An analyst facing such misrepresentation is in a position similar to the defense attorney in a criminal case in which the client insists on being given the opportunity to commit perjury as a witness. By actively participating in the perjury, the attorney would be clearly violating his or her responsibility as an officer of the court. A more interesting problem arises if the client switches attorneys, conceals the truth, and then commits the perjury. Hearing of the testimony, the first attorney knows that perjury has been committed. Must he or she inform the court? One value at stake is the integrity of judicial fact-finding. Another is the confidentiality of the communication between defendant and attorney that encourages defendants to be truthful so that their attorney can give them the most vigorous defense. Although there seems to be a consensus among the U.S. legal profession that actually participating in perjury is unethical, there does not appear to be a consensus about the responsibility of attorneys when they know that former clients are committing perjury.