Case : Iowa Sup. Ct. Bd. of Prof. Ethics and Conduct v. Lane

2. Post your answers the following questions:

A. Which violated ethical rule do you consider to be the most egregious? Why?

B. Do you agree with Board's decision? Why or why not?

C. If you were the client in this case would that change your opinion? Why or why not?

D. What if the paralegal was the one who inserted the plagiarized portion into the brief and submitted hours to the attorney purporting to have spent 80 hours researching in preparation of the brief. What model rule of conduct would have been violated? Which legal professional would have been punished by the court?

E. Compare and contrast the consequences of the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own in an academic setting with the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own in a legal setting.