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84x9: Conflict of Interest Issues Raised by Re-Employment of Former General Counsel by Agency

June 11, 1984

A former general counsel of an agency would be prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 205 from representing any client on matters before or within his former agency while an SGE for the agency.

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