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When Financial Pressure Conflicts with Professional Ethics

My client wants me to file a motion I know is frivolous but he is threatening to fire me and find another lawyer if I refuse and I need this retainer to pay my office rent.

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You need the money, but the client wants you to do something you know is wrong.

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