Clients are off limits ?
For obvious reasons, doctors are not allowed to sleep with their patients. In Ontario, where the rules are strictest, even a consensual affair will trigger an automatic five-year suspension. The guidelines for lawyers are not quite so specific, but considering that every attorney is duty bound to avoid "conflicts of interest," it's hard to imagine a sex-with-client scenario that isn't out of bounds. Even soldiers have rules to obey when it comes to romance. They are free to fraternize with fellow troops--as long as they're not deployed together. (Apparently, sex in battle is bad for discipline.)
But what about investment advisers? Should brokers be allowed to pursue more than a client's portfolio?
RBC mitigating view: "such encounters were infrequent and occasional, and were not part of a long-term relationship."
Posted to The Life, via McLeans.
Back in 2009, Above the Law asked, Should Lawyers Be Banned From Having Sex With Their Clients?