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It would have to be proven that the lawyers knew the documents were forged and weren't simply acting on the representations made by their clients.
by voxic11 4y ago
It would have to be proven that the lawyers knew the documents were forged and weren't simply acting on the representations made by their clients.
- scarby2 4y agowell, likely that they knew or reasonably should have known.
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- elliekelly 4y agoYes but in the case of a major corporation the “client” giving the representation was almost certainly in-house counsel who knew or should have known the agreement submitted was not, in fact, the true agreement. Somewhere in this fact pattern is a very, very unethical lawyer. Perhaps several.