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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Category: Ethics & the Law
Conflicts Arising From Sanctions Motions: An Analytical Framework
Even a cursory electronic search of Washington trial and appellate decisions will reveal that sanctions motions are relatively common.
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Good Help: Non-lawyer Assistants—Human and Virtual
In this column, Mark J. Fucile surveys the differing risk management considerations involved with legal assistants.
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Deposition Misconduct: Rules, Risks, and Remedies
Mark Fucile discusses improper “coaching” during depositions and improper objections intended to impede the questioner.
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Memorial Day: Duties to Deceased Clients
This Mark J. Fucile column surveys both the duty of confidentiality and the duty of loyalty to deceased clients.
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Expecting the Unexpected: Reducing Ambiguity in Law Firm Risk Management
All ambiguity cannot be eliminated. Some potential risks, however, can be reasonably anticipated and addressed prospectively.
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