Law
Chinese Walls are used in law firms when one part of the firm, representing a party on a deal or litigation, is separated from another part with contrary interests or with confidential information from an adverse party. In the United Kingdom, a law firm may represent competing parties in a suit, but only in strictly defined situations and when individual fee earners do not act for both sides In the United States, at least in Ohio, it is illegal for members of the same law firm to represent both sides of a legal conflict regardless of whether the individuals communicate about the case. To do so is considered a conflict of interest and can result in disciplinary action against the attorney or the firm that employs him or her. Even Legal Aid cannot represent both sides of a conflict.
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