185 W. Va. 171 - Dent v. Kaufman’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
5 district · 16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 164 W. Va. 112 - Hinkle v. Black · Niesig v. Team I · 103 Wash. 2d 192 - Wright v. Group Health Hospital · Bougé v. Smith's Management Corp. · 430 F. Supp. 1108 - In Re Investigation of FMC Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“" 'In the case of an organization, this Rule prohibits communications by a lawyer for one party concerning the matter in representation with persons having a managerial responsibility on behalf of the organization, and with any other person whose act or omission in connection with that matter may be imputed to the organization for purposes of civil or criminal liability or whose statement may constitute an admission on the part of the organization. If an agent or employee of the organization is represented in the matter by his or her own counsel, the consent by that counsel to a communication will be sufficient for purposes of this Rule. Compare Rule 3.4(f). " ‘This rule also covers any person, whether or not a party to a formal proceeding, who is represented by. counsel concerning the matter in question. [Emphasis added.]’ "”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the representation with a party the lawyer knows to be represented by another lawyer in the matter, unless the lawyer has the consent of the other lawyer or is authorized by law to do so.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“1. Officials (a) Who have the legal power to bind the corporation in the matter (the corporation’s “alter egos”); or (b) Who are responsible for implementing the advice of the corporation’s lawyers; or 2. Any member of the organization whose own interests are directly at stake in a representation (i.e., each member of a class, partners in a partnership, the principal members of a joint venture, and the beneficiaries of an express trust), and any employee or other nonofficial person affiliated with an organization, who is independently represented in the matter. Wolfram, id. n. 47.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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