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    Smile Bussiness/Legal ethics question (don't need answer fast)

    Hypothetically: an equity firm hires a lawyer to help engineer a takeover, in the process they plan to fire people who may be in a protected class. The employees hire a lawyer who happens to be married to a partner at the equity firm, though not who's engineering the takeover.

    Does the relationship need to be disclosed, or should the lawyer recuse himself?
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    And the labor lawyer is at the corporate lawyer's firm.

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    I happen to be an attorney in your state, and I can say: yes. Recuse immediately.

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    That's what I figured. Thanks.

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    Yup. When in doubt, bail out.

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    Quote Originally posted by Elendil's Heir View post
    Yup. When in doubt, bail out.
    And that was in the nature of a no-doubter...

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    Exactly, right? I mean, there is zero benefit to any of this "disclosure" shit. Just get out of it. I can see absolutely no benefit.

    And I totally am a licensed attorney who is also a brilliant scholar of the law.

    Or something. It doesn't matter. Or not. Probably not. I'll have to check.

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    Wow. What an unexpected surprise. Another drive-by from some differently-abled board, after not just one, but TWO attorneys answered his idiot question.

    No, I'm not counting myself in that number, even though, as a doctor of the law, I probably .... yeah, whatever, everyone gets that I'm joking (I hope! Or not -- don't care). I know less about the law than anyone -- in fact, I don't fucking care, and I enjoy breaking the law wherever possible.

    EH is a goody-two-shoes -- but a nice guy. RET seems pretty chill.

    I'm pretty sure they're both competent in their specialities. Two pretty rad dudes.

    Now spitzer is the real mastermind in international contract law.

    Go talk to him!

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    My professional legal advice is to accept nothing less than a box of donuts and a free piece of stationery.

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    Jizzel: WTF DID I DO TO YOU?!

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    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    Jizzel: WTF DID I DO TO YOU?!
    Absolutely nothing -- no idea if you're from another board or whatever. I just enjoy messing with people and venting my spleen. Hell, you should see the things I text to my extended family.

    AFAIC some fresh meat here is good -- well, no reason why not.
    Last edited by Jizzelbin; 06 Jun 2015 at 09:21 PM.

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    Quote Originally posted by Trojan Man View post
    My professional legal advice is to accept nothing less than a box of donuts and a free piece of stationery.
    Don't sell yourself cheap! At least grab a few handfuls of ass from the interns.

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    Well, the piece of ass is just a given. I didn't know I had to spell that out.

    Eric , just think of Jizz as the unmedicated ADHD child with no filter. It helps.

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    Quote Originally posted by Trojan Man View post
    Well, the piece of ass is just a given. I didn't know I had to spell that out.

    Eric , just think of Jizz as the unmedicated ADHD child with no filter. It helps.
    Speaking of "ass" and "unmedicated" -- get ready for the pain!

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    Quote Originally posted by Trojan Man View post
    Well, the piece of ass is just a given. I didn't know I had to spell that out.

    Eric , just think of Jizz as the unmedicated ADHD child with no filter. It helps.
    That's not fair, exactly. I have a great filter, when I choose to apply it. I stopped calling people here "retards" for a good many months after coming over.

    Of course, that nicety didn't last for too long, because of laziness.

    And look at you! I haven't called you a pom too many times for quite a while.

    Well, my sense of humor is robust but extremely limited. So what? That's the way it is. At least I'm equal-opportunity -- nobody gets any respect from me.

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    So you have a filter, but you're too lazy to use it. Nice bit of hair-splitting, mouthbreather.

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    Well, why should *you* care the reason? I do have one, is all.

    Whatever happened to that retard derper?

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    You bloody pom.

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    You can't even get your nationalistic slurs right. God help you.

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    Shut up pom.

    Are you incapable of saying something halfway serious, ever?

    Obviously, I like messing around, but, seriously.

    Enough, already!

    At least make fun of the Hitler Youth trying to take over this thread.

    I bet he's a fucking moron.

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    If Benny Goodman heard you talking about Hitler Youth, he'd wrap his trombone around your head.

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    Wow. You just "outed" yrself as an Aryan youth.

    There's a reason we shipped you people down there.

    Could have been worse -- could have been Argentina.

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    Mi parolas esperanton malbone Trojan Man's avatar
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    Oh, you're raggin' Argentina now? What's wrong with Argentina, you putz?

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    Nothing! I have a buddy from the Argentine.

    But get with the program and insult the new blood.

    You pom.

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    I play cricket too well to be a pom.

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    You play football (fine, I'll use the British slang 'soccer') better than the oirish.

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    Also true. They all play like they have polio. Ah well.

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    OK that's kind of funny.

    Now do one about the durper!

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    Do one what about what durper?

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    Make fun about some randos!

    Geez, what do have to do, spell it out?

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    Yes, then crawl back in the hole.

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    Oh Eric. I like you more and more

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    Yeah, I got a hole right here.

    Unfortunately, it is lined with giant knives to cut your balls off.

    Just like your mom.

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