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| A lawyer may not ethically send a letter to a client's adversary threatening to "seek assistance through law enforcement and legal avenues," because this alludes to criminal prosecution and apparently was done solely to gain an advantage in a civil matter (the lawyer had represented to the court that the lawyer had no interest in seeing a criminal prosecution begun). The Bar declines to determine if another lawyer learning of the letter must report the lawyer, but indicates that under DR 1-103(A) the other lawyer would have such a duty if the other lawyer has information "to a substantial degree of certainty" of an ethical violation that would raise a substantial question as to the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness to practice law in other respects. |