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When Your Opponent's Incompetence Creates an Ethical Dilemma

My opposing counsel is clearly incompetent and missing obvious defenses for his client but I cannot decide if I should tell him or just take the easy win.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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You could win easily by staying quiet about the other side's mistake, but it doesn't feel right.

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