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Rubin's dilemma has dogged lawyers and courts since the beginnings of the legal profession. "It is an unchallenged rule of professional ethics that a lawyer may not put on a witness who he knows is going to lie," explains Law Professor Phillip Johnson of the University of California, Berkeley. When the lying witness is the attorney's own client, however, the rule runs smack into another fundamental ethical rule -- a lawyer's obligation to protect the confidentiality of his client's conversations. Legal scholars have tilted back and forth over the issue. The currently prevailing view, endorsed...
Writing a book is a way for television journalists to distance themselves from the ranks of the TelePrompTered hairdos--the "twinkies," as Linda Ellerbee calls them. Ellerbee, a Texan, began her career in Houston, where her irreverent approach to office routine was not appreciated. The CBS station in New York...
The proposals amount to potential giant steps for a profession that has been stumbling badly, often with little support from the communities it serves. The report, produced by a 14-member task force that included Mary Hatwood Futrell, president of the National Education Association, and Bill Honig, superintendent of California...
What is perhaps most shocking about the cases of Lopez, Balasco and Mamay is that their transgressions were ignored or smoothed over by fellow doctors, including those who are directly responsible for policing the profession. Looking the other way is an unfortunate but time-honored tradition within the medical fraternity...
A major report due to be released next month by the Inspector General's office recommends drawing that net tighter. It calls for more cooperation between state boards and the Federal Government and urges higher medical licensing fees to provide more money for enforcement. Kusserow also favors legal immunity for...