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Ethics & accountability · Balancing user vs business interest

Your client has a strong offer on the table that would fully resolve their matter, but taking it now means the firm forgoes months of billable litigation. How do you advise them?

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My duty of loyalty runs to the client's interests, not to the firm's realization, so the fee incentive never touches the advice.…

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