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Kill The Dinosaurs, And Other Tips For Achieving Technical Competence In Your Law Practice, Antigone Peyton
Kill The Dinosaurs, And Other Tips For Achieving Technical Competence In Your Law Practice, Antigone Peyton
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
It is a challenge to practice law in the digital age. This is particularly true when a practice involves significant e-Discovery, Intellectual Property, and technology law—areas in which technical issues merge with legal ones. One of the major challenges of bringing a law practice up to twenty-first-century standards relates to dinosaur thoughts, a.k.a. an “old ways are best” mentality.
Building Chinese Walls In Virginia: Should Virginia Recognize The Chinese Wall Defense To Vicarious Disqualification?, C. Randolph Sullivan
Building Chinese Walls In Virginia: Should Virginia Recognize The Chinese Wall Defense To Vicarious Disqualification?, C. Randolph Sullivan
University of Richmond Law Review
A Chinese wall is essentially a screening mechanism set up within an institution to act as an "impermeable barrier to intrafirm exchange of confidential information." To prevent inadvertent "leakage" of confidential information, a number of precautions may be taken, including the establishment of organizational and physical structures designed to separate those who possess information from those who should not have it." Although of relatively new use in the legal profession, this type of "wall" is not new. Banks and securities firms, in an effort to protect their clients' financial confidences, routinely erect Chinese walls.
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Professional Responsibility, Timothy M. Kaine
Annual Survey Of Virginia Law: Professional Responsibility, Timothy M. Kaine
University of Richmond Law Review
This year, like many years, has been marked by increasing public concern over legal ethics. Public attention has been drawn to lawyers' participation in scandals such as the misuse of funds by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the collapse of the savings and loan industry, and numerous ethical breaches by members of Congress.
The Virginia Code Of Professional Responsibility, Roderick B. Mathews
The Virginia Code Of Professional Responsibility, Roderick B. Mathews
University of Richmond Law Review
The purposes of my comments are to: (1) outline the historical development of the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR) in the organized bar in the United States; (2) summarize the important differences between the Virginia Code of Professional Responsibility (Virginia CPR) and its predecessor in Virginia; (3) discuss the reasons for the most significant of those changes; and (4) compare the important differences between the American Bar Association model adopted in August 1983 (the Kutak Model) and the Virginia CPR. For the sake of brevity, I will make no reference to the multiple editorial revisions in the Virginia CPR which …
The Fall And Rise Of Professionalism, Thomas D. Morgan
The Fall And Rise Of Professionalism, Thomas D. Morgan
University of Richmond Law Review
In recent years, there has been an increasing concern among lawyers that the legal profession may be declining in "professionalism." Professionalism is not a self-defining term; indeed, it is greatly overused today. There are professional football players, professional models and even professional wrestlers. The question, then, is what it means to be a professional for purposes of trying to decide whether lawyers are more professional or less professional than before. Although several definitions might be offered, I would assert that traditional professions seem to have at least three attributes.