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What you describe is, without a doubt, not only unethical but also illegal. A lawyer or accountant with confidential information on a current or former client who trades on that information violates SEC rules against insider trading, agency law prohibiting an agent from profiting from his position, and rules of professional responsibility. The first could send him to jail, the second would cost him his profits, and the third could cause him to lose his license to operate.



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