managerial employees of an adverse party, even if the contact is made without the consent of the organization’s counsel. CarboMedics, Inc. v. ATS Med., Inc., Civ. No. 06-4601, 2008 WL 5500760, at *5-6 (D.Minn. April 16, 2008) (citing Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 4.2, Comment 7). However, a lawyer having contact with an organization’s former employees must not infringe on the organization’s legal rights. Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 4.4 (stating that “[i]n representing a client, a lawyer shall not ... use methods of obtaining evidence that violate the legal rights of [a third party]”); see also Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 4.2, Comment 7; CarboMedics, 2008 WL 5500760, at *6. Such rights include the right not to have privileged and confidential information disclosed. See Arnold, 2004 WL 2203410, at *7 (<HOLDING>). Thus, the “pivotal question in evaluating [an
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