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Horns of a Defense Counsel Dilemma

This article examines the conflicts that surround the so-called 'tripartite relationship' among policyholder, insurance company, and defense counsel hired by the insurance company, as well as techniques to preserve defense counsel's un-conflicted duty to its client, the policyholder. Insurance conflicts counsel is one such technique.

29 minute read December 21, 2007 at 09:30 AM
By
William Passannante And Diana Shafter Gliedman
Horns of a Defense Counsel Dilemma

What happens when an attorney acts on behalf of two clients with potentially diverging interests ' a policyholder in the midst of defending important litigation and the liability insurance company paying the defense bills?

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