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Litigating Ethics Issues In Land Use: 2000 Trends And Decisions, Patricia E. Salkin Jul 2012

Litigating Ethics Issues In Land Use: 2000 Trends And Decisions, Patricia E. Salkin

Patricia E. Salkin

No abstract provided.


Municipal Ethics Remain A Hot Topic In Litigation: A 1999 Survey Of Issues In Ethics For Municipal Lawyers, Patricia E. Salkin Jul 2012

Municipal Ethics Remain A Hot Topic In Litigation: A 1999 Survey Of Issues In Ethics For Municipal Lawyers, Patricia E. Salkin

Patricia E. Salkin

No abstract provided.


Defending Junk-Debt-Buyer Lawsuits, Peter A. Holland Jun 2012

Defending Junk-Debt-Buyer Lawsuits, Peter A. Holland

Peter A. Holland

Junk debt buyer lawsuits have overwhelmed the courts all across the United States. These lawsuits wreak havoc on consumers and their families. Often overlooked is the fact that judgments against consumers which are based on junk debt are part of a zero sum game, where every bogus judgment deprives a legitimate creditor of the chance to get paid from scarce resources. Thus, the legitimate creditor to whom money is owed is materially harmed by the junk debt buyer who extracts money based on an illegitimate claim, or who causes someone to declare bankruptcy. Providing representation to this otherwise unrepresented population …


Ten Elements Of "Real" Ethics In The Practice Of Law (And Life), David Barnhizer Jan 2012

Ten Elements Of "Real" Ethics In The Practice Of Law (And Life), David Barnhizer

David Barnhizer

The legal profession has been “running a game” on its clients and on American society in its claim that it can self-regulate. The system of ethical regulation as practiced by the legal profession and courts is not a “real” system nor can it even be said to be an Ideal system. It is a deceptive pretense and pretension. It is time to stop the deception and to construct a new way of regulating lawyers and holding them to account for deficiencies and neglect. Many lawyers will not accept this interpretation either because of self-interest or to avoid facing the uncomfortable …


End The Experiment: The Attorney-Client Privilege Should Not Protect Communications In The Allied Lawyer Setting, Grace M. Giesel Dec 2011

End The Experiment: The Attorney-Client Privilege Should Not Protect Communications In The Allied Lawyer Setting, Grace M. Giesel

Grace M. Giesel

In recent years, courts have seen an explosion of claims that communications need not be disclosed because they enjoy the protection of something often referred to as the “common interest doctrine.” These claims—claims of attorney–client privilege—occur in two situations: the joint client setting and the allied lawyer setting. In a joint client situation, an attorney represents two or more clients on a matter with all parties working together on the joint endeavor. In an allied lawyer situation, several entities or individuals work together on a matter of common
interest but the parties have separate lawyers.
This Article argues, uncontroversially, that …


Trends And Challenges In Lawyer Regulation: The Impact Of Globalization And Technology, Laurel S. Terry, Steve Mark, Tahlia Gordon Dec 2011

Trends And Challenges In Lawyer Regulation: The Impact Of Globalization And Technology, Laurel S. Terry, Steve Mark, Tahlia Gordon

Laurel S. Terry

Globalization and technology have changed the practice of law in dramatic ways.  This is true not only in the United States, but around the world. In this article, author Laurel Terry, along with Australian regulators Steve Mark and Tahlia Gordon, documented some of these global trends in lawyer regulation.  Their article concluded that regulators face issues in common regarding “who” is regulated, “what” or whom is regulated, “when” regulation occurs, “where” regulation occurs, “how” it occurs, and “why” regulation occurs. 
 
This article uses this who-what-when-where-why-and-how framework to discuss events around the world.  These developments include the 2007 UK Legal …