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2007-01-22 |
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J. |
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| An attorney owes loyalty to his client not only in the case in which he has represented him but also after the relation of attorney and client has terminated.[20] The bare attorney-client relationship with a client precludes an attorney from accepting professional employment from the client's adversary either in the same case[21] or in a different but related action.[22] A lawyer is forbidden from representing a subsequent client against a former client when the subject matter of the present controversy is related, directly or indirectly, to the subject matter of the previous litigation in which he appeared for the former client.[23] | |||||