Case Study: Attorney Discipline Case

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6. Please read this decision by the Iowa Supreme Court in an attorney discipline case and answer these four questions: a. Should judges care if attorneys submit legal briefs or written motions that are plagiarized? Please explain your answer. Yes. Judges should care if attorneys submit legal briefs or written motions that are plagiarized. Because I agree with plagiarism amounts to a misrepresentation to the court. b. Attorney Peter Cannon was punished by the court and by the attorney disciplinary board. Do you think these punishments (taken as a whole) were too lenient, too severe, or about right? Please explain your answer. I think the punishment by the court and by the attorney disciplinary board were about right, neither too harsh nor