[textbook]Traversing the Ethical Minefield Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility by Susan R. Martyn (z-lib.org)(1) (1)

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Pretrial publicity, First Amendment, 441Privilege. See Attorney-client privilege; Work product privilegePrivileges and Immunities Clause, 442Pro bono publico serviceduty of competence, 42–43mandatory, 45Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 42–45in New York, 45overview, 41–42reporting requirements, 45Products liabilityattorney-client privilege, 146–149work product privilege, 146–149Professional codes. See specific codeProfessional discipline. See Discipline of lawyersProfessional regulation. See Regulation of lawyersPro hac vice admission, 25Property development, duty of conflict of interest resolution, 304–307Proprietary interest in litigation, duty of conflict of interest resolution, 286Prosecutors, 32, 103–104, 324, 443Pro se representation, 44Prospective clientsattorney-client relationship, 53duty of confidentiality to, 301–302, 301tduty of conflict of interest resolution to, 308–310Proximate causation of malpractice, 79–80Public defenders, 104, 324Public policy exception to employment at will, 382QQuantum meruit, 333Quasi-clients, 55RReal estate lawdiscovery abuse, 402–406duty of competence, 87–92duty of conflict of interest resolution, 247–250Recertification, 31Records, disposition when lawyer leaves firm, 388Recusal of judges, 457–475Referrals, 444–447584
Regulation of lawyers, 423–454admission to bar, 24–30advertising and solicitation, 431–444discipline, 19–37referrals, 444–447restrictions on practice, 428–431unauthorized practice of law, 448–449Remedies. See specific topicReportingof misconduct, 34–37, 423–428pro bono publico service, 45Representations of fact and law, compliance with law exception to duty of confidentiality,208–214Represented clientscommunication with, 412–413, 416–420social media and, 412–413Research, 43Residency requirements, admission to bar, 25Restatement (Third) of Agency, 107, 107tRestatement (Third) of the Law Governing Lawyersattorney-client privilege, 125–126tattorney-client relationship, 262duty of confidentiality, 125–126tduty of control, 105, 105t, 107, 107tforfeiture of attorneys’ fees, 283government clients, 324law governing lawyers, 15Restatement (Second) of Torts, 81Restrictions on practiceoverview, 428–431upon termination of attorney-client relationship, 389Retainers, 333, 352–354Rhode, Deborah L., 10–14, 199Right to counselcriminal defense representation, 100–101termination of attorney-client relationship, 384–385Role of judges, 457–459Role of lawyers, 3–18in adversary system, 10–14in attorney-client relationship, 7–18as directors, 5–6ethics, 7–10585
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Traversing the EthicalMinefield2
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David Alan SklanskyStanley Morrison
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Copyright © 2018 CCH Incorporated.
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For PeterandFor Our GrandchildrenVi
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ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART
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Problems3. Authority in Representin
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ProblemsC. Compliance with Law or C
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The Law Governing Lawyers: Loss of
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B. Wrongful Discharge1. Inside Coun
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Chapter 16: Judicial EthicsA. Intro
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when Martyn & Fox has a range of op
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AcknowledgmentsWe could not have co
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Attorneys (2015)26
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Chapter 1Lawyers, Role, and LawA. L
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questions why lawyers should apply
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Lawyers who see themselves as trans
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“entire devotion to the interest
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The truth-based rationale for the a
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fosters, such as individual initiat
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that alimony can be negotiated late
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behavior in a civil or criminal cas
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andc. is not inconsistent with gene
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define the practice of law. 4Campbe
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previously prepared by a lawyer”
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power to provide for the deportatio
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other law students, in which he thr
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adversaries, courts, and others wit
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C. Professional Discipline Model Ru
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adversely on their ability to pract
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AHP. He did not inform them that th
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5.1(c)(1).”The Trial Commissioner
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wrongfulness of the conduct and cha
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Chapter 3Beginning the Client-Lawye
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competence because they fear they l
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PIESTER, Magistrate Judge. . . .In
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the peaceful resolution of private
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barriers that block understanding b
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3-6. Should Martyn & Fox represent
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Limited-term pro bono service, wher
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Lawyers cannot recognize or solve a
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Togstad that he would consult with
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recovered. . . .Practice Pointers:N
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Lawyer WebsitesABA Formal Opinion 1
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visitors. 22 A particular website m
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unbundled limited assistance).10. A
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Chapter 4CompetenceThis chapter exp
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A third version of the disclosure s
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the individuals owning and operatin
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to whom counsel owed a duty. Here,
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but for defendants’ negligence. P
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(b) Should Martyn tell the caller t
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which juries do not need an expert
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lawyer, reasoning that the interest
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Crawford had pledged to it had prev
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indefinite and perhaps excessive li
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immediately because two loans relat
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[P]laintiffs’ second claim for re
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with intent to defraud or injure an
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40. MR 2.3; RLGL § 95.41. McIntosh
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the client constitutes abandonment,
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entered an order denying Maples’
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abandonment by counsel continuing t
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The Clients The Sixth Amendment con
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counsel for the same crime, or when
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B. ControlModel Rules 1.2, 1.4RLGL
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Actual authority includes both expr
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redirect his actions to release the
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impairment that affected “his abi
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communicates with a client to ensur
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thorough investigation and intervie
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efforts” to ensure that the nonla
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responded that he was going to be a
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guidance in assessing the level of
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Here, Blumenfeld was retained to as
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7. In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1966) (
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sufficient authority to embrace the
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The recognition of confidentiality
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was also a friend of AB’s. Unawar
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school bus. The loaded bus was knoc
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their clients, and apparently acted
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took the client as a client. The la
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The fiduciary relationship between
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me involved in it.Q. “Without get
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“The individual called — I can
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client. . . .The Court of Appeals,
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quoted language from Hickman, howev
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context of the drug industry. Howev
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Chief Justice REHNQUIST delivered t
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enforcement interest is at stake, t
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disclosure, which “heightened her
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After filing suit against petitione
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The determination that Mowbray fulf
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brakes: the ones for the cab worked
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7. Although we do not adopt a cease
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information regarding his client’
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116 N.W.2d 704 (Minn. 1962)THOMAS G
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questionable remedy he may have aga
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The district attorney announces the
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the matter is remanded for further
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advice not to remove documents from
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Moreover, where a law firm believes
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2013, the United States issued a su
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ESG Capital [also] must plead facts
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as part of the fraudulent Facebook
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fraud, deceit, and dishonesty, 17 f
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called “noisy withdrawal”: givi
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Nonetheless, twenty years later, wi
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lawyer who knew his client had kill
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for you to do anything other than w
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crimes. The indictment alleged that
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harshly than the law requires. Beca
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illicit activity for the exception
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point, a successor in interest, suc
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6. E.g., Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund
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15. MR 2.3, RLGL § 95.16. MR 1.16(
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stock at $17 a share. He alleges th
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plaintiffs named him as a defendant
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enforcement officials for the commi
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of this court would have been much
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prejudicial to the administration o
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pardoned for the crime. 12 At the s
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accident in which the Fennimores’
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misrepresentation, in violation of
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sanctionable under Rule 38. We dire
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Thus, in December 1991, when Snyder
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The administrative record in this c
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probate judge. Is Fox in trouble?5.
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I might sum it up in this way: Of c
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15. E.g., N.Y. Jud. Law § 90(4) (M
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In the last three chapters, we saw
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business information, including Mar
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attorneys who breach their fiduciar
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respect to the divorce. Rule [1.12(
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Third, orders granting or denying d
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ability to “recommend or advocate
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4. Employer and Employee Model Rule
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officers to keep Sanford in the res
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C. The Legal Principles. . . The [C
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the contract contained a clause mak
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— in other words, it is within at
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A lawyer’s obligation to communic
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property. Recently, Lawyer prepared
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follows automatically, regardless o
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Jonathan W. FELDMAN, United States
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line of the corporate parent,” la
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During the representation, misunder
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2. Identification of the client org
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1. Restatement (Third) of Agency §
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Chapter 10Conflicts of Interest:Spe
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This statement of general principle
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the ladder at their respective plac
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handle each.Financially, Peter coul
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trying to cover his butt. If the ap
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10-2. Great business development id
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ATo determine whether actual damage
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Section [37] sets out consideration
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require proof of other damages and
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choice. The majority pointed out th
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IV. Ethical Violations. . . Monroe
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10-8. Martyn & Fox represents Big B
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remain focused on the interests of
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which means that the insurer must p
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damages only the insurer. . . .Para
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additional coverage from another ca
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10-11. Martyn & Fox is hired by Ins
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be vicariously liable for abuse of
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Chapter 11Conflicts of Interest: Fo
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obtaining informed consent, the for
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Officials, including the Planning C
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mistaken. A comment to that provisi
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conflict with their representation
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The public’s trust in the legal s
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Plaintiff’s characterization of L
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Kevin Costello provided the only ev
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Several minutes later, as the discu
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client matter is opened by the firm
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ensure that the screened lawyer act
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Lawyers and Clients:Representing Go
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the political or cabinet head of th
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rules of professional conduct and o
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that provided, “All personnel of
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employees, their partners, and thei
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but nevertheless face clients who a
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the extent that she rounds up to mi
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say that the lawyer who agreed to h
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represent Timothy. Fordham describe
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to educate himself in the relevant
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but all lawyers, in terms of their
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Problems12-1. Martyn flies to San F
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contingent fees demonstrates, for a
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the respondent to prepare a will an
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without adequate time or staffing t
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arbitrator awarded Perez $2,100.00,
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We also agree with the board’s de
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jurisdictions. 13 Most important ar
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The Superior Court judge determined
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Moore, which settled the suit for $
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are adequately enforced. Section 19
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far as the court’s opinion reveal
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. . . was far superior to what cons
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3. Burlington v. Dague, 505 U.S. 55
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Let me make clear that the above op
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law. We reached that conclusion the
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inventory included several accounts
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value of the estate fraudulently in
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Wadler was fired for other reasons,
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discharge, holding that the at-will
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Formal Ethics Opinion No. 116 (2007
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inquire whether the call is regardi
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firm, none of them shall knowingly
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12. Colo. RPC 1.4.14. . . . [T]he l
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Chapter 14The Bounds of the LawA. I
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Lawyers as GatekeepersThe applicati
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Christian v. Mattel, Inc.286 F.3d 1
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deter costly meritless maneuvers, .
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Problem14-4. Martyn & Fox filed a l
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the emails then existing on Mr. Rom
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prejudiced, but not irreparably, fr
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damages for future loss of wages an
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this case, we conclude that the Pan
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and evaluate the appropriateness of
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Networking Website, They may not us
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party’s counsel. . . . Pursuant t
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G. Communication with Unrepresented
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acts or omissions in the matter und
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Martyn & Fox if we will get one of
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Part IVLawyers and Society:The Prof
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I. Under what circumstances does Ru
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applies.IV. Does a lawyer have a du
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ConclusionUnder amended Rule 8.3, a
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[A]s we noted with respect to our a
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to whom the communication is addres
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about those attorneys who use direc
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most critical question by assuming
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11. Attorneys may Advertise on a So
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In Button, the Court overturned a V
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this distinction.Other First Amendm
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due process guarantees. 27 In crimi
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FictitiousLegalReferral.com require
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949 P.2d 1 (Cal. 1998), cert. denie
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B. The Present Case. . . As the Cou
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casebook. For example, we noted tha
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does not always provide more consum
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(2012).4. See The Bounds of the Law
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regulations. 12Unlike lawyers, howe
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All of these categories except pers
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proceeds with eight Justices, raisi
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the Vice President’s guest on Air
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would be proper for me to recuse. T
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Cheney and he never shared a duck b
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persuasive opinion — even if the
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Supreme Court and was serving as it
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unconstitutional risk of bias.As an
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Chief Justice ROBERTS, with whom Ju
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Chief Justice ROBERTS delivered the
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much as a judge’s personal solici
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opportunity to engage in the campai
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practice in controversy”).43. CJC
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Battle v. Thornton, 79Bayview Loan
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Commodity Futures Trading Comm’n
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MMachado v. Statewide Grievance Com
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