A prospective client meets with an attorney for a consultation about a potential medical malpractice case but does not hire the attorney. The attorney later discovers that another client wants to sue the same doctor for the same type of conduct. May the attorney represent the second client?
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A
Yes, because no attorney-client relationship was formed with the first person
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B
Yes, but only if the attorney does not use any information from the first consultation
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C
No, because the attorney cannot represent someone adverse to a prospective client if information received could be used to the prospective client's disadvantage
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D
No, because all consultations create a formal attorney-client relationship