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Professional Responsibility Law In Florida: The Year In Review, 1995, Timothy P. Chinaris Oct 1995

Professional Responsibility Law In Florida: The Year In Review, 1995, Timothy P. Chinaris

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The past year saw a number of interesting and innovative developments in Florida's professional responsibility jurisprudence. This article reviews significant Florida court decisions, ethics rules, and advisory ethics opinions handed down during the year that are likely to affect Florida lawyers as they attempt to represent their clients zealously while complying with the letter, if not always the spirit, of the Florida Rules of Professional Conduct ("RPC"). Today's lawyer may act in many different capacities, at times assuming the role of advocate, advisor, counselor, fiduciary, intermediary, businessperson, or marketer. The lawyer must adhere to a host of sometimes-overlapping ethical obligations …


Requests For Admission In Wisconsin Procedure: Civil Litigation's Double-Edged Sword, Jeffrey S. Kinsler Jan 1995

Requests For Admission In Wisconsin Procedure: Civil Litigation's Double-Edged Sword, Jeffrey S. Kinsler

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Requests for admission are the most effective, but least utilized, form of discovery. Interrogatories, document production requests and depositions are routinely used in civil litigation, but as few as ten percent of attorneys use requests for admission. Admissions have the potential to simplify legal and factual issues, expedite civil litigation, and reduce costs for clients, lawyers and taxpayers. Requests for admission have proven to be an effective discovery device in many types of civil actions,and nothing expedites discovery and brings the litigation to a head faster than requests for admission. Despite such enormous potential, Wisconsin trial lawyers have been extremely …


Politically Incorrect, Jeffrey S. Kinsler Jan 1995

Politically Incorrect, Jeffrey S. Kinsler

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Review of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories, James Finn Garner. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company. 1994. 79 pp. $8.95.