Legal Opinion
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. v. Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 19, 1990No. Civ. A. 88-4811PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITAN, District Judge.
This case presents the important issue of to what extent Rule 4.2 of the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct regulates a defendant’s ex parte contacts with former employees of a plaintiff corporation. The question comes to this Court on an appeal from an Order entered on April 25, 1990 by Ronald J. Hedges, United States Magistrate. The subject Order required the defendants to inform plaintiff, Public Service Electric And Gas Company (“PSE & G”), two days prior to initiating any ex parte contact with a former employee. In addition, the Order…
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