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The Legal Intelligencer

What Are Forbidden Sexual Relations With Clients?

All “sexual relations” with clients are forbidden under Rule 1.8(j), unless a consensual relationship existed between the attorney and the client when the attorney-client relationship commenced. However, what constitutes “sexual relations” was previously not defined at all in the rule, and that has led to some interesting questions in our increasingly remote and virtual world.
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Legaltech News

AEDI Takeaways: Demystifying Hype, Changing Caselaw & Harvey’s CEO Talks State of Industry

At Georgetown Law’s 21st Annual Advanced eDiscovery Institute, vendors, litigators, jurists, and more attempted to take stock of the state of the e-discovery field, and hazarded guesses about where it might be headed soon.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Criminalization of Homelessness Is Not the Solution

This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Grants Pass v. Johnson, which upheld laws in the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, that prohibit people from sleeping outside on public property even when there are no available shelter beds. This disappointing and harmful decision allows cities to enforce civil and criminal penalties against individuals who have no choice but to sleep outside, despite the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Giving Back to My Community as a PVLA Volunteer

During my 3L year, I volunteered as a legal service coordinator with Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers For the Arts (PVLA). I would watch potential clients who were initially distraught or nervous about their legal woes at the beginning of the intake process leave with smiles and reassurance after speaking with or being represented by a volunteer attorney. I knew that once I became a licensed attorney, I would become a volunteer attorney for PVLA.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ballooning Workloads, Dearth of Advancement Opportunities Prime In-House Attorneys to Pull Exit Hatch

"Unfortunately, the research shows the attrition risk is blinking red," according to the "2024 In-House Report," from Axiom and Wakefield Research.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Companies' Dirty Little Secret: Those Privacy Opt-Out Requests Usually Aren't Honored

“Ignoring privacy requests in states where they are legally obligatory creates a huge legal risk. Most companies that do so usually don't have evil intentions but haven't properly configured their consent-management tools," said Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Remembering Ted Olson

Some thoughts on covering a titan of the appellate bar.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Nelson Mullins, Greenberg Traurig, Jones Day Have Established Themselves As Biggest Outsiders in Atlanta Legal Market

While a majority of Am Law 200 firms with roots elsewhere started small and grew steadily in the region, several others landed with a splash and then contracted.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Immunity for Mental Health Care and Coverage for CBD: What's on the Pa. High Court's November Calendar

The justices are slated to consider 12 matters between Tuesday and Wednesday, dealing with issues including the scope of immunity for mental health care providers and workers’ compensation coverage for nonprescription substances like CBD oil.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

How to Support Law Firm Profitability: Train Partners Up

“We’re having this realization in the industry" that law firm partners won't be able to have financial literacy "through osmosis alone," said Fairfax's Kristin Stark.
6 minute read

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