Sequential Adverse Representation in Unrelated Matters State
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a2ad4b15
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#SequentialAdverseRepresentationinUnrelatedMattersState
Definition
State in which a professional engineer has, over time, provided expert services to parties on opposing sides of different, unrelated legal or adversarial proceedings — such that at the time of each engagement no active conflict exists with the prior client, but the sequential pattern creates an appearance of impropriety that may be exploited by opposing counsel to imply ethical violation. The state is ethically permissible under codes that require disclosure rather than absolute avoidance, provided the matters are genuinely unrelated and no confidential information from prior engagements is implicated.
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Definition
State in which a professional engineer has, over time, provided expert services to parties on opposing sides of different, unrelated legal or adversarial proceedings — such that at the time of each engagement no active conflict exists with the prior client, but the sequential pattern creates an appearance of impropriety that may be exploited by opposing counsel to imply ethical violation. The state is ethically permissible under codes that require disclosure rather than absolute avoidance, provided the matters are genuinely unrelated and no confidential information from prior engagements is implicated.
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
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Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
a2ad4b157e6df430...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
75
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-02-27T00:12:19.216728+00:00
First Discovered In Case
75
Generated
2026-02-27T00:12:19.216728+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 75 Extraction