Trone v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the substantial relationship test does not require that the issues in the two representations be identical
• “[The lawyer’s] professional commitment is not furthered, but endangered, if the possibility exists that the lawyer will change sides later in a substantially related matter.”
• “It is the possibility of the breach of confidence, not the fact of the breach, that triggers disqualification”
• “Once the attorney is found to be disqualified, both the attorney and the attorney’s firm are disqualified from suing the former client.”
• “Both the fact and appearance of total professional commitment are endangered by adverse representation in related cases.”
• “The substantial relationship test does not require that the issues in the two representations be identical.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).