Apolonia Paralegal's father owns a golf and tennis pro shop at a local golf club. Apolonia's law firm typically gets sports-types gifts wholesale (through Apolonia's dad) and gives them to the local court personnel at Christmas. This practice
A) is fine so long as Apolonia's firm does not ask for anything special from the court personnel.
B) is fine so long as this is the custom and practice in that town, city or area.
C) is not a good idea because seeking to influence court personnel by giving them gifts is a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
D) is fine because gifts are standard practice for Christmas.
C
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