Practice question
After notice and hearing, the court imposes a monetary Rule 7 section 3 sanction on a lawyer for a qualifying violation. The lawyer seeks to pass the penalty to the client under a general expenses clause. Which is correct?
- Every lawyer’s penalty must be paid by the client
- The retainer automatically overrides the procedural restriction
- Only an opponent may pay the lawyer’s penalty
- The lawyer may avoid it merely by calling it a filing fee
- The rule states that the lawyer or law firm cannot pass the monetary penalty to the client
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 7 sections 3–6, signature certification, verification, forum-shopping certification and required witness and evidence contents.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 7 unchanged sections 1–2, caption and body, read with the 2019 amendments.
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