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Focusing Your Firm On Ethics, Alex B. Long
Relinquished Responsibilities, Penny White
The World's Richest Indian: The Scandal Over Jackson Barnett's Oil Fortune, Iris Goodwin
The World's Richest Indian: The Scandal Over Jackson Barnett's Oil Fortune, Iris Goodwin
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The Ethics Of Blawging: A Genre Analysis, Judy Cornett
The Ethics Of Blawging: A Genre Analysis, Judy Cornett
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Lawyers are blogging. As of October 16, 2009, the website Blawg.com tracked 2,788 legal blogs ("blawgs"). Another blawg directory compiled 4,622 blawgs in 69 substantive categories. When lawyers communicate, by whatever medium, ethical dilemmas arise; when lawyers blog, ethical dilemmas arise that are unique to blogging. The most visible ethical debate inspired by this new genre is the issue of whether to treat a lawyer's blog as advertising. Surprisingly, given the popularity of blawging, there are few resources addressing the full range of its ethical ramifications. This Article applies genre theory to blawging in order to highlight certain characteristics of …
Using Judicial Performance Evaluations To Supplement Inappropriate Voter Cues And Enhance Judicial Legitimacy, Penny White
Using Judicial Performance Evaluations To Supplement Inappropriate Voter Cues And Enhance Judicial Legitimacy, Penny White
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Regulation And Reform Of The Mortgage Market And The Nature Of Mortgage Loans: Lessons From Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Thomas E. Plank
Regulation And Reform Of The Mortgage Market And The Nature Of Mortgage Loans: Lessons From Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Thomas E. Plank
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Treated Differently In Life But Not In Death: The Execution Of The Intellectually Disabled After Atkins V. Virginia, Penny White
Treated Differently In Life But Not In Death: The Execution Of The Intellectually Disabled After Atkins V. Virginia, Penny White
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Pedagogic Techniques: Multi-Disciplinary Courses, Annotated Document Review, Collaborative Work & Large Groups, George Kuney
Pedagogic Techniques: Multi-Disciplinary Courses, Annotated Document Review, Collaborative Work & Large Groups, George Kuney
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Attorney-Client Fee Agreements That Offend Public Policy, Alex B. Long
Attorney-Client Fee Agreements That Offend Public Policy, Alex B. Long
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Under traditional contract law principles, an agreement may be deemed unenforceable because it so clearly offends established public policy that recovery under the contract is inappropriate. In such cases, there has traditionally been a presumption against permitting the offending party to recover, either under the contract or in quantum meruit. Yet, the legal profession (through the Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers) and the courts (through their decisions) have effectively reversed that presumption and have announced a general rule in favor of permitting lawyers to recover fees even when their fee agreements clearly offend well-established and strong public policy. Moreover, …
Introduction To The Special Report, George Kuney
Introduction To The Special Report, George Kuney
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Protecting A Business Entity Client From Itself Through Loyal Disclosure, Paula Schaefer
Protecting A Business Entity Client From Itself Through Loyal Disclosure, Paula Schaefer
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