1990 Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct
RULE 4.1 Truthfulness in Statements to
Others [revisions to 1990 Rule are
indicated as follows: text deleted from the 1990 Rule is shown by
strikethrough;
additions to the 1990 Rule are shown in red]
In the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not
knowingly:
(a) make a false
statement of material fact or law to a third person which statement
the lawyer knows or reasonably should know is false; or
(b) fail to disclose a material fact to a
third person when disclosure is necessary to avoid assisting a
criminal or fraudulent act by a client, unless disclosure is prohibited by
Rule 1.6.
Adopted February 8, 1990, effective
August 1, 1990.