In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Samuels

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• at time accused represented clients, no evidence suggested either an existing conflict of interest or that accuseds’ independent professional judgment was or likely would be adversely affected by the employment
• court rejected Bar’s prediction of potential future conflicts in partnership and reliance on ultimate breakdown of partners’ relationship to support allegations under earlier version of former DR 5-105(A)
• court rejected Bar’s prediction of potential future conflicts in partnership and reliance on ultimate breakdown of part- ners’ relationship to support allegations under earlier ver- sion of former DR 5-105(A)
• business transactions with clients are not inherently unethical; instead, “[i]t is when the client and the lawyer have differing interests and the client expects the lawyer to exercise * * * professional judgment for the protection of the client that [(former
• business transactions with clients are not inherently unethical; instead, “[i]t is when the client and the lawyer have differing interests and the client expects the lawyer to exercise * * * professional judgment for the protection of the client that [(former)} DR 5-104(A) comes into play”

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