Junior associate trying to lateral - my conflicts check had roughly 30 entities on it and I'm facing issues at the new firm. How likely is this going to be going forward in other jobs? I could see conflicts being harder to clear in pros given the number of cases we touch

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It’s likely not going to be an issue. There’s likely one client you worked on that’s causing the issue. If that client isn’t also of another firm, issue goes away.

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Yes surprise surprise it's my least favorite client. How fitting. New firm is adverse to them. They said we could probably resolve with a waiver so fingers crossed. I have been pretty checked out since accepting the offer so it'd be a pretty had wake up call if I had to stick around 😭

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