Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
Problem:lawyer shall not represent a client if the representation of that client may be materially limited by the lawyer's responsibilities to another client or to a third person, or by the lawyer's own interests, unless: (1) the lawyer reasonably believes the representation will not be adversely affected; and (2) the client consents after consultation and with knowledge of the consequences. The language of Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.7(b) is almost identical to the above rule. 2 . New Hampshire Rule of Prof. Conduct Rule 1.8(b) provides: A lawyer shall not use information relating to representation of a client to the disadvantage of the client unless*the client consents after consultation and with knowledge of the consequences. See, e.g., Bourdon's Case, 132 N.H. 365, 565 A.2d 1052, 1056 (1989) (<HOLDING>). Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.8(b) provides: "A
Holding statements: (A) holding an attorney is an agent of the client and therefore cannot conspire with the client (B) holding that ambiguous agreement between attorney and client must be construed in the clients favor (C) holding that rule 18b is violated if attorney uses information of a divorce clients vulnerability to pursue a sexual relationship with the client (D) holding that when an attorney represents multiple clients and a dispute between the attorney and one client later occurs there is a waiver of the privilege but only by the client asserting the liability (E) holding that an attorney may only undertake to represent a new client against a former client where there is no confidential information received from the former client that is in any way relevant to representation of the current client
Solution:
(C)