I have been thinking about this issue since Purdue and also what I saw in LTL in terms of sanctionable conduct with letters and pleadings from lawyers who should know better. I think it is part of a general decline in ethics and professionalism that includes less candor with, and more lying to, courts, including everything from misciting authority to false statements of fact. Open disrespect seems at a historic level. I think it is time for a high level panel/program on the subject. [FROM BOB KEACH]