Regulation of Lawyers Problems of Law and Ethics [Connected eBook with Study Center]

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• New cases and materials on:
  • The formation of the attorney-client relationship
  • The elements of competency, including cultural competency
  • Privilege and confidentiality and their exceptions
  • Allocation of authority between lawyer and client
  • Discipline for inflating bills
  • Screening to prevent imputation of lateral lawyer conflicts
  • The interplay between Rules 1.7(a)(2) and 1.8(a)
  • Prosecutorial misconduct
  • A lawyer’s responsibility for real evidence, such as weapons
  • Rule 8.4(g)
  • The Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative
  • Client identity in the corporate context (U.S. v. Elizabeth Holmes)
  • Discipline for lying to the public (Rudolph Giuliani and Jenna Ellis)
  • Litigation funding.
• “Pop-up Questions” (and answers) in most chapters

• High-profile author—Professor Gillers is a highly visible and recognized national authority on professional responsibility
• Comprehensive coverage—includes the full range of professional responsibility issues
• Excellent case selection
• Manageable length
• Well-balanced mix of cases, secondary sources, and timely materials—often drawn from recent headlines, and which supports its comprehensive coverage of professional responsibility issues
• Realistic, helpful, and abundant problems—many based on actual events, and which facilitate class discussion and enable students to understand the rules and regulations that will govern their professional behavior
• Detailed and challenging notes—providing in-depth treatment of the issues
• Accessible and engaging style—characterized by variety, clarity, and humor
• Discussion beyond the rules and from different perspectives—to recognize that the law is not necessarily self-evident and covers many subtleties

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