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41218
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As part of answering the question of what role the lawyer in question plays in a client’s defense, another word is being considered: necessary. This word, designed to eliminate the ambiguity of the former rule, was intended to, among other things, prevent the opposing counsel from disqualifying the lawyer. Has ambiguity been eliminated? As this ethics counsel for the North Carolina State Bar proposed, the murkiness of interpretation’s waters has only grown more so.
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41205
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Sam Byasee’s recollection of how the Internet has impacted lawyers over the past two decades, particularly how the Internet has changed the attorney-client relationship through the inclusion of email as a communication tool. With the advantages of the Internet highlighted, he included two traditional (e.g. printed) resources that can be helpful to individuals in the legal profession.
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41212
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The authors offer factors that should be taken into account when deciding on the most feasible fee arrangement for themselves and their clients. Broad categories for billing included task based, hourly, results based, and relationship based.
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35105
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As Alice Mosley related, the rule prohibits knowingly communicating with a person about a subject matter of the representation without the permission of the represented person’s lawyer. With the exception of “person” being replaced by “party,” the wording remained the same. As the assistant executive director of the North Carolina State Bar proposed, though, changing one word of Paragraph (a) of Revised Rule 4.2 can change the tenor of the sentence. The author suggested that this leaves the interpretation and application of the rule open to debate.
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35102
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In regards to this issue, Michael Dayton, editor of Lawyers Weekly since 1988, offered reasons why sexual relations between clients and their attorneys occur, sexual relations are more likely to involve female clients, and why this misconduct should be prohibited. As additional evidence, the author cited examples of landmark cases related to this issue.
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35103
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What an attorney can do in the event that he/she is aware that a client will offer false information for a case? As Jerry Parnell revealed, a lawyer has three options: privately remonstrate the client; seek withdrawal from the case; if withdrawal will not resolve the issue or cannot be done, disclose the delicate matter to the court.
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