The Ethical Negotiator: Ethical Dilemmas, Unhappy Clients and Angry Third Parties

1. WHAT DO CLIENTS WANT IN NEGOTIATIONS AND WHAT CAN YOU GIVEN THEM? THE LAWYER AS THE ZEALOUS ADVOCATE
2. THE "RULES OF ETHICS" ARE NOT REALLY ETHICS AT ALL
3. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ABA MODEL RULES
4. THE CURRENT MODEL RULES CONDONE SOMETHING LESS THAN TRUTHFULNESS
5. ETHICS, PROFESSIONALISM, AND TACTICS DURING NEGOTIATION
6. THE NOT SO SUBTLE ART OF MISDIRECTION
7. TRUTHFULNESS v. CLIENT CONFIDENCES
8. THIRD PARTY LIABILITY: BEING SUED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOUR CLIENT
9. WHICH THIRD PARTIES MIGHT SUE YOU?
10. NON-LITIGATION NEGOTIATIONS AND LIABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES
11. A LOOK AT SOME FAMILY LAW NEGOTIATIONS
12. BAR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING NEGOTIATIONS
13. SO, WHAT’S A LAWYER TO DO: NOSY LAWYER, NOISY WITHDRAWAL, OR NOISOME SILENCE?
14. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: WHAT YOU DO AND DON’T PUT IN WRITING CAN HURT YOU?
15. A BRIEF ASIDE ABOUT THE PATRIOT ACT, THE BANK SECRECY ACT, and GATT
16. ON TO THE HYPOTHETICALS
17. GETTING AND KEEPING THE CLIENT
18. THE AUDIT LETTER
19. THE TOXIC SITE ACQUISITION
20. CONFLICTS
21. CONCLUSION

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