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Legal Education For Professional Responsibility, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Speech before the Association of American Law Schools, Chicago, Illinois.

Ethical Standards Of The Bar, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Need For Re-Evaluation Of Canons Of Ethics, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Investigation Of Unauthorized Practice Of Law By Omnibus Proceeding: The Ohio Method, Jerome M. Smith

Michigan Law Review

The practice of law is impressed with a public interest. Whether by representation in a judicial proceeding or by advice on a legal problem, the lawyer renders professional service to the public. Preserving client confidences, assuring unquestioned loyalty, and rendering expert counsel are typical obligations of the legal profession. Another responsibility of lawyers is that of protecting the public from legal practice by unqualified laymen. Three areas of activity are involved in preventing unauthorized practice of law. Lawyers and public officials must define the practice of law/ investigate and prosecute unlicensed practitioners, and by judicial remedy prohibit further unauthorized practice. …

Canon Of Professional Ethics-Cooperation In Preparation Of News Articles As Advertising In Violation Of Canon 27, Joseph F. Mcdonald

Michigan Law Review

Two recent decisions were the first to construe the prohibition against indirect advertising embodied in Canon 27 of the Canons of Professional Ethics. Although the facts and issues involved were substantially alike, the holdings were divergent.

At the request of a local Miami newspaper, respondent submitted to an interview which formed the basis of a full page article in the "Sunday Supplement." The article see forth a complimentary biography of respondent and described the internal workings of his firm. Respondent was found guilty of violating Canon 27 by the Grievance Committee of the Florida State Bar Association. The recommendation was …

Ethical Problems And Responsibilities Of The Tax Attorney, Earl Moss Curry Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

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Legal Ethics--Fee Splitting, John Ralph Lukens

West Virginia Law Review

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Current Problems In Securities Regulation, Robert N. Dorosin, Ira J. Jaffe, Rolfe A. Worden, James C. Lockwood, Willoughby C. Johnson

Michigan Law Review

This comment analyzes four areas of central significance to adequate protection for the investor: (1) qualifications of those in the securities industry who deal with the public; (2) dissemination of corporate publicity; (3) dissemination of investment advice; and (4) selling practices in the securities industry. The findings and recommendations of the Special Study are given special attention insofar as they bear upon the problems covered. In certain areas, however, recent developments in court and Commission decisions have brought about changes equally as significant as the findings and recommendations of the Special Study. Thus each section covers the background and recent …

The Attorney-Client Privilege And Its Application To Patent Attorneys

Duquesne Law Review

Frequently in litigation in the federal courts, discovery of papers, documents and the like in the possession of the opposing client or his attorney is requested. Just as frequently, discovery of much of the requested materials is resisted on the grounds that it is privileged. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, while permitting liberal discovery of evidence, recognize privileged material as an exception. What is or is not privileged within the meaning of that term as used in Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, is to be determined by the law of evidence. One of the notable …

Ethics - Members Of New York Law Firm Found Guilty Of Professional Misconduct As A Result Of Their Role In The Publishing Of A Self-Laudatory Article In Life Magazine (In Re Connelly, N.Y. 1963), Robin Goodenough

San Diego Law Review

Four members of a New York law firm were censured by the New York Supreme court for professional misconduct due to violation of Canon 27 of Professional Ethics, New York State Bar Association. The court held that they knowingly and deliberately contributed to an article appearing in LIFE Magazine advertising their law firm. In Re Connelly, 240 App. Div. 466, 240 N.Y.S. 2d 126 (1963).

Unauthorized Practice Of Law - Corporation And Layman Enjoined From Preparing Estate Plans Embodying Legal Analysis Either As Separate Service Or As Incident To Selling Insurance, Thomas M. Twardowski

Villanova Law Review

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Economic Problems Of Fraud Law, Robert A. Leflar

Cleveland State Law Review

Whether fraud has changed or not, the economic society in which it occurs has changed, and ethical standards which prevailed a millennium or even a generation ago will not maintain the vaunted efficiency of today's complex commercial and industrial organization.

Modern Mettle: The Misconstrued Morality, William B. Martin

Kentucky Law Journal

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