Handling the Attorney-Client Relationship: Learn about the attorney-client relationship and the factors that may necessitate termination. (g) A lawyer who represents two or more clients shall not participate in making an aggregate settlement of the claims of or against the clients, absent court.Obviously, a client can always discharge their lawyer, for any reason or no reason. Also, a lawyer having independent justification or legal authorization for communicating with a represented person is permitted to do so. The Court also discussed how the attorney-client agency relationship can nullify a tortious interference claim against an attorney: Only one case has dealt substantively with the applicability of the attorneyclient privilege in the litigation finance setting. According to RPC 1.10, if a lawyer in the firm is disqualified from representing a client, the law firm is also disqualified, with some exceptions. • Who is making the decisions in collaborative professional relation-.