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This duty is subject to certain exceptions, as outlined in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; furthermore, the rules applicable in state courts vary from state to state. Pursuant to U.S. constitutional law, in what is known as Brady disclosure, a prosecutor has a duty to disclose material evidence that is favorable to a criminal defendant's ...
Noting that the last overhaul of the California ethics rules was in 1992, in the early 2000s the State Bar of California formed a Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct tasked with considering intervening changes in the law and the findings of the ABA's Ethics 2000 Commission. [46]
Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure), [1] ordinarily referred to as Regulation FD or Reg FD, is a regulation that was promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August 2000. [2] The regulation is codified as 17 CFR 243 .
There is no general duty of disclosure in English contract law, and one is normally not obliged to say anything. [19] Ordinary contracts do not require "good faith" as such, [20] and mere compliance with the law is sufficient. However in particular relationships silence may form the basis of an actionable misrepresentation: [21] [22]
Events may take place which bring the directors of the company into direct and close contact with the shareholders in a manner capable of generating fiduciary obligations, such as a duty of disclosure of material facts to the shareholders, or an obligation to use confidential information and valuable commercial and financial opportunities ...
The obligation to disclose adverse authority is in tension with the attorney's obligation to zealously represent the interests of the client. However, various public policy arguments have been set forth to explain why the attorney's duty of candor to the court with respect to such authority outweighs the duty to the client's cause. Ostensibly ...
The Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 (c.6) [1] is a UK Act of Parliament that makes important reforms to insurance law. The Act was a consequence of the Law Commission 's millennium review of the law of insurance that has been ongoing since 2006.
Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 is a Scottish delict, medical negligence and English tort law case on doctors and pharmacists that outlines the rule on the disclosure of risks to satisfy the criteria of an informed consent.