The board of education in a wealthy, medium-sized Connecticut town is represented by a large law firm that represents 80 boards of education across the state (half the state’s total). That same firm is representing a developer that is suing the town’s planning and zoning commission, and it appears to be a controversial matter.
There is no doubt that the state’s rules of professional conduct allow a firm to represent both a town and another client that is suing it, as long as there is no relationship between the matters. Even where, say, a suit concerns a school building, waivers are often obtained, so long as the different firm departments’ lawyers do not discuss the different matters. Click here to read more…
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