Is an attorney prohibited to do either of two things after severing his relationship with a former client?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from River West, Inc. v. Nickel, 188 Cal.App.3d 1297, 234 Cal.Rptr. 33 (Cal. App. 1987):

" '[A]n attorney is forbidden to do either of two things after severing his relationship with a former client. He may not do anything which will injuriously affect his former client in any [matter] in which he formerly represented him nor may he at any time use against his former client knowledge or information acquired by virtue of the previous relationship.' " (People ex rel. Deukmejian v. Brown, supra, 29 Cal.3d at p. 155, 172 Cal.Rptr. 478, 624 P.2d 1206.)

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