The nation's lawyers cast a vote for client confidentiality
Over drinks, your client shares a disturbing bit of news. The bid you have been helping him prepare for construction of the new city hall is a sure winner because he has arranged to slip the mayor $10,000. You choke on an hors d'oeuvre, pondering the lawyer's age-old dilemma: what to do about a client who admits to being involved in an ongoing crime.
Under present ethical provisions in most states, an attorney might choose to persuade the client to abandon any unlawful scheme, or he...
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