LEGAL AND ETHICAL ANALYSIS OFPAT PARKER ASSOCIATES CASE
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The Democratic Committee entered into a contract with campaign consultant Pat Parker on behalf of their candidate, Dale Jackson, to conduct opposition research on Mr. Jackson's Republican opponent. The campaign never used Parker's research and Jackson lost the election. The State Academy of Trial Lawyers supported Jackson's Republican opponent Terry Paine. The Trial Lawyers wanted to buy the opposition research Parker conducted for the Jackson campaign. The Trial Lawyers offered to pay $25,000 for a copy of the report, which was the same amount Jackson's campaign had paid. The Trial Lawyers also wanted to purchase the drafts of postcards that were prepared for the Jackson campaign. The information on the postcards came from Parker's research and she was asked to review and verify that the research would support the mailing advertisement. The postcards were never mailed. Parker believed the Trial Lawyers want to use the research to "inoculate", or compensate for, their candidate's weaknesses in the next election campaign...