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PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR LITIGATORS PROF. SILVER - FALL 1999 - SAPSTEAD Professional Responsibility – The Hotbed of Civil Litigation Today CLASS INTRODUCTION - TIMELY ISSUES Obstruction of Justice US v. Lundwall (Texaco.html) Texaco Executive prosecuted for obstruction of justice blames outside counsel for not providing guidance in responding to discovery. The jury bought this excuse and let the executives off the hook. Rules: Omnibus Clause of the federal obstruction statute, ELEMENTS: i) existence of a federal judicial proceeding. ii) the defendant knew of the proceeding. iii) the defendant corruptly endeavored to influence, obstruct, or impede the proceeding. Lesson: Attorneys should be careful about relying on clients for deciding what information is responsive to discovery requests. US v. Daiwa Bank, Inc. (Texaco1.html) Bank charged with “misprision of felony” for not reporting felony fraud by Bank officer, and concealing it in their books. Rules: TDRPC: Rule 1.05: requires reporting ongoing or anticipated crimes. Rule 1.02c: lawyer cannot assist in commission of crime, must dissuade client from committing future crime, lawyer must make efforts to convince client to remedy criminal actions that were committed with the use of the lawyer’s services. Lesson: Criminal penalties can attach to inappropriate conduct resulting from the discovery of criminal actions. Failure to report dicovered ongoing fraud is a criminal act itself. Attorneys need to keep in mind both their ethical duty of confidentiality, and their clients duty to report. The Specter of Criminal Sanctions – (Rovella: Nat’l L Journal) Criminal prosecution for obstruction could lead to a flood of prosecutions by plaintiff’s disgruntled about slow discovery responses. Collusive Settlements of Class Actions Q: Is it ethical for attorneys to take a fee when the client gets essentially nothing? Broin v. Phillip Morris (broin.html) Flight attendant class objects to