Former Client Adverse Party Stakeholder
Class
79abc226
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#FormerClientAdversePartyStakeholder
Definition
A stakeholder role borne by a former client of an engineer who becomes an adverse party in subsequent litigation or professional engagement, where the engineer is retained by an opposing party. The former client bears no current contractual relationship with the engineer but retains a residual interest in the engineer's professional independence and potential conflicts of interest arising from prior confidential work.
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Definition
A stakeholder role borne by a former client of an engineer who becomes an adverse party in subsequent litigation or professional engagement, where the engineer is retained by an opposing party. The former client bears no current contractual relationship with the engineer but retains a residual interest in the engineer's professional independence and potential conflicts of interest arising from prior confidential work.
Source Evidence
Source Text
engineers do not have a duty of absolute loyalty under which the engineer can never take a position adverse to the interests of a former client
TTL
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rdfs:label "Former Client Adverse Party Stakeholder" ;
rdfs:comment "A stakeholder role borne by a former client of an engineer who becomes an adverse party in subsequent litigation or professional engagement, where the engineer is retained by an opposing party. The former client bears no current contractual relationship with the engineer but retains a residual interest in the engineer's professional independence and potential conflicts of interest arising from prior confidential work." ;
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Ontology
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Content Hash
79abc2267760262c...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
179
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
discussion
First Discovered At
2026-03-01T06:51:38.745170+00:00
First Discovered In Case
179
Generated
2026-03-01T06:51:38.745170+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 179 Extraction