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Comments Off on Spoliation of Evidence: What Are Ethics Issues?
By Barbara S. Gillers [Originally published in NYPRR November 1999] What do you tell a client who wants to destroy documents or other real evidence? What if preserving the evidence could harm the client in the event of a lawsuit but no lawsuit is...
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By Barbara Gillers [Originally published in NYPRR September 1999] The recent amendments to DR 5-108 modernize New York’s rule governing the imputation of conflicts when a lawyer changes firms. The New York rule now conforms to ABA Model Rule 1.9(b),...