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Attorney misconduct is unethical or illegal conduct by an attorney. Attorney misconduct may include: conflict of interest, overbilling, false or misleading statements, knowingly pursuing frivolous and meritless lawsuits, concealing evidence, abandoning a client, failing to disclose all relevant facts, arguing a position while neglecting to disclose prior law which might counter the argument ...
Removing “zealous representation” is the wrong solution to the incivility of some lawyers. If some lawyers are uncivil to their counterpart, they should not be able to justify their uncivil ...
R v Neil, [2002] 3 S.C.R. 631, 2002 SCC 70, is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on conflict of interests among lawyers. The Court held that both firms and lawyers have a fiduciary duty of loyalty to their clients and so a lawyer or firm cannot represent a client whose interests may be adverse to the interests of another client unless there is consent and a reasonable belief ...
By law, lawyers are often required to keep confidential anything on the representation of a client. The duty of confidentiality is much broader than the attorney–client evidentiary privilege , which only covers communications between the attorney and the client.
A daily look at legal news and the business of law: Major Law Firm Helps "Nigerian" Scam Defraud Americans Two Baker Hostetler partners helped defraud nine investors of over $1 million in a ...
If anyone asks you to lie, it's likely a scam. If you're worried for your safety, contact law enforcement immediately. Scammers often use fear to manipulate people into making decisions they ...
1 Zealous representation? What's that doing in the template? 2 comments. 2 Duty to Opponent & Duty of Agency. 1 comment. Toggle the table of contents.
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