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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Apr. 22, 2017

Truthfulness in statements to others (Rule 4.1)

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Proposed Rule 4.1, if adopted, will be a new disciplinary rule for which there is no current analog in California's Rules of Professional Conduct. By Suzanne Burke Spencer

Suzanne Burke Spencer

Managing Shareholder
Sall Spencer Callas & Krueger

Litigation

32351 Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach , CA 92651

Phone: (949) 499-2942

Suzanne focuses her practice on business litigation, legal malpractice, attorney fee disputes and legal ethics. She is the current chair of the State Bar of California's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. The views expressed herein are her own.

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PROPOSED RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Proposed Rule 4.1, if adopted, will be a new disciplinary rule for which there is no current analog in California's Rules of Professional Conduct. The proposed rule prohibits attorneys in the course of representing a client from making a "false statement of material fact or law to a third person" or failing to disclose to a th...

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