Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Kerr-McGee Corp.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1978-07-25

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SPRECHER, Circuit Judge. The novel issues on this appeal are (1) whether an attorney-client relationship arises only when both parties consent to its formation or can it also occur when the lay party submits confidential information to the law party with reasonable belief that the latter is acting as the former’s attorney and (2) whether the size and geographical scope of a law firm exempt it from the ordinary ethical cons…

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