Ethics Subjects

#2025-26/01 False Testimony by a Non-Client Witness

ABSTRACT When a lawyer knows that a non-client witness has testified falsely, the lawyer had a duty to take reasonable remedial measures notwithstanding the duty of confidentiality. If the lawyer learns of the falsity after the conclusion

#2022-23/02 Public Prosecutors and Referral Fees

ABSTRACT: A New Hampshire public prosecutor may not enter into a referral fee agreement with an active New Hampshire lawyer for matters that arose from the prosecutor’s work as a prosecutor. ANNOTATIONS: A referral fee agreement benefitting

#2022-23/01 Ancillary Businesses Under Rule 5.7

ABSTRACT: In 2007, New Hampshire adopted NHRPC Rule 5.7, which applies to the provision of services that might reasonably be performed in conjunction with, and in substance are related to, the provision of legal services and that

#2021-22/02 Crowdfunding Legal Fees New

ABSTRACT: Representing a client in a matter funded in whole or in part through donation-based crowdfunding is not unethical per se. Lawyers are encouraged to exercise substantial caution when undertaking a crowdfunded matter, however, as ethical concerns

#2021-22/01 Inactive Lawyers and Referral Fees

An inactive lawyer may not enter into a referral fee agreement with an active New Hampshire lawyer for matters that first arose after the change in status because that would violate the restrictions on the practice of law and present a great risk of misrepresentation.

#2020-21/02 Municipal Representation and Potential Conflicts of Interest

An Attorney who represents a municipal Planning Board and provides advice to the Planning Board on interpreting the Zoning Ordinance in a particular matter, should use extreme caution and carefully evaluate the possibility that a conflict of interest may exist in providing advice to the Zoning Board of Adjustment on the same matter on appeal to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

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