ORIGINS AND INFLUENCES. 1  Portuguese is one of the major languages of the world (the sixth most spoken language worldwide), spoken by about 200 million people on four continents. It belongs to a group of languages called Romance or Neo-Latin that evolved from Latin, the language of Latium in Ancient Italy, or more specifically, the city of Rome.
Conflicts of Interest. A lawyer or law firm cannot be successful without clients, and the ability to obtain and retain clients is crucial to any practice. Conflict of interest issues can limit a lawyerâs or firmâs ability to take on new clients or to continue with existing ones, and thus they must be carefully considered. On the one hand, being too sensitive to potential conflicts can unduly limit a practice and cause friction among lawyers in a firm.
(b) Notwithstanding the existence of a concurrent conflict of interest under paragraph (a), a lawyer may represent a client if: (1) the lawyer reasonably believes that the lawyer will be able to provide competent and diligent representation to each affected client; (2) the representation is not prohibited by law;(3) the representation does not involve the assertion of a claim by one client against another client represented by the lawyer in the same litigation or other proceeding before a tribunal; and. (4) each affected client gives informed consent, confirmed in writing.a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation involves a concurrent conflict of interest. A concurrent conflict of interest exists if: (1) the representation of one client will be directly adverse to another client; or.