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A lawyer must not comply with a discovery request from an opposing party if it would involve revealing confidential information.

Lawyer represents Plaintiff who claims he was harmed when he took an “all-natural supplement” sold by Defendant as a weight-loss aid.  Lawyer has been contacted by Former Employee of Defendant. Former Employee wants to give Lawyer copies of test results on the supplement that Former Employee took from Defendant’s files.  Lawyer is suspicious of Former Employee’s bona fides and asks Investigator to check into Employee’s background.  Investigator reports that Former Employee has Social Media account with little information on the public wall. Lawyer instructs investigator to send Former Employee a “friend” request under a false identity in the hopes of being allowed access to further information.   Is Lawyer subject to discipline?

Lawyer represents Plaintiff who claims he was harmed when he took an “all-natural supplement” sold by Defendant as a weight-loss aid.  Lawyer has been contacted by Former Employee of Defendant. Former Employee wants to give Lawyer copies of test results on the supplement that Former Employee took from Defendant’s files.  Lawyer is suspicious of Former Employee’s bona fides and asks Investigator to check into Employee’s background.  Investigator reports that Former Employee has Social Media account with little information on the public wall. Lawyer instructs investigator to send Former Employee a “friend” request under a false identity in the hopes of being allowed access to further information.   Is Lawyer subject to discipline?

Lawyer represents Plaintiff in a wrongful death action against Defendant. Defendant is accused of negligently killing Plaintiff’s son, a local honor student, while Defendant was driving drunk. The case has generated some publicity in the local media, and is approaching trial. Defendant’s lawyer recently was interviewed by a local news station about the case. During the interview, Defendant’s lawyer said, “We of course all mourn the loss of this young man. Even if he was no model citizen and had personal problems involving drug abuse and cheating at school, no one minimizes the loss.” Upset at these statements about inadmissible facts, Lawyer the next day called a press conference and said, “This young man before his death set an example for our youth to follow. Any problems he had were the minor and private indiscretions of youth with no relevance to this case. The loss here is the loss of an outstanding young man who was killed by a driver who was not only drunk, but as tests will show was also high on narcotics.” Is Lawyer subject to discipline?

Flight crews are exposed to more cosmic radiation than most people because of the time spent at high altitudes.  Fifty crew members of Xinjiang Airlines wore radiation detectors.  Investigators reported an average exposure of 219 mrems (millirems), with a margin of error of ± 9.7 mrems.  Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this statement?

Flight crews are exposed to more cosmic radiation than most people because of the time spent at high altitudes.  Fifty crew members of Xinjiang Airlines wore radiation detectors.  Investigators reported an average exposure of 219 mrems (millirems), with a margin of error of ± 9.7 mrems.  Which of the following is a correct interpretation of this statement?

A large study of the efficacy of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in preventing fractures in health postmenopausal women enrolled 35,000 female subjects.  Here is a breakdown of the subjects’ ethnicities. Ethnicity Non-Hispanic White African-American Hispanic Asian Native American TOTAL Observed counts 29,440 3,239 1,471 705 145 35,000 % in U.S. population 75.6% 10.8% 9.1% 3.8% 0.7% 100% Which hypothesis test should be performed to determine whether this study successfully matched the ethnic diversity of the American population?

A random sample of undergraduate students were asked if they worked for pay while taking classes, 52.7% of the students said ‘yes.’  Which of the following statistical inference procedures should be used to determine if the majority of the population works for pay while taking classes?

A large study of the efficacy of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in preventing fractures in health postmenopausal women enrolled 35,000 female subjects.  Here is a breakdown of the subjects’ ethnicities. Ethnicity Non-Hispanic White African-American Hispanic Asian Native American TOTAL Observed counts 29,440 3,239 1,471 705 145 35,000 % in U.S. population 75.6% 10.8% 9.1% 3.8% 0.7% 100% Which hypothesis test should be performed to determine whether this study successfully matched the ethnic diversity of the American population?

Tree diameters are related to “growth rings” in trees and larger diameters are associated with taller trees. The scatter plot of a survey of 958 trees in an old-growth forest in Canada showed evidence of a linear relation between tree height (m) and diameter (cm).   The resulting least squares regression line equation  Height = 2.79 + 0.55× Diameter has an R2 value of 0.92. Which of the following is the slope of the least squares regression line equation?