This order of priorities is not consistent with the approach required
under professional codes of conduct.
Not exact matches
Although I dispute his apparent view that recognized» as opposed to fanciful» norms
of international law or
codes of professional conduct would restrict actual practice
under the regimen ridiculously called «enhanced interrogation,» as described in the Office
of Legal Counsel memoranda profligately disclosed by the current administration, I have nothing against «conscientious reflection» on the issue and lively discussion
of it.
Becoming a
professional footballer requires serious commitment and involves accepting restrictions on personal freedom, rigid
codes of conduct and being
under near - constant surveillance — all
of which, you would imagine, might well have a damaging psychological impact in terms
of players feeling that they are not in control
of their own lives.
Working
under a
code of conduct we provide thermography reports for owners and
professionals after Veterinary referral, in addition to consultancy services to both the private and public sector.
The Law Society has an obligation to promote human rights in the legal profession and licensees are already bound by human rights equality, diversity and inclusion principles
under their respective
professional rules
of conduct and the
Code.»
When an attorney breaches any
of these fiduciary duties by acting negligently / incompetently or failing to uphold standards
under lawyer ethics or the
professional code of conduct, a client may have an action for legal malpractice.
In particular, norms relating to lawyers» practice that had formerly been
under the domain
of professional and state bodies, or left to the discretion
of lawyers and their firms, are increasingly incorporated into «guidelines,» «procedures,» «
codes of conduct,» «manuals,» or «bestpractices» memoranda, which lawyers are expected to follow (footnotes omitted).
Practicing lawyers are regulated
under strict
codes of professional conduct that are enforced at the state level, usually by state bar associations that exercise disciplinary authority delegated to them by state supreme courts.
KPMG also relied on the accountants»
professional duty
of confidentiality, including
under their
code of professional conduct.
Lawyers are precluded
under their
codes of professional conduct from recording conversations with clients and other lawyers without informing them, but in a situation analogous to Shepherd's — where there is bullying, harassment, misrepresentation
of the law and a power imbalance among parties — I'd be very tempted to record it anyway and take my chances with a discipline panel, the Court
of Appeal and the court
of public opinion.
As you can see, the Washington Times mentions Eric Turkewitz because they are using him as the source for two points they are raising: First, that the
conduct falls
under section DR 2 - 102
of the New York Lawyer's
Code of Professional Responsibility, and second, that Sotomeyor overstepped the bounds
of the rule.
As reported by New York Personal Injury Law Blogger Eric Turkewitz, who first discovered this detail: «in New York, the
conduct would fall
under DR 2 - 102»
of the New York Lawyer's
Code of Professional Responsibility, «which bars misleading advertising on a letterhead.