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15th Apr '12 9:03:27 PM Fireblood

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30th Mar '12 6:02:16 AM ferthepoet

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Maybe more importantly, this show occasionally completely ignores conflict law that is the bedrock of Attorney ethics. For example, in the episode "Breaking Up," the firm continues to represent both a client and his girlfriend after it is made clear that one or the other might be interested in turning the other in. This is a textbook conflict of interest where the firm would have to drop one of the two immediately. They do split the labor so it isn't actually the same lawyer representing both of the accused. They might have been able to make a "Chinese Wall" argument where they stayed out of contact with one another and shared no information. There are two problems with this: a) They explicitly agree to stay in contact and b) the courts have taken a very dim view of the "Chinese Wall" argument and have held that it is simply not enough to fulfill their duty to both clients, especially in such closely related cases as this.

* I know the actual reason is probably ArtisticLicenseLaw, but how can Eli be a partner to a law a firm, you have to be a lawyer to do that, and now he even wants his name on the door?

10th Oct '11 1:44:33 PM spanktruck

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