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82x16: Agency Negotiations to Contract with Former Government Attorney’s Firm and 18 U.S.C. § 207(a)

November 5, 1982

18 U.S.C. § 207(a) prohibits a former government attorney from representing his law firm in negotiations with an agency concerning the agency’s wish to hire the firm as outside counsel in a matter in which the attorney had personally and substantially participated.  Once the firm was hired, the attorney could provide legal services for the agency.

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