Tag Archives: ABA Model Rule 8.4

August 12, 2010

Nice Guy, Unethical Lawyer

Is it really excessively strict to insist that lawyers neither break the law themselves nor help others do it, and that they pay a steep price if they do? Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Law & Law Enforcement, Professions

Tagged as ABA Model Rule 1.2, ABA Model Rule 8.4, Daniel Szostkiewicz, ethics, fitness to practice law, generosity, honesty, integrity, kindness, legal ethics, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bar, misconduct, motive, rationalizations

July 13, 2010

The Ethics Of Using A Facebook Mole

What if a Facebook friend request is really an attempt to gather dirt? Is this an ethical tactic for a lawyer? Most lawyers seem to think so, but the only Bar that has considered the topic says “No.” Continue reading →

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Tagged as ABA Model Rule 8.4, consent, deception, dishonesty, ethics, Facebook, friendship, legal ethics, litigation, misrepresentation, Philadelphia Bar Association, privacy, private investigators

June 30, 2010

Law School and High School Credential Corruption

“When everyone is somebody, then no one’s anybody!” Continue reading →

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Tagged as "everybody does it", "The Gondoliers", ABA Model Rule 8.4, competence, corruption, deception, employers, employment, fairness, fake credentials, Gilbert and Sullivan, grade inflation, high school, honesty, honors, integrity, law firms, law schools, New York Times, rationalizations, school administrators, valedictorians, W.S. Gilbert

May 2, 2010

“The Good Wife” Ethics Follies

“The Good Wife’s” legal ethics are getting worse every week. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Law & Law Enforcement, Popular Culture, Professions

Tagged as "The Good Wife", "The Practice", ABA Model Rule 1.10, ABA Model Rule 1.2, ABA Model Rule 1.4, ABA Model Rule 1.6, ABA Model Rule 1.7, ABA Model Rule 1.9, ABA Model Rule 8.3, ABA Model Rule 8.4, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, deception, ethics, honesty, independent judgment, legal ethics, side-switching

April 22, 2010

Don’t Tell Mom the Client’s Dead

Continuing to negotiate as if the client is alive is an affirmative and material misrepresentation. And in this lawyer’s case, perhaps business as usual… Continue reading →