By Thomas Spigolon | January 22, 2024
"It is salacious, but is it a legal conflict?," asked former DA J. Tom Morgan.
By Allison Dunn | January 19, 2024
The amendments were adopted in response to the court's decision in the Matter of Olchowski (2020), which posed the question concerning the proper disposition of unidentified client funds on deposit in an Interest on Lawyers' Trust Account.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | January 19, 2024
This decision underscores the requirement for attorneys to not tell or suggest to a witness how to respond to questions. The consequence may be severe.
By Alex Anteau | January 18, 2024
The trial court imposed sanctions when the lawyers ended their representation in a case because of a conflict of interest their client made them aware of during voir dire.
By Riley Brennan | January 18, 2024
"The committee agrees that the lawyer must disclose the client's death before any further substantive communication with opposing counsel and must disclose to the court no later than the first communication or appearance after learning of the client's death," the order said.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer | January 18, 2024
This article is the second (of two) to consider New York City Bar Association Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics Formal Opinion 2023-1 addressing "Attorney Departing From a Law Firm." In this article, Anthony Davis and Janis Meyer discuss the Opinion's further treatment of the subjects of communications with clients.
Litigation Daily | Conversation
By Ross Todd | January 18, 2024
Bethany Kristovich, co-chair of the professional liability defense group at Munger, Tolles & Olson, says the litigation exposure facing law firms is growing.
By Colleen Murphy | January 17, 2024
"The panel now permits a firm who is seeking financial information to establish punitive damages to also represent the very person at the defendant who was the highest ranking financial officer who was charged with litigation strategy and the production of the financial documents," Counsel for Care One, Bruce H. Nagel of Nagel Rice said in an email to the Law Journal. "And to make matters worse, secretly emailed himself the same financial information that plaintiffs counsel has been seeking in the underlying case. The decision is simply inexplicable."
By Eden Landow | January 17, 2024
The Supreme Court of Georgia issued four attorney discipline opinions Wednesday, with one dissent.
By Emily Cousins | January 16, 2024
"Lawyers think they're very smart people," legal ethics expert Brian Tannebaum said. "When it comes to handling these on their own, they're not."
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