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Modern Litigation and Professional Responsibility Handbook: The Limits of Zealous Advocacy, 2nd Edition (1-year Online Subscription)

Modern Litigation and Professional Responsibility Handbook: The Limits of Zealous Advocacy, 2nd Edition (1-year Online Subscription)

Author: William H. Fortune; Richard H. Underwood; Edward J. Imwinkelried
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. (Online)
ISBN: 10071719
Published In: Subscription-type (Contents updated periodically)
Format: Online
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
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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 statutes, 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.