1. This potentially infringes the undivided loyalty rule, even if the information about B was unknown to the individual advising A. 2. If the information was passed on to A the firm would, however, breach its duty of confidentiality to B. 3. It makes it clear that solicitors may only breach the duty of confidentiality they owe to clients, whether adult or child, in exceptional circumstances. 4. When the plaintiff heard of this, he dismissed the defendant, and sought an injunction to prevent him breaching his duty of fidelity. 5. Adelphia normally provides advances and payments to high-level executives for legal fees and expenses unless a court or the board finds that they have intentionally breached their duties. 6. Rich, through his lawyer, has said that while no duties were breached, his role was to give advice while the others had final responsibility. 7. Richard Woodward recognized it was reckless of him to do so, and that it breached his duty to Cravath and to his clients. 8. Since then, family members have dragged Dart into a number of court fights involving contested settlements and accusations that Haft family members breached fiduciary duties. 9. Texas also penalizes lawyers, requiring them to forfeit their fees when they breach their fiduciary duty in this way. 10. The Carpenters have their own proposal on the ballot asking the directors be held personally liable if they breach their fiduciary duty. |