Rule 3.4
Fairness To Opposing Party and Counsel
A lawyer shall
not:
(a) unlawfully
obstruct another party' s access to evidence or unlawfully alter,
destroy or conceal a document or other material having potential
evidentiary value. A lawyer shall not counsel or assist another person
to do any such act;
(b) falsify
evidence, counsel or assist a witness to testify falsely, or offer an
inducement to a witness that is prohibited by law;
(c) knowingly
disobey an obligation under the rules of a tribunal except for an open
refusal based on an assertion that no valid obligation exists;
(d) in
pretrial procedure, make a frivolous discovery request or fail to make
reasonably diligent effort to comply with a legally proper discovery
request by an opposing party;
(e) in trial,
allude to any matter that the lawyer does not
reasonably believe is
relevant or that will not be supported by admissible evidence, assert
personal knowledge of facts in issue except when testifying as a
witness, or state a personal opinion as to the justness of a cause, the
credibility of a witness, the culpability of a civil litigant or the
guilt or innocence of an accused; or
(f) request a
person other than a client to refrain from voluntarily giving relevant
information to another party unless:
(1) the person is a relative or an employee or other agent of a client;
and
(2) the lawyer reasonably
believes that the person's interests will not be adversely affected by
refraining from giving such information.
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