Lawyer Dean is a Ph$.$D$.$ biologist whose law degree has given her the opportunity to represent clients in environmental litigation. Five clients have consulted with her during the past month about representing them regarding the release of hazardous substances at the Tri$-$County Disposal site. The possible corrective action by the federal government makes current and past owners, operators and others associated with real property responsible for removing hazardous substances from the site. The five are current and former owners and operators of the disposal site, producers of the disposed hazardous substances, and transporters of the substances at the site. Millennial Industrial Services $($MIS$)$ is the largest and the wealthiest of the five clients, and is interested in paying its own legal fees to Lawyer Dean as well as the fees of the other four PRPs$.$

If each of the potentially responsible parties has its own lawyer, can MIS pay Lawyer Dean$$s legal fees for representing all of the clients?

Group of answer choices

Yes, if the payment will not interfere with Lawyer Dean$$s independent professional judgment or with the attorney$-$client relationship.

Yes, if Lawyer Dean preserves confidential information relating to the representation.

Yes, if Lawyer Dean discloses to the other clients that a third party is compensating the attorney for representing the client, each of whom provides informed consent to such payment.

All the answer choices together describe what is necessary when a third party pays a fee for someone else.