## Q7 key (Altered Board Minutes)
1. The conflicts are nonconsentable now: Ardent is adverse to Samuel, Nora is adverse to Samuel, and Ardent must evaluate Nora. The firm must withdraw from Samuel and Nora immediately; continuing for Ardent is the defensible position under the engagement structure. Missed: the firm practices under a disqualifying conflict during the critical window.
2. The altered minutes shown to investigators trigger mandatory remedial measures; silence is not an option, and remedial duty overrides confidentiality to the extent necessary. Missed: the firm becomes an obstruction participant.
3. Sequence is itself material: act through Ardent's independent directors (the authorized constituents), notify Samuel of withdrawal and of the remedial correction, correct the presentation with investigators before or with the subpoena response, and produce accurate documents with metadata intact. Missed: any inverted order creates new exposure.
4. The subpoena response cannot include the altered document presented as authentic, and the firm cannot assert the March approval date. Missed: a fresh false statement.
5. Samuel's statement: shared within a joint representation, available to Ardent as against him, and independently subject to the remedial override; disclose only what is necessary. Missed: either improper silence or overdisclosure.
6. Nora: the firm cannot seek immunity for her or position her against Samuel; she needs independent counsel now; her separate communications stay hers. Missed: a second conflict violation.
7. Samuel's contested removal is not the firm's to adjudicate; the firm takes direction from the independent directors and does not act on Samuel's instructions. Missed: paralysis or wrong-master error inside 48 hours.
8. The 48-hour plan (withdrawals, board-directed correction, preservation confirmation, accurate subpoena response, counsel referrals for Samuel and Nora) is the deliverable; a memo that analyzes without sequencing fails the client. Missed: the deadline passes with the violation uncorrected.