What are the unfair competition behaviors of lawyers?

Lawyers' unfair competition behaviors include:

1, practicing in several law firms at the same time;

2. Acting for both parties;

3. Competing for business by unfair means;

4. Refusing to defend or represent after accepting the entrustment;

5. Failing to appear in court for litigation or arbitration without justifiable reasons;

6. Revealing business secrets or personal privacy;

7. Accepting entrustment privately;

8. Collect fees to seek disputed interests;

9. Disrupting the court;

10, order of arbitration tribunal, etc.

The duties and obligations of lawyers include:

1. Provide consultation on legal issues to the client as agreed, draft and review legal documents, participate in litigation, mediation or arbitration activities as an agent, handle other legal affairs entrusted, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client. If a lawyer represents litigation legal affairs or non-litigation legal affairs, he shall safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client within the scope of authorization;

2, according to the facts and laws, put forward the criminal suspects and defendants are innocent, the crime is light or reduce or exempt from their criminal responsibility materials and opinions, to protect the criminal suspects and defendants' litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests. The client may refuse the lawyer entrusted by him to continue to defend or represent him, and at the same time, he may entrust another lawyer to act as a defender or agent;

3, as a legal adviser, agent ad litem, criminal defender, non-litigation agent, participate in mediation and arbitration, answer legal advice, write legal documents, etc. In order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and the correct implementation of the law.

To sum up, the unfair competition behaviors of lawyers include: practicing in multiple law firms at the same time, representing both parties, soliciting business by improper means, refusing to defend or represent after accepting entrustment, not appearing in court for litigation or arbitration without justifiable reasons, revealing business secrets or personal privacy, accepting entrustment privately, charging fees for disputed interests, disturbing the order of courts and arbitration tribunals, etc.

Legal basis:

Article 17 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Anti-Unfair Competition Law

Business operators who violate the provisions of this law and cause damage to others shall bear civil liability according to law.

If the legitimate rights and interests of business operators are damaged by acts of unfair competition, they may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.

The amount of compensation for operators who have suffered from unfair competition shall be determined according to the actual losses suffered by them due to infringement; If the actual loss is difficult to calculate, it shall be determined according to the interests obtained by the infringer due to infringement. If the business operator maliciously commits an act of infringing business secrets, and the circumstances are serious, the amount of compensation can be determined in accordance with the amount determined by the above method. The amount of compensation shall also include the reasonable expenses paid by the operator to stop the infringement.

Where an operator violates the provisions of Articles 6 and 9 of this Law, and it is difficult to determine the actual losses suffered by the obligee due to infringement and the benefits gained by the infringer due to infringement, the people's court shall compensate the obligee for less than 5 million yuan according to the circumstances of infringement.