IV(A): Loyalty

According to Standard IV(A): Loyalty, a member may solicit a former employer’s clients:

Correct! Until a member resigns from a firm, the member must act in the best interests of the employer. Thereafter, the member is free to solicit clients of the firm as long as she or he uses public information and not information that is confidential or was obtained while employed by the firm.

No. The Standards do not impose a two-year waiting period before former clients may be solicited.

Not exactly. The Standards do not prohibit a member from contacting a former client until the client has ceased doing business with the former employer. The member may contact former clients at some point after she or he has left the employer.

directly after leaving the firm.

two years after leaving the firm.

after the client has ceased doing business with the firm.