Absolute Loyalty Non-Extension to Former Client ABC Manufacturing
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/179#Absolute_Loyalty_Non-Extension_to_Former_Client_ABC_Manufacturing
Properties
Instance of
AbsoluteLoyaltyProhibitiontoFormerClients
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#AbsoluteLoyaltyProhibitiontoFormerClients
Applied to
ABC Manufacturing Repeat Litigation Client
Attorney X Plaintiff-Side Retaining Attorney
Balancing with
Confidentiality
Loyalty
Concrete expression
Engineer A's prior service to ABC Manufacturing in patent litigation did not create a perpetual obligation of loyalty that would bar her from subsequently serving as an expert against ABC Manufacturing in the unrelated product liability matter
Confidence
0.92
Importance
high
Interpretation
The duty of loyalty to a client attaches to the specific engagement and its subject matter; once that engagement concludes, the engineer retains professional autonomy to accept subsequent engagements, including those adverse to the former client, provided the new matter is unrelated and no confidential information is implicated
Invoked by
Engineer A Multi-Party Litigation Expert
Tension resolution
Loyalty obligations from the concluded patent engagement did not extend to bar adverse participation in the unrelated product liability matter; Engineer A retained professional independence to serve Attorney X
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter in an area of Engineer A's expertise. Engineer A performed the requested services and was paid for her work by ABC Manufacturing. Several years later, Engineer A was retained by Attorney X who represented a plaintiff in product liability litigation against ABC Manufacturing in a matter not involving any aspect of the earlier patent litigation.
Text references
Engineer A performed the requested services and was paid for her work by ABC Manufacturing.
Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter in an area of Engineer A's expertise.
Engineer A was retained by Attorney X who represented a plaintiff in product liability litigation against ABC Manufacturing in a matter not involving any aspect of the earlier patent litigation.
TTL
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case179:Absolute_Loyalty_Non-Extension_to_Former_Client_ABC_Manufacturing a proeth:AbsoluteLoyaltyProhibitiontoFormerClients,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Absolute Loyalty Non-Extension to Former Client ABC Manufacturing" ;
proeth:appliedto "ABC Manufacturing Repeat Litigation Client",
"Attorney X Plaintiff-Side Retaining Attorney" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Confidentiality",
"Loyalty" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A's prior service to ABC Manufacturing in patent litigation did not create a perpetual obligation of loyalty that would bar her from subsequently serving as an expert against ABC Manufacturing in the unrelated product liability matter" ;
proeth:confidence "0.92" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "179" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-03-01T06:54:14.424192+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "179" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-03-01T06:54:14.424192+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The duty of loyalty to a client attaches to the specific engagement and its subject matter; once that engagement concludes, the engineer retains professional autonomy to accept subsequent engagements, including those adverse to the former client, provided the new matter is unrelated and no confidential information is implicated" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Multi-Party Litigation Expert" ;
proeth:principleclass "Absolute Loyalty Prohibition to Former Clients" ;
proeth:sourcetext "Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter in an area of Engineer A's expertise. Engineer A performed the requested services and was paid for her work by ABC Manufacturing. Several years later, Engineer A was retained by Attorney X who represented a plaintiff in product liability litigation against ABC Manufacturing in a matter not involving any aspect of the earlier patent litigation." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Loyalty obligations from the concluded patent engagement did not extend to bar adverse participation in the unrelated product liability matter; Engineer A retained professional independence to serve Attorney X" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A performed the requested services and was paid for her work by ABC Manufacturing.",
"Engineer A was retained by ABC Manufacturing for the purpose of reviewing documents to form an opinion in a patent litigation matter in an area of Engineer A's expertise.",
"Engineer A was retained by Attorney X who represented a plaintiff in product liability litigation against ABC Manufacturing in a matter not involving any aspect of the earlier patent litigation." ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 179 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-03-01T07:10:12.475474"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 179 Extraction" .
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Extraction details
Discovered in case
179
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-03-01T06:54:14.424192+00:00
First case
179
Generated
2026-03-01T06:54:14.424192+00:00
Attributed to
Case 179 Extraction
Generated
2026-03-01T07:10:12.475474
Generated by
ProEthica Case 179 Extraction