Quality Advocacy and the Code of Professional Responsibility, The Attorney-Client Relationship and the Code of Professional Responsibility: Suggested Attorney Liability for Breach of Duty to Disclose Fraud to the Securities Exchange Commission

Authors

Alan C. Myers

Keywords

Professional Responsibility, Ethics, attorney-client, attorney liability, breach of duty, fraud, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Securities and Exchange Act

Abstract

The imposition of increased obligations and liabilities on securities lawyers threatens not onlly the attorney, but the quality of his representation as well. Alan Myers examines the possible consequences of the current expansion of liability, and suggests what the securities lawyer's obligations and liabilities should be under DR 7-102(B)(1) and DR 101(C)(3) of the Code of Professional Responsibility.

Recommended Citation

Alan C. Myers, Quality Advocacy and the Code of Professional Responsibility, The Attorney-Client Relationship and the Code of Professional Responsibility: Suggested Attorney Liability for Breach of Duty to Disclose Fraud to the Securities Exchange Commission, 44 Fordham L. Rev. 1113 (1976).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol44/iss6/4