Enormously important question close to the legal and philosphical basis of
capitalism.
(BTW thanks for Ian for his persistently shrewed and thought provoking
clippings. All the more helpful because he is posting from the west coast
of the USA and has already caught the early editions ready for
washingtonpost.com
Lawyers as Stool Pigeons?
SEC May Force Attorneys to Blow Whistle on Corporate Clients
By Kathleen Day
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 9, 2003; Page E01
A Virginia lawyer who learns a client is about to shoot someone must
tell the police, the idea being that pre
