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The ABA Model Rules Preamble states, “As advocate, a lawyer zealously asserts the client’s position under the rules of the adversary system.”
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ABA Model Rules of Conduct, 1.5(a).
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Case for Cooperation, The Sedona Conference Journal, Vol. 10, p. 340 (2009) (emphasis added).
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As elaborated in Comment 1:
The procedure of the adversary system contemplates that the evidence in a case is to be marshalled competitively by the contending parties. Fair competition in the adversary system is secured by prohibitions against destruction or concealment of evidence, improperly influencing witnesses, obstructive tactics in discovery procedure, and the like.
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755 F. Supp. 2d 909, 929 (N.D. Ill. 2010).
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Civil No. 10-1326 (ABJ/JMF) at p. 11 (D.D.C. June 6, 2012).
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See The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation, (July 2008).
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256 F.R.D. 134 (S.D.N.Y. 2009).
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Id., at p. 136.
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755 F. Supp. 2d 909 at p. 930.
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Williams, K., Facciola, J.M., McCann, P., Catanzaro, V.M. (2017). Transparency. In: The Legal Technology Guidebook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54523-3_13
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