[textbook]Traversing the Ethical Minefield Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility by Susan R. Martyn (z-lib.org)(1) (1)

Maritrans GP Inc. v. Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz
602 A.2d 1277 (Pa. 1992)
PAPADAKOS, J. . . .
Maritrans is a Philadelphia-based public company in the business of transporting
petroleum products along the East and Gulf coasts of the United States by tug and barge.
Maritrans competes in the marine transportation business with other tug and/or barge
companies, including a number of companies based in New York. Pepper is an old and
established Philadelphia law firm. Pepper and Messina represented Maritrans or its
predecessor companies in the broadest range of labor relations matters for well over a
decade. In addition, Pepper represented Maritrans in a complex public offering of
securities, a private offering of $115 million in debt, a conveyance of all assets, and a
negotiation and implementation of a working capital line of credit. Over the course of the
representation, Pepper was paid approximately $1 million for its labor representation of
Maritrans and, in the last year of the representation, approximately $1 million for its
corporate and securities representation of Maritrans.
During the course of their labor representation of Maritrans, Pepper and Messina
became “intimately familiar with Maritrans’ operations” and “gained detailed financial and
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