LEO: Contact with Adverse Party — Conflict, LE Op. 795

 

    Contact with Adverse Party — Conflict of Interest.

 

    May 27, 1986

 

    It is not improper for an attorney to directly contact and communicate with line supervisors of a corporate employer during the investigation and preparation of a legal claim against such an employer as long as the line supervisors are not members of the corporation's “control group” as defined in Upjohn Co. v. U.S., 449 U.S. 383, 101 S. Ct. 667 (1981) and providing the attorney abides by the provisions of LE Op. 530 and LE Op. 533. [LE Op. 530 and LE Op. 533; Upjohn Co. v. U.S., 449 U.S. 383, 101 S. Ct. 667 (1981)]

 

    Committee Opinion May 27, 1986

 

    CROSS REFERENCES

 

    See also LE Op. 801

 

LEO: Contact with Adverse Party - Conflict, LE Op. 795 (1986)