Although fact witnesses who are subpoenaed for a deposition or trial are entitled to statutory witness fees, those are modest in both state and federal court and usually do not compensate the witness fully for the time involved.
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Category: Ethics & the Law
RPC 1.18: Duties to Prospective Clients
The idea of “prospective clients” is not new. What is comparatively new is a professional rule specifically addressing prospective clients.
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Client Perjury: That Sinking Feeling
RPC 3.3(c) addresses the uncomfortable situation when a lawyer “has offered material evidence and comes to know of its falsity[.]”
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Reckoning: The Duty to Correct Under RPC 3.3
Upon discovering that an earlier statement is not correct, three questions typically race through a lawyer’s mind: (1) Was the statement “material”? (2) How do I correct it? and (3) How long does the duty to correct last? In this column, we’ll look at all three.
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Hard at Work: Diligence Under RPC 1.3
For a one-line rule, RPC 1.3 on diligence produces a disproportionate share of professional discipline: 9 percent of disciplinary cases in Washington last year included violations of RPC 1.3.
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RPC 4.3: Dealing With Unrepresented Persons
Dealing with unrepresented persons is so common across practice areas that we rarely stop to think about it, but the risks flowing from RPC 4.3 are many and varied.
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