Lynn Marietta Nichols

August 23, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Rules of Professional Conduct provide guidance on how to make a move, protect your client and avoid conflicts.

By Ellen C. Brotman and Lynn Marietta Nichols

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March 05, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

While we may still be representing Pennsylvania clients in Pennsylvania matters, does it matter if we are not doing it in Pennsylvania?

By Ellen C. Brotman and Lynn Marietta Nichols

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December 18, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Like many of you, we have taken refuge in work. In that spirit, we offer a column that focuses more narrowly and looks at a recent change to Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5. The change adds a new Comment 5 and affects any lawyer who uses contingency fees in their practice.

By Lynn Marietta Nichols and Ellen C. Brotman

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December 02, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

In the past month, you may have missed two significant pieces of news relating to the death penalty. First, the Trump administration, with seven weeks left in power, has scheduled five executions, the last of which will take place on Jan. 15, 2021, five days before a new anti-death penalty administration is sworn in to power.

By Lynn Marietta Nichols and Ellen C. Brotman

7 minute read