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Rule 1.13. Prohibited Sexual Relations [new, renumbered](a) A lawyer shall not condition the representation of a client or prospective client, or the quality of such representation, on having any person engage in sexual relations with the lawyer.(b) A lawyer shall not solicit or accept sexual relations as payment of fees.(c) A lawyer shall not have [...]
Mark Bennett | January 9, 2009
A year and a half ago, I wrote:
Walking the halls of the Harris County Criminal Courthouse, I smell
fear. The accused are often afraid, as you might expect, as are their
loved ones, but theirs is not the fear I smell.
The fear I smell oozes out from under doors leading to the judges’
chambers, locked to keep [...]
Mark Bennett | January 7, 2009
In Sweden,
Police are using surveillance cameras and CCTV footage to catch men who visit prostitutes and pay – or seek to pay for – sex.
Within weeks of such a visit a letter is sent to the “torsk” – Swedish slang for a male sex customer. If he does not admit to the crime he [...]
Mark Bennett | September 22, 2008
26th Street Bar Association and Bad Court Thingy both wrote about an Illinois lawyer, who’s been suspended from the practice of law for 15 months for accepting $534 worth of nude dances as partial payment for $7,000 worth of legal fees in 2001 and 2002.
The Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission found that agreeing to [...]
Mark Bennett | July 23, 2008
“Semi-nude” means “any state of dress which opaquely covers no more than a human buttock, anus, male genitalia, female genitalia or areola of a female breast.”
Can anyone tell me what that means? I think it’s English, but I’m not certain.
Mark Bennett | January 2, 2008
David Feige brings us this “astonishing” story about the Columbus, Ohio PD using bait to catch men who are willing to expose themselves in a public park. A topless woman woman hangs out in the park until a guy comes up to talk to her. She chats him up, gives him some IOIs, and asks [...]
