casecontext "Engineer A had access to plaintiff's confidential information and documents during the first engagement; after termination, Engineer A accepted retention by opposing counsel in the same matter, raising the question of whether the confidential information could be compartmentalized." ; proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ; proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ; proeth:confidence "0.93" ; proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case106:Confidentiality_Duration_Indeterminacy_Acknowledged_by_Board, case106:Switching_Sides_Prohibition_Applied_to_Engineer_A_Forensic_Expert_Role_in_BER_Case_85-4 ; proeth:discoveredincase "106" ; proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ; proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00" ; proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "106" ; proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-28T00:48:58.362061+00:00" ; proeth:importance "high" ; proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ; proeth:obligationclass "Former Client Confidentiality Perpetuation Obligation" ; proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to continue protecting the confidential information, documents, and facts obtained from plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney during the first engagement, even after termination of that engagement, and to refrain from using or disclosing that information in any subsequent engagement — including the engagement with Attorney X." ; proeth:sourcetext "while an engineer may not currently have a professional relationship with a former client, the engineer still has an ethical obligation to that client to protect certain confidential information and facts, as well as a certain duty of trust and loyalty." ; proeth:temporalscope "Ongoing from termination of engagement with Attorney Z through any subsequent professional activities related to the same matter" ; proeth:textreferences "Engineer A, throughout his first analysis, had access to information, documents, etc., that were made available to him by the plaintiff and plaintiff's attorney in a cooperative and mutually beneficial manner.", "The Board could not accept the proposition that, following the termination of the relationship with the attorney for the plaintiff, Engineer A would 'blot all' of that information from his mind and start from 'square one.'", "while an engineer may not currently have a professional relationship with a former client, the engineer still has an ethical obligation to that client to protect certain confidential information and facts, as well as a certain duty of trust and loyalty." ; proeth:wasattributedto "Case 106 Extraction" ; prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:58:47.918954"^^xsd:dateTime ; prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 106 Extraction" .