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Chapter 1.Role of Lawyer 1

A.Role of a Lawyer 1

B.The Role of the Lawyer in the Civil and Common Law Systems 2

Chapter 2.Regulation of Lawyers 11

A.Admission to Practice(Entry to the Bar) 11

B.Bar Discipline 23

C.Availability of Malpractice and Other Controls Outside the Bar Control 25

D.Entering Into and Terminating a Client-Attorney Relationship 26

E.Fiduciary Duties 30

F.Choice of Law 34

Chapter 3.Defining and Forming the Lawyer-Client Relationship 39

A.Defining the Lawyer-Client Relationship 39

B.Initiating and Ending the Lawyer-Client Relationship 45

C.Transnational Practice Issue-Associating Lawyers in a Foreign Jurisdiction 49

Chapter 4.Compensating Lawyers 58

A.Regulation of Fees 58

B.Representation of Indigent and Low-Income Clients 69

Chapter 5.Confidentiality 82

A.Confidentiality and Privilege—General Principles and Comparisons 82

B.Confidentiality and Privilege in Transnational Litigation 93

Chapter 6.Incompatible Relations 98

A.Client Loyalty;Incompatible Relations of Lawyers 98

B.Independence 99

C.Standards 101

D.A Bit More on Imputed Disqualification 109

Chapter 7.Representing Organizations 114

A.Attorney-Client Privilege 114

B.Corporate Whistleblowing 130

C.Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 134

Chapter 8.Duties to the Court and Others 141

A.Duties to the Court 141

B.Duties to Others 156

Chapter 9.Advertising and Solicitation 169

A.United States 170

B.Japan 174

C.Lithuania 175

D.Finland 176

E.European Union Generally 176

Chapter 10.Judicial Conduct 181

A.Introduction and Impartiality 181

B.Independence 182

C.Judicial Corruption 188

D.General Judicial Standards 190

E.Conclusion 205

INDEX 209