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| A lawyer who lied to a client, opposing counsel and the court about whether a lawsuit had been filed before the running of the statute of limitations has committed a fraud on the tribunal and must be reported (applying an objective rather than a subjective test in determining if the fraud raises a substantial question as to fitness to practice law). A lawyer's duty to report such misconduct arises "when the information possessed by the reporting lawyer is based upon a substantial degree of certainty and not on rumors or suspicion." ) [Rule 8.3(a) requires a lawyer to report another lawyer's ethics violation under certain circumstances if the lawyer has "reliable information" about the breach.] |