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By John Q. Barrett [Originally published in NYPRR June 2000] Last fall, I received a memorable telephone call from a former student. This young lawyer explained that he was calling me to seek professional responsibility advice for an unnamed friend who...
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By John Q. Barrett [Originally published in NYPRR January 1999] As Congress prepared to take its October 1998 pre-election recess, it passed the fiscal-year spending bill for the Department of Justice (DOJ). The bill is part of the Omnibus Consolidated...