Ethics/Professional Responsibility
May 17, 2014
Ethics opinion tackles attorney honesty in negotiations
The pending State Bar opinion seeks to outline a distinction between misrepresenting material facts and bluffing.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Determining where attorneys cross the line when bluffing in negotiations is at the heart of a pending State Bar ethics opinion.
The opinion seeks to outline a distinction between misrepresenting material facts - such as the existence of an eyewitness or a client's true salary - and employing the kind of "puffery" about end goals or compromising that routinely takes place in negotiation...
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