Herald Tribune: "[Defendants] Dowden and Sterbinsky argued that the statute of limitations for fraud had passed, while [the lawyer] Rosin said he merely performed his duties as a real estate attorney and had no obligation to disclose the existence of the so-called flip or alleged wrongful acts of his client."
"A lawyer owes no such duty," Rosin said in his motion to dismiss the case. "Rule 1.6 of the Rules of Professional Conduct gives a lawyer the option to make such disclosures by providing that a lawyer 'may' disclose anticipated criminal or fraudulent misconduct that is likely to result in substantial financial injury to others. However, the lawyer is never 'required' to make that disclosure.