BER Case 82-6 Former Client Consent Absent for Cross-Side Representation
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#BER_Case_82-6_Former_Client_Consent_Absent_for_Cross-Side_Representation
Properties
Instance of
ContinuingPost-TerminationLoyaltyObligationState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#ContinuingPost-TerminationLoyaltyObligationState
Active period
From conclusion of government engagement through contractor's approach
Affected parties
Contractor
Engineer (BER 82-6)
U.S. Government
Confidence
0.88
Importance
medium
Subject
Engineer in BER Case 82-6 retained by U.S. government to study dam failure, subsequently approached by contractor (opposing party) without former client's consent — precedent establishing post-engagement loyalty obligations
Terminated by
Board determination that the cross-side engagement was unethical absent prior client consent
Triggering event
Contractor filing claim against U.S. government and approaching engineer who had studied the dam failure for the government
Urgency level
medium
Source Evidence
Source text
there was nothing in the record to indicate that the engineer was given the consent of his former client, the U.S. government, to represent the interests of the contractor in its claim against the government for additional compensation
Text references
there was nothing in the record to indicate that the engineer was given the consent of his former client, the U.S. government, to represent the interests of the contractor in its claim against the government for additional compensation
TTL
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owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "BER Case 82-6 Former Client Consent Absent for Cross-Side Representation" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From conclusion of government engagement through contractor's approach" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Contractor",
"Engineer (BER 82-6)",
"U.S. Government" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.88" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T18:09:00.386512+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T18:09:00.386512+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "medium" ;
proeth:sourcetext "there was nothing in the record to indicate that the engineer was given the consent of his former client, the U.S. government, to represent the interests of the contractor in its claim against the government for additional compensation" ;
proeth:stateclass "Continuing Post-Termination Loyalty Obligation State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer in BER Case 82-6 retained by U.S. government to study dam failure, subsequently approached by contractor (opposing party) without former client's consent — precedent establishing post-engagement loyalty obligations" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Board determination that the cross-side engagement was unethical absent prior client consent" ;
proeth:textreferences "there was nothing in the record to indicate that the engineer was given the consent of his former client, the U.S. government, to represent the interests of the contractor in its claim against the government for additional compensation" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Contractor filing claim against U.S. government and approaching engineer who had studied the dam failure for the government" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "medium" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 172 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T18:28:40.765144"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 172 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
172
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:09:00.386512+00:00
First case
172
Generated
2026-03-01T18:09:00.386512+00:00
Attributed to
Case 172 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:28:40.765144
Generated by
ProEthica Case 172 Extraction