Cal. Rules of Prof. Conduct, rule 1.8.11 · Chapter 1. Lawyer-Client Relationship
Imputation of Prohibitions Under Rules 1.8.1 to 1.8.9
Text — 2026 edition, as the State Bar of California publishes it (read October 22, 2026)
While lawyers are associated in a law firm,* a prohibition in rules 1.8.1 through 1.8.9 that applies to any one of them shall apply to all of them.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
Comment
A prohibition on conduct by an individual lawyer in rules 1.8.1 through 1.8.9 also applies to all lawyers associated in a law firm* with the personally prohibited lawyer. For example, one lawyer in a law firm* may not enter into a business transaction with a client of another lawyer associated in the law firm* without complying with rule 1.8.1, even if the first lawyer is not personally involved in the representation of the client. This rule does not apply to rule 1.8.10 since the prohibition in that rule is personal and is not applied to associated lawyers.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 2026 edition, as the State Bar of California publishes it (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://www.calbar.ca.gov/sites/default/files/portals/0/documents/rules/Rules-of-Professional-Conduct.pdf (PDF pages 30)
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- rpc/build 2026-10-22: the State Bar's 2026 PDF (pages 12-71) read by two readers, PyMuPDF glyph positions and pdfminer with the PDF's tagged structure, agreeing on 834 of 843 paragraphs character for character, the other nine (paragraph boundaries only) resolved against the rendered page; 205,485 printed glyphs accounted for; the State Bar's chapter pages a third reading
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California Rules of Professional Conduct
- Cal. Rules of Prof. Conduct, rule 1.8.1Business Transactions with a Client and Pecuniary Interests Adverse to a ClientPrinted as rule 1.8.1 | rules 1.8.1 through 1.8.9
- Cal. Rules of Prof. Conduct, rule 1.8.9Purchasing Property at a Foreclosure or a Sale Subject to Judicial ReviewPrinted as rules 1.8.1 through 1.8.9
- Cal. Rules of Prof. Conduct, rule 1.8.10Sexual Relations with Current ClientPrinted as rule 1.8.10
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