Anthony E. Davis

May 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis discusses opinions from the main New York-based ethics committees on an attorney's use of LinkedIn and responding to negative reviews online, writing that modern developments continue to be analyzed through sometimes outdated understandings of the law governing lawyers, which can lead to results that are not merely inappropriate but that are also silly.

By Anthony E. Davis

14 minute read

March 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis discusses New York County Lawyers' Association Formal Opinion 747, which discusses whether and when it may be appropriate for a corporation's attorney to offer representation to current or former corporate employees without violating the rules prohibiting in-person solicitation.

By Anthony E. Davis

12 minute read

February 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis discusses New York County Lawyers' Association Formal Opinion 747, which discusses whether and when it may be appropriate for a corporation's attorney to offer representation to current or former corporate employees without violating the rules prohibiting in-person solicitation.

By Anthony E. Davis

12 minute read

January 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis considers two recent New York decisions that examine the meaning of "informed consent" in the context of both disqualification motions and cases where the interests of clients and their lawyers become directly adverse.

By Anthony E. Davis

14 minute read

January 08, 2015 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis considers two recent New York decisions that examine the meaning of "informed consent" in the context of both disqualification motions and cases where the interests of clients and their lawyers become directly adverse.

By Anthony E. Davis

14 minute read

November 03, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis discusses two recent ethics opinions that address the existence and scope of a duty to conduct research about jurors, and the limitations on that duty particularly when the research is conducted online.

By Anthony E. Davis

12 minute read

September 08, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility Column, Anthony E. Davis, a partner of Hinshaw & Culbertson, discusses recent developments in the legal profession and considers whether they will prompt a positive approach to providing legal services more effectively&and in more diverse ways& in the 21st century.

By Anthony E. Davis

9 minute read

July 07, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsiblity column, Anthony E. Davis discusses two recent developments that highlight the critical need for lawyers and law firms to take care in the drafting of their engagement letters, and two just decided cases that deal an apparent death blow to the "unfinished business" doctrine in New York as well as in its birthplace, California.

By Anthony E. Davis

17 minute read

May 05, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis contrasts the changes in the way that legal services are provided in England and Wales under the regulatory regime adopted there in 2007 with New York's traditionalist approach.

By Anthony E. Davis

11 minute read

March 03, 2014 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis, a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson, examines an aspect of the law of attorney-client privilege that is often of critical importance to corporate and transactional lawyers, as well as their litigation brothers and sisters: Who owns the privilege when a dispute arises between a parent and a former subsidiary?

By Anthony E. Davis

13 minute read