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Reflections Of An Ethics Expert And A Lawyer Who Retains Him, M. H. Hoeflich, Bill Skepnek Dec 2015

Reflections Of An Ethics Expert And A Lawyer Who Retains Him, M. H. Hoeflich, Bill Skepnek

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No abstract provided.


The Law Of Unintended Consequences: Whether And When Mandatory Disclosure Under Model Rule 4.1(B) Trumps Discretionary Disclosure Under Model Rule 1.6(B), Peter R. Jarvis, Trisha M. Rich Dec 2015

The Law Of Unintended Consequences: Whether And When Mandatory Disclosure Under Model Rule 4.1(B) Trumps Discretionary Disclosure Under Model Rule 1.6(B), Peter R. Jarvis, Trisha M. Rich

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No abstract provided.


Dealing With Conflicts And Disqualification Risks Professionally, James B. Kobak Jr Dec 2015

Dealing With Conflicts And Disqualification Risks Professionally, James B. Kobak Jr

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No abstract provided.


Law Firm Malpractice Disclosure: Illustrations And Guidelines, Anthony V. Alfieri Jan 2013

Law Firm Malpractice Disclosure: Illustrations And Guidelines, Anthony V. Alfieri

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Lawyers err every day, in hard and easy cases, in trials and transactions, and in large and small firms. By turns commonplace and noteworthy, the errors fall in both the private shadow and the public light of for-profit, nonprofit, and government practice. The literature of lawyer and, by extension, law firm error spans common law doctrines, state ethics rules and opinions, federal rules, practitioner treatises, restatements, and academic casebooks and commentaries. Despite the breadth of this literature, the intertwined problems of lawyer or law firm error and client malpractice disclosure remain unresolved and surprisingly underappreciated.

Against the backdrop of widening …


Applying The Revised Aba Model Rules In The Age Of The Internet: The Problem Of Metadata, Ronald D. Rotunda Jan 2013

Applying The Revised Aba Model Rules In The Age Of The Internet: The Problem Of Metadata, Ronald D. Rotunda

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When lawyers receive a document — whether hard copy or an electronic document — that they know the adversary sent them inadvertently (for example, a fax or email mistakenly sent to an adversary lawyer instead of to co-counsel), the black letter rule in Rule 4.4 requires the lawyer to notify the other side. However, this Rule does not require the receiving lawyer to return the document unread. Whether the receiving lawyer can use that document depends, in essence, on the law of evidence. If the court decides that the document lost its privileged status (perhaps because the sending lawyer acted …


The Case For Proactive Management-Based Regulation To Improve Professional Self-Regulation For U.S. Lawyers, Ted Schneyer Jan 2013

The Case For Proactive Management-Based Regulation To Improve Professional Self-Regulation For U.S. Lawyers, Ted Schneyer

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The article discusses the American Bar Association's (ABA's) Standing Committee on Professional Discipline and its review of the ABA's Model Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement, focusing on proactive management-based regulation as a means of improving professional self-regulation for U.S. lawyers as of 2013. Other topics include attorney misconduct claims by clients, law firm management, and the roles of solicitors in assessing a law firm's ethical infrastructure in New South Wales.