Professional Responsibility
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INTRODUCTION
The Education Committee of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) has proposed changes to the content of the 150...
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The obligation of lawyers to adhere to rules of professional conduct.
As members of a profession and as officers of the cou...
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Understanding the history of the Loving case can help sharpen the lessons it provides.7 The case itself has a great deal of history, due in no small part to the five-stage military death penalty process, an extremely protracted process that keeps death penalty cases alive for a very long time.8 Loving was convicted in 1989 of premeditated murder, felony murder, attempted murder, and several specifications of robbery.9 A court-martial sentenced Loving to a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and death.10 Before CAAF, Loving faulted DC counsel for failing to obtain the assistance of a mitigation specialist or social worker.11 He also alleged deficiencies in the number of, approach to, and conduct of the background interviews that DC conducted with his family m...
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Professional Responsibility
Disbarment
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 00cv01489).
Brian G. Friel, appointed by the court, argued the cause f...
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If an accused wants to offer false testimony you must first be sure that it's not just a faulty memory at work. If you have a firm factual basis to know your client's proposed testimony will be perjury, never violate a client's confidence, but never assist a client in perjuring himself. The three cases we reviewed from last year's term will help you negotiate the edge without going over.
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Introduction
Protection of human subjects of research involves governments, research funding agencies, professional organizations, institutions, ind...
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