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Conflict of Interests, 1.18(d)(1): "both the affected client and the…

- - - - Even if there is a concurrent conflict of interest, a lawyer may still represent a client under 1.7(b) if:
        
        The rules on current clients are subject to the "specific rules" under Rule 1.8
        
        1.8(a): Business Transactions
        
        1.8(b): Use of Information the Disadvantage of Client
        
        1.8(c): Solicitation of Gifts
        
        1.8(d): Literary or Media Rights
        
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        1.13(g): Rule 1.7 applies to "a lawyer representing an organization's directors, officers, employees, members, shareholders or other constituents..."
    - - 1.10(b): "When a lawyer has terminated an association with a firm, the firm is not prohibited from thereafter representing a person with interests materially adverse to those of a client represented by the formerly associated lawyer and not currently represented by the firm, unless:"
        
        1.11(d)(1): A lawyer currently serving as a public officer or employee is subject to Rules 1.7 and 1.9
- - - - 1.18(c): If a lawyer is subject to 1.18(b), they "shall not represent a client with interests materially adverse o those of a prospective client in the same or substantially related matter if the lawyer received information from the prospective client that could be significantly harmful to that person in the matter..."
        
        1.18(d): Representation still permissible IF:
- - - - 1.13(c)(1): IF "...the highest authority that can act on behalf of the organization insists or fails to address in a timely and appropriate manner an action, or a refusal to act, that is a VIOLATION OF LAW; and"
        
        1.13(c)(2): "the lawyer reasonably believes that the violation is reasonably certain to result in substantial injury to the organization, then the lawyer may reveal information relating to the representation whether or not Rule 1.6 permits such disclosure, but only if and to the extent the lawyer reasonably believes is necessary to prevent substantial injury to the organization."
        
        1.13(e): "A lawyer who reasonably believes that he or she has been discharged because of the lawyer's actions taken pursuant to paragraphs (b) or (c), or who withdraws under circumstances that require or permit the lawyer to take action under either of those paragraphs, shall proceed as the lawyer reasonably believes necessary to assure that the organization's highest authority is informed of the lawyer's discharge or withdrawal."
        
        Dealing with an organization's shareholders, officers, employees, members, directors, or other constituents: Under 1.13(f), " a lawyer shall explain the identity of the client when the lawyer knows or reasonably should know that the organization's interests are adverse to those of the constituents with whom the lawyer is dealing."
- - - - 1.10(b): "When a lawyer has terminated an association with a firm, the firm is not prohibited from thereafter representing a person with interests materially adverse to those of a client represented by the formerly associated lawyer and not currently represented by the firm, unless:"
    - - 1.9(b): "A Lawyer shall not knowingly represent a person in the same or substantially related matter in which a firm with which the lawyer formerly was associated had previously represented a client"