Re: Absolute Does Not Respond to Two Plus Two’s Fraud Investigation Offer
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Hi Everyone:
... In order to accept, however, my attorneys needed to make it very clear that:
4. They would accept direct compensation for the investigation only from Two Plus Two as a client.
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Best Wishes,
Mason Malmuth
Two Plus Two Publishing
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Mason,
This is a blurring of the financial facts at best. AP was paying for this. And that matters.
Or more to the point, you should have said:
4. They would accept INDIRECT compensation for the investigation only from AP as a client.
Seriously, this was a horrible idea. Investigations that are funded by the bad guys NEVER work. Because the good guys have to be seen to be beyond question. And of course that goes beyond 2+2.
I'm sure you know this. Don't you?
DUCY etc etc.
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Umm, no. Because Two Plus Two is the client, the firm's ethical obligations all run to 2 plus two. This is exactly and precisely the right way to handle this. In fact, without permission/prior arrangement, AP wouldn't even be entitled to know the outcome/results/analysis. They are not the lawyer's client.
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