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Abuse and unreasonable demands

• Uncompensated use of the expert’s name and reputation

• Preliminary opinions without being retained

• Stealing the expert’s opinion

• “Conflicting out” the expert

• Late payments and non-payments

• Attempting to shape the expert’s opinion or testimony

• Withholding information from the expert

• Rush cases

• Harassment at depositions

• Pressure to act in unethical ways

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