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Modern Litigation and Professional Responsibility Handbook: The Limits of Zealous Advocacy / With 2006 Cumulative Supplement
Modern Litigation and Professional Responsibility Handbook The Limits of Zealous Advocacy / With 2006 Cumulative Supplement Author:William H. Fortune, Richard H. Underwood, Edward J. Imwinkelried Find practical answers to hard questions about professional conduct - and avoid wrong answers that could set back your firm - with this authoritative guide to legal ethics. Drawing on statutes, standards, and actual cases, the authors show you how to: * Evaluate tactics for possible ethical consequences — * Understand and comply with statu... more »tes, procedural rules, and standards of professional conduct while zealously representing your client
* Prevent your opponents from turning the rules to their own advantage You'll find concise, authoritative discussion of ethical problems that arise in such critical areas as: * Investigation of claims
* Abuse of discovery
* Conflicts of interest
* Burdensome interrogatories
* Trial in the media
* Voir dire and juror investigation
* Deposition tactics
* Special fee arrangements
* Settlement negotiations
* Withdrawal and client confidentiality
* Arguing false inferences based on inadmissible evidence ...plus detailed attention to the special problems that arise in criminal defense, insurance defense, and class actions.« less