Rule 4.4 - RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF THIRD PERSONS; INADVERTENTLY SENT DOCUMENTS(a) In representing a client or the lawyer's own interests, a lawyer shall not use means that have no substantial purpose other than to embarrass, delay, harass or burden a third person, or knowingly use methods of obtaining evidence that violate the legal rights of such a person.(b) A lawyer who receives a document or electronically stored information relating to the representation of the lawyer's client and knows or reasonably should know that the document or electronically stored information was inadvertently sent shall promptly notify the sender.Or. State. Bar. R. Regul. and Polic. 4.4
Adopted 1/1/2005 Amended 12/1/2006: Paragraph (a) amended to make applicable to a lawyer acting in the lawyer's own interests. Amended 1/1/2014: Paragraph (b) amended to expand scope to electronically stored information.Defined Terms (see Rule 1.0):
"Knowingly"
"Knows"
"Reasonably should know"
"Substantial"
Comparison to Oregon Code
This rule had no equivalent in the Oregon Code, although paragraph (a) incorporates aspects of DR 7-102(A)(1).