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Massage parlor sale results in DQ for lawyer and points to lessons on former clients

By Karen Rubin on November 6, 2019
Posted in Conflicts, Disqualification

A New Jersey lawyer’s involvement in the sale of a massage parlor rubbed the district court the wrong way and resulted in his disqualification from a later suit over the transaction.  In its opinion last month, the court ruled that the buyer was the lawyer’s former client, and that the earlier work on the sale…

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