“Tool Without A Handle:  A Duty of Candor” The law and legal professional ethics require of counsel a duty of candor in the practice of law.[1]  This includes a duty to not knowingly make false statements of fact, to not conceal controlling legal authority, and to not offer evidence the lawyer knows to be false.[2] These principles are considered essential to maintaining both substantive fairness for participants in the process, and trust in the integrity of the process for… [read post]