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 In honor of the World Cup, I'm linking to my earlier post on the ethics of flopping.       . . . . .        The California Supreme Court has decided to take up two important issues in the law of lawyering.  First, when a lawyer interviews and takes a statement from a non-client witness, does any work product protection apply?  The lower court case, Coito v. Superior Court, denied work product protection to witness statements.  Second, if a lawyer represents a client regarding a development project and the representation thereafter terminates, may the lawyer speak out against the project?  The lower court case, Oasis West Realty v. Goldman, pitted the duty of loyalty against free speech rights -- and free speech won.       . . . . .       From  The Ethical Quandary, news of a new New Jersey Supreme Court decision on the former client rule.       . . . . .       Via the Indiana Law Blog comes this story about inmate suits against a prosecutor for allegedly coerced deprivation of property.       . . . . .       Indiana judge conducts Indiana court hearings while attending conference in Massachusetts.  (Hmm, should that require consent by counsel and the judge to be disciplined in Massachusetts if they misbehave during the hearing?)       . . . . .       Law professors sometimes have to take CLE  as well.       . . . . .       Investors want to hold a biglaw firm accountable for the client's fraud, because the firm wrote the offering documents.       . . . . .       An appellate court in Louisiana holds that a law firm may be responsible for an alleged sexual assault by a partner.       . . . . .       In the wake of the Conrad Black affair, two Canadian lawyers at Osgood Hall are being investigated over conflict of interest allegations.       . . . . .       Bonus vids of egregious flopping.

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