All “sexual relations” with clients are forbidden under Rule 1.8(j), unless a consensual relationship existed between the attorney and the client when the attorney-client relationship commenced.

Reversing a district court order requiring the disclosure of attorney-client communications and holding a law firm in civil contempt, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that an ...

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