SAN FRANCISCO A new opinion from the Bar Association of San Francisco says it’s unethical for defense counsel, as part of settlement negotiations, to ask opposing counsel to keep quiet about work against a specific defendant or their experience with a particular area of law.
The opinion, authored by Maria Yuen of the Stein Law Group, stems from litigation in which defense counsel wanted the opposition to agree not to advertise that he had worked on a sexual orientation harassment case against the specific defendant or mention LGBT harassment as an area of expertise.
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