Engineer A Switching Sides Full Discussion With Attorney Z Obligation Violation
O · Obligation
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/172#Engineer_A_Switching_Sides_Full_Discussion_With_Attorney_Z_Obligation_Violation
Properties
Instance of
SwitchingSidesFullDiscussionWithOriginalClientObligation
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SwitchingSidesFullDiscussionWithOriginalClientObligation
Case context
Engineer A accepted defense retention without first fully discussing the conflict with Attorney Z (plaintiff's attorney), who was his original retaining client. The Board held this discussion was required at a bare minimum.
Compliance status
unmet
Confidence
0.95
Importance
high
Obligated party
Engineer A
Obligation statement
Engineer A was obligated to fully discuss the ethical dilemma with Attorney Z before accepting retention by the defense attorney, so that Attorney Z had the opportunity to address the conflict, provide consent, or otherwise resolve the situation.
Temporal scope
Before accepting retention by Attorney X; at the time of or immediately upon being approached by Attorney X
Relationships
defeasibleUnder
Engineer A Cross-Side Retention by Defendant Attorney
derivedFromPrinciple
Loyalty Principle Invoked for Engineer A Post-Termination Obligations to Plaintiff
Source Evidence
Source text
At a bare minimum, Engineer A should have fully discussed the issue with Attorney Z.
Text references
At a bare minimum, Engineer A should have fully discussed the issue with Attorney Z.
TTL
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case172:Engineer_A_Switching_Sides_Full_Discussion_With_Attorney_Z_Obligation_Violation a proeth:SwitchingSidesFullDiscussionWithOriginalClientObligation,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Engineer A Switching Sides Full Discussion With Attorney Z Obligation Violation" ;
proeth-core:defeasibleUnder case172:Engineer_A_Cross-Side_Retention_by_Defendant_Attorney ;
proeth:casecontext "Engineer A accepted defense retention without first fully discussing the conflict with Attorney Z (plaintiff's attorney), who was his original retaining client. The Board held this discussion was required at a bare minimum." ;
proeth:compliancestatus "unmet" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.95" ;
proeth:derivedFromPrinciple case172:Loyalty_Principle_Invoked_for_Engineer_A_Post-Termination_Obligations_to_Plaintiff ;
proeth:discoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "discussion" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T18:19:02.353557+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "172" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T18:19:02.353557+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:obligatedparty "Engineer A" ;
proeth:obligationclass "Switching Sides Full Discussion With Original Client Obligation" ;
proeth:obligationstatement "Engineer A was obligated to fully discuss the ethical dilemma with Attorney Z before accepting retention by the defense attorney, so that Attorney Z had the opportunity to address the conflict, provide consent, or otherwise resolve the situation." ;
proeth:sourcetext "At a bare minimum, Engineer A should have fully discussed the issue with Attorney Z." ;
proeth:temporalscope "Before accepting retention by Attorney X; at the time of or immediately upon being approached by Attorney X" ;
proeth:textreferences "At a bare minimum, Engineer A should have fully discussed the issue with Attorney Z." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 172 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T18:28:40.774808"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 172 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
172
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-03-01T18:19:02.353557+00:00
First case
172
Generated
2026-03-01T18:19:02.353557+00:00
Attributed to
Case 172 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T18:28:40.774808
Generated by
ProEthica Case 172 Extraction