[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR776.43]

[Page 523]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 776_PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF ATTORNEYS PRACTICING UNDER THE 
 
                 Subpart B_Rules of Professional Conduct
 
Sec. 776.43  Fairness to opposing party and counsel.

    (a) Fairness to opposing party and counsel. A covered attorney shall 
not:
    (1) Unlawfully obstruct another party's access to evidence or 
unlawfully alter, destroy, or conceal a document or other material 
having potential evidentiary value. A covered attorney shall not counsel 
or assist another person to do any such act;
    (2) Falsify evidence, counsel or assist a witness to testify 
falsely, or offer an inducement to a witness that is prohibited by law;
    (3) In pretrial procedure, make a frivolous discovery request or 
fail to make reasonably diligent effort to comply with a legally proper 
discovery request by an opposing party;
    (4) In trial, allude to any matter that the covered attorney does 
not reasonably believe is relevant or that will not be supported by 
admissible evidence, assert personal knowledge of facts in issue except 
when testifying as a witness, or state a personal opinion as to the 
justness of a cause, the credibility of a witness, the culpability of a 
civil litigant, or the guilt or innocence of an accused; or
    (5) Request a person other than a client to refrain from voluntarily 
giving relevant information to another party unless:
    (i) The person is a relative, an employee, or other agent of a 
client; and
    (ii) The covered attorney reasonably believes that the person's 
interests will not be adversely affected by refraining from giving such 
information.
    (b) [Reserved]