Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18 extends some protections to prospective clients who contact attorneys but ultimately don’t retain them. The protections, however, are less than those accorded clients whom a lawyer actually represents. The prospective client can disqualify an attorney who ends up representing an adverse party only upon proof that the prospective client disclosed confidential information to the attorney that would have a materially adverse effect if revealed to the opponent. Here, plaintiff talked with a legal aid office’s intake assistant. The only confidential information she gave related to her financial condition, as necessary to show her eligibility for the legal aid. That information was irrelevant to the lawsuit she later brought through other counsel. To the extent plaintiff disclosed the nature of her expected lawsuit, the information was not confidential since it would have to be revealed in the complaint and expected discovery. Also, disqualification rules apply less strictly to public law groups. And, here, disqualification would leave the defendant without representation. So denial of the motion to disqualify was affirmed.