Questions tagged [professional-ethics]
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A company finds out that it has made a material decision based on incorrect personal data, what should it do?
A company terminates an employee based on what it believes to be a record of the actions of person gained from log files.
Months later the company finds out that this information is not correct.
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Can a lawyer subject the court to a (temporarily) ruse for a legitimate purpose?
This question is about the legality of a possible defence tactic that might be used in a criminal trial. Suppose that a criminal trial occurs, and the defendant is not already in custody when the ...
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What is the scope of Interpreter code of ethics coming into play in future congresional investigations?
It has been in the news lately that the President has had a number of private head ups with Putin. On the news someone suggested (Don't remember if it was a congress person or the newscaster), that ...
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Lawyer forgot to file the paperwork and now has no case: what to do?
A close friend of mine had a legitimate suit against a large business. He was directly harmed, the business was caught and punished (for harming him and many other clients), and my friend joined a ...
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Do threats against an attorney constitue a conflict of interest?
When an attorney is considering handling a case, and receives off-the-record threats against his(/her) life, property, family, professional future, etc., is it ethical for the attorney to simply tell ...
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At what point is a lawyer's actions considered “bad faith” and is there recourse for punishment?
I have been dealing with a lawyer for a payment dispute with an old employer. The lawyer in question has been doing some questionable things and I am not sure which ones would be considered 'over the ...
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Must a professional services firm replace a worker at the client's request?
If a taxpayer has particularly bad "personal chemistry" with an auditor of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the IRS will replace the "agent" with another one. Now one can't make this request ...
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What if a lawyer steals my idea and doesn't do the work?
I'm working on a tech startup that involves a specific industry.
Because the industry is regulated, I decided to get a lawyer to sign off on my system and tell me whether I would need to change ...
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In the US: Would it be illegal (maybe fraud) for a musician to fake their own death?
I heard about someone who had to do with recording a Jerry Garcia solo album but he died right before it came out and this guy made TONS of money off of it. The Beatles also got a lot of attention ...
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How do rules of conduct apply when acting in a pro hac vice role in another state?
A lawyer's client sent me a mild threat via text message. I have contacted the attorney on 4 separate occasions requesting an explanation/response from the attorney. They have not responded. Are there ...
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a non-law firm almost all whose work is by its in-house lawyers
In the United States, a law firm (companies whose remit is to practice law) has various restrictions. For example, in Missouri, if I'm not mistaken, it must be owned by a lawyer and is restricted as ...
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In California, are online blood testing sites legal?
In California, state law says blood tests may only be requested by a doctor, not the consumer.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=1288.&...
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Are Michael Cohen's False Statements About the Law Grounds for Disbarrment?
A recent NPR article revealed that in making a threat of a lawsuit, Michael Cohen materially misrepresented the law in claiming that one cannot rape their spouse. This strikes me, as a layperson, as ...
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What did Learned Hand mean by 'whether the best mood or habit is not that' and 'all specific choices may be momentous'?
Source: The Betrayed Profession (1994), p. 238 Middle.
Judge Learned Hand was certainly right when he evoked
the commandment "Thou shalt not ration justice"; but it is not
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Why would corporate house counsel be limited by unsupervised discovery?
Source: The Betrayed Profession (1994), p. 11 Middle.
Indeed, even today we have significant areas of law where
lawyers must pledge not to do what their clients would wish
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What did Flybe actually do wrong?
Read an article recently regarding FlyBe, and their attempt to find out (from a list of unknown user data) who wanted to be contacted in the future with promotions, etc.
They sent an email to this ...
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Consulting with two attorneys regarding the same matter
If I have retained attorney A and wish to get a second opinion from attorney B, am I obliged to inform attorney A about B, or vice versa? If I do inform B about A, is B permitted or obliged to contact ...
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Judge Judy specific retaliation: technically ethical?
In this clip, Judge Judy Sheindlin directs a defendant to “talk fast.” He responds with, “If you wouldn’t cut me off, I’d be able to talk fast.” Judge Judy, out of disbelief or humor, asks the bailiff ...
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What constitutes gross misconduct for teachers in the UK?
I recently heard of a story where an employee at a primary school in England was put on paid suspension. The reason given for this suspension was that she attended a peaceful demonstration against ...
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Can federal prosecutors go against the Justice Department's interpretation of the law?
Suppose that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has a belief or opinion about what the proper interpretation of a certain statute or Constitutional provision is, and that they have formalized their ...
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Is it unethical for a prosecutor not to try his hardest to get an indictment?
A Grand Jury failed to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Michael Brown, which led to riots in Ferguson, MO. This my have been due in part to the fact that the prosecutor presented the ...
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Are there limits on unreasonable claims by an attorney?
Attorneys often write letters to third parties, in order to get something for their client. E.g. if A trespasses against B, B's attorney may write a letter to A stating that the trespass must be ...
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Is it ethical for an attorney to drag his/her feet with clients that aren't creating much financial benefit?
I'm trying to tie up the last loose end from my dissolution. My ex's attorney, who I contacted a week ago, told me she's so busy that she does not intend to contact my ex until her bigger cases are ...
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What type of lawyer would I need to help me deal with issues of academic misconduct?
What can stop a university from doing whatever they want and screwing students over in terms of accusing them of cheating, plagiarism, or a misunderstanding of professor authorization of essay re-...
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How can I find out who an attorney represented in a case?
I think an attorney may have represented two opponents at the same time. What are the legal requirements on attorneys and is there a way to find out who their client was?
I believe my divorce ...
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If a barrister cannot convince his client to act on his advice, should not the lawyer still effect and respect the client's instructions?
Source: p 33-34, The Art of the Advocate (1993) by Richard Du Cann QC.
Please advise me how I can abridge the quote below to reduce this post's length.
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What is Justice? [closed]
A blindfolded woman holding out an equal-arm scale commonly illustrates Lady Justice. However, this is merely a characterization Justice.
In Book I of Plato’s Republic, Thrasymachus claims that “the ...
