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Click here to find out moreFor lawyers engaged in negotiating and settling legal disputes, there can be significant ethical pitfalls. Steve Bennett, Park Jensen Bennett LLP, discusses the ethical issues to consider, including: • Who is the client? • Who has authority to settle? • Puffery and withholding of information • Bad faith and “re-trading the deal” Ethics authorities covered include ABA Model Rules 2.3 (duty of fair dealing); 2.4 (disclosure of settlement information); and 3.1-3.2 (client control over settlement). Note: Attorneys taking this program may also wish to take the presenter’s October 1, 2015 program entitled Negotiating and Drafting Settlement Agreements in Business Disputes: A Guide for Lawyers and Litigators; 2565-Negotiating and Drafting Settlement Agreements in Business Disputes: A Guide for Lawyers and Litigators
