| Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1911 - 384 pages
...testifying in Court in behalf of his client. 20. Newspaper Discussion of Pending Litigation.- — -Newspaper publications by a lawyer as to pending or anticipated...public, it is unprofessional to make it anonymously. An exparte reference to the facts should not go beyond quotation from the records and papers on file in... | |
| Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1903 - 470 pages
...anticipated litigation, call for the discussion and reply from the opposite party, tend to prevent a fair trial in the courts, and otherwise prejudice the due administration of justice. It requires a strong case to justify such publications ; and, when proper, it is unprofessional to... | |
| Geoffrey C. Hazard, Angelo Dondi - Law - 2004 - 380 pages
...media. Canon 20 of the ABA Canons of Professional Ethics of 1908, for example, provided: "Newspaper publications by a lawyer as to pending or anticipated litigation may interfere with a fair trial. . . . Generally they are to be condemned." The rule governing English barristers is still to the same... | |
| Law - 2006 - 1038 pages
...circumstances of a particular case requires a statement to the public, it should not be made anonymously and reference to the facts should not go beyond quotation from the records and papers on file in court or other official documents. No statement should be made which indicates intended proof of what... | |
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