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Paralegal Julio has been friendly with Paralegal Nextar for several months. Nextar admitted to Julio that he regularly pads his timesheets by adding an additional 10 to any time entry that is over 1 hour. Julio should
 
  A) tell Julio that his policy is unethical, illegal, and is cheating the client.
  B) report Nextar's timesheet padding to their supervising paralegal or attorney
  C) try this policy himself.
  D) report Nextar's timesheet padding to the clients who have been over-charged

Question 2

Danny Lawyer conspired with Carly Client to hide over 700,000 of Client's income from the IRS over a period of years. Client forwarded her business income to Danny, who hid it in a trust account. Danny regularly withdrew cash from the account and gave the money to Client as well as made purchases for her. Danny has several partners in his law practice, one of whom is aware of Danny's business dealings with Client. As a result,
 
  A) all of the partners (with and without actual knowledge) have a duty to report Danny's illegal activity to the proper authorities.
  B) none of the partners have a duty to report Danny because his relationship with Client is protected by the attorney/client privilege.
  C) none of the partners have a duty to report Danny because Danny has the duty to report himself.
  D) the partner with actual knowledge of this wrongdoing has a duty to report Danny's illegal activity to the proper authorities.



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Answer to Question 1

A, B

Answer to Question 2

D





 

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