FREE FBBE Multistate Professional Responsibility Question and Answers

Question 1

This phrase refers to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

Accepted Answer

Subject to discipline

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Subject to litigation sanction

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Subject to disqualification

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Subject to criminal liability

Question 2

This refers to the individual with the given authority to enforce the rules of professional conduct.

Accepted Answer

Disciplinary authority

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Attorney

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Consultant

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Practioner

Question 3

According to the text, is the attorney subject to discipline?

Accepted Answer

No, because the attorney reasonably believed that the
company’s disposal of the waste products was reasonably certain to cause substantial bodily harm.

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Yes, because the attorney received the information in
confidence and was not permitted to reveal the information without the company’s consent.

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No, because the attorney reasonably believed that
the president was pursuing an imprudent and immoral
course of conduct.

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Yes, because the company’s conduct was not
intentional.

Question 4

Plaintiff filed a civil complaint against Defendant four years ago. This complaint was voluntarily dismissed three years ago. Two years ago, Plaintiff filed the complaint again and voluntarily dismissed it last year. May Plaintiff successfully file the complaint again this year?

Accepted Answer

No, because the second voluntary dismissal operated as an adjudication on the merits.

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Yes, if the most recent complaint arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set forth in the previous complaints.

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No, because the most recent complaint is a supplemental pleading requiring permission of the court prior to filing.

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Yes, if the statute of limitations has not run.

Question 5

In a timely post-trial motion, Defendant argued for the first time that the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the case. What action should the court take?

Accepted Answer

Entertain the motion, because Defendant can assert lack of subject matter jurisdiction at any time.

Answer

Entertain the motion, because Defendant can assert lack of subject matter jurisdiction as long as it is raised within 10 days of the judgment.

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Refuse to entertain the motion, because Defendant did not raise lack of subject matter jurisdiction in its answer.

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Refuse to entertain the motion, because Defendant did not raise lack of subject matter jurisdiction at trial.