Legal Opinion
Maling v. Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 23, 2015No. SJC 11800PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In this case we consider whether an actionable conflict of interest arises under Mass. R. Prof. C. 1.7, as appearing in 471 Mass. 1335 (2015), when attorneys in different offices of the same law firm simultaneously represent business competitors in prosecuting patents on similar inventions, without informing them or obtaining their consent to the simultaneous representation. 2
The plaintiff, Chris E. Maling, engaged the defendant law firm Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP (Finnegan), including the three individual attorneys named in this suit, to represent him in connection…
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