Attorney X Retaining Counsel Disclosure Receipt and Conflict Assessment Obligation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/129#Attorney_X_Retaining_Counsel_Disclosure_Receipt_and_Conflict_Assessment_Obligation
Properties
Instance of
StandardsCommitteeDualRoleConflictDisclosureObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#StandardsCommitteeDualRoleConflictDisclosureObligation
Case context
Attorney X retained Engineer A as a forensic expert witness in personal injury litigation involving boiler safety. The disclosure obligation runs to Attorney X as the party who must assess whether the committee supervisory relationship between Engineer A and opposing expert Engineer B creates conflicts that affect the engagement.
Compliance status
unclear
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Obligated party
Attorney X (Defense Counsel Retaining Forensic Expert)
Obligation statement
Attorney X, as retaining counsel, was entitled to receive full disclosure from Engineer A of both Engineer A's committee chair role and Engineer B's subcommittee membership, so that Attorney X could assess potential conflicts, manage the litigation relationship appropriately, and make informed decisions about the engagement.
Temporal scope
Prior to or upon Engineer A accepting the forensic expert engagement
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Boiler Case Expert Witness Disclosure Obligation
derivedFromPrinciple
Standards Committee Role Disclosure Invoked By Attorney X
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise Attorney X that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee.
Text references
Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise Attorney X that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee.
Engineer A should be mindful of certain critical obligations clearly required under the facts.
TTL
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case129:Attorney_X_Retaining_Counsel_Disclosure_Receipt_and_Conflict_Assessment_Obligation a proeth:StandardsCommitteeDualRoleConflictDisclosureObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Attorney X Retaining Counsel Disclosure Receipt and Conflict Assessment Obligation" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case129:Engineer_A_Boiler_Case_Expert_Witness_Disclosure_Obligation ;
proeth:casecontext "Attorney X retained Engineer A as a forensic expert witness in personal injury litigation involving boiler safety. The disclosure obligation runs to Attorney X as the party who must assess whether the committee supervisory relationship between Engineer A and opposing expert Engineer B creates conflicts that affect the engagement." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unclear" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case129:Standards_Committee_Role_Disclosure_Invoked_By_Attorney_X ;
proeth:discoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T19:43:57.085266+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "129" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T19:43:57.085266+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Attorney X (Defense Counsel Retaining Forensic Expert)" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Standards Committee Dual Role Conflict Disclosure Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Attorney X, as retaining counsel, was entitled to receive full disclosure from Engineer A of both Engineer A's committee chair role and Engineer B's subcommittee membership, so that Attorney X could assess potential conflicts, manage the litigation relationship appropriately, and make informed decisions about the engagement." ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise Attorney X that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Prior to or upon Engineer A accepting the forensic expert engagement" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A has an obligation to (1) fully disclose to Attorney X his role as the chairman of the boiler code standards and safety committee within an engineering society and (2) advise Attorney X that Engineer B serves as a member of one of the technical subcommittees within the boiler code standards and safety committee.",
"Engineer A should be mindful of certain critical obligations clearly required under the facts." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 129 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T19:54:29.984086"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 129 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
129
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T19:43:57.085266+00:00
First case
129
Generated
2026-02-27T19:43:57.085266+00:00
Attributed to
Case 129 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T19:54:29.984086
Generated by
ProEthica Case 129 Extraction