You’ve arranged to speak with a reporter. Do you know how to deliver insights that are memorable? Do you know the boundaries of what you can say to advocate for your client, without going beyond what is permitted when engaging in extrajudicial communications? Review the relevant Rules of Professional Conduct with an eye on keeping your remarks ethically sound. Learn how to respond to questions with quotable answers that get your points across.
Ethical Considerations:
• RPC 1.6 Rule of Confidentiality of Information
• RPC 3.6 Rule on Extrajudicial Statements
• RPC 3.6(a) Trial Publicity
• RPC 3.6(c) Trial Publicity: Limits Do Not Apply
• RPC 3.6(d) Trial Publicity
• RPC 3.8 (f) Prosecutors
• ABA Model Rule 8.4(c) Conduct involving Dishonesty, Fraud, Deceit or Misrepresentation
• ABA Model Rule 8.4(d) Conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice
• FRCP 11 Prohibits filing a pleading for any improper purpose
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