Practice question
Four months after separation, a former regulator accepts a consultancy in an enterprise regulated by that office, with no express legal allowance. May the lawyer rely solely on the freedom to draft unrelated private contracts?
- Yes, all consulting is necessarily ordinary unrestricted private practice.
- Yes, the job title itself eliminates subparagraph (1).
- Yes, resignation ends every listed prohibition immediately.
- No; the distinct regulated-enterprise employment prohibition must be applied.
- Yes, a private retainer creates an express statutory exception.
Legal references
- RA 6713, Section 7(b)(1)-(3) and its final paragraph: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6713_1989.html
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