Legal Ethics Chapter 6

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Circulars

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Notices are advertisements sent to certain groups of people.

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Commercial speech

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Communications made for business purposes. Speech made in the pursuit of capitalism is commercial speech, and it is less protected under Free Speech doctrines than religious or political speech.

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Fraudulent information

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Material misrepresentation of fact. Omissions can also be fraudulent.

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Inappropriate implications

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Unjustified expectations, side-stepping the law.

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Inappropriate comparisons

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Comparisons that are unverifiable.

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Puffing

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A real word, used in sales contacts to mean an opinion or belief that is not meant to be taken as a statement of fact or warranty.

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Warranty

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A statement that amounts to a promise of quality or the Assurance of certain facts.

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Inter Alia

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A Latin phrase that means among other things.

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Plea bargaining

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Negotiating in a criminal case, resulting in the prosecutor and the defendant agreeing to dispose of the charges through a settlement in which the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser charge.

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Libelous

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Libel is a false written statement that is published and made in order to harm the reputation of another.

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Slander

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Slander is the spoken form of libel. Libel and slander are different forms of defamation.

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Patent

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The grand of ownership and an invention, giving the owner exclusive rights over the invention for a certain number of years.

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Admiralty

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Admiralty law involves the traditional rules and practices associated with the navigation of the sea or commercial transaction conducted on navigable waterways. Admiralty law is also known as maritime law.

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Accident runners

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Persons hired by lawyers to find personal injury clients, usually by going to the scene of accident or disasters. Accident Runners are respected even less than ambulance Chasers.

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Executive committee

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The select group of a law firms Partners were responsible for the managing of the firm's economic performance and setting its long-range goals. Including on the executive committee is the firm's managing partner.

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Injunction

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A court order forbidding a party to do something or ordering them to start doing something.

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Written solicitation

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Act or instance of requesting or seeking business or information through writing. Targeted mailers are considered a form of written solicitation.

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Foreclosure

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The act of a creditor to take ownership and control of property that was used as collateral by the debtor.

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Pecuniary

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That which concerns money.

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Class action

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A lawsuit brought by a representative of a large group of plaintiff or perspective plaintiff on behalf of the group. Rule 23 of the federal rules of civil procedure governs class actions.