The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Scott Flaherty | August 9, 2018
At the ABA's recent national convention, a board of delegates voted to adopt a set of changes to model rules surrounding attorney advertising, a confusing ethical area for both Big and Small Law.
By Samuel C. Stretton | August 9, 2018
I am about to be sued and I don't have legal malpractice insurance. Will I have any problems because I don't have malpractice insurance?
By C. Ryan Barber | August 9, 2018
U.S. labor judge confronts "unsettled" litigation-funding issue in whistleblower Christopher Garvey's case against the investment bank. Morgan Stanley contends Garvey, who was based in Hong Kong, voluntarily resigned.
By Jennifer Teaford | August 8, 2018
The bar's recent efforts to unearth attorneys who have committed crimes will result in more criminal conviction proceedings commenced in the appellate division of the State Bar court.
By Scott Flaherty | August 8, 2018
A lawyer for David Joffe, a former King & Spalding associate who alleges he was fired for reporting unethical conduct by the firm's partners, claims his client has been difficult to deal with and hasn't paid his bills.
Connecticut Law Tribune | Expert Opinion
By Mark Dubois | August 8, 2018
The CBA Standing Committee on Professional Ethics offers such help, but with a large portion of the bar not CBA members, I don't think folks use that service as much as they should.
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | August 8, 2018
When an attorney is retained to provide an evaluation of a matter, knowing that the evaluation will be shared with third parties, it represents something of a deviation from the normal attorney-client relationship.
By Charles Toutant | August 8, 2018
The longtime director of New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics is defending a suit claiming he runs the agency like a "boys club" and shows open hostility to women employees, the Law Journal has learned.
By Scott Flaherty | August 7, 2018
Siding in part with a convicted fraudster's Freedom of Information Act request, the D.C. Circuit found that the Justice Department's internal disciplinary office can't invoke a blanket exemption for "law enforcement" records.
By Colby Hamilton | August 7, 2018
The Queens tradition of judges and ADAs coming from the same family—unique in its scale among New York's boroughs—has created a perception in the defense bar that its members are on the outside of an insular courthouse community.
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