Please read the New Jersey District Court case of Santacroce v. Neff https://www.leagle.com/decision/2001500134fsupp2d3661469

1. What is the hot potato doctrine?

2. What risks are involved when a lawyer simultaneously represents two clients on the same side of litigation?

3. What kinds of client conflicts can be caused by the lawyer's own interests? The lawyer's own interests might conflict with the client's own interests and could be purely personal, political, financial, or even romantic.

4. Do you think paralegals should be held to the same standard as lawyers with respect to romantic relationships with clients?

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