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Uncharted Waters? Legal Ethics And The Benefit Corporation, Joseph Pileri
Uncharted Waters? Legal Ethics And The Benefit Corporation, Joseph Pileri
St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics
Corporate law norms are reflected in lawyers’ ethical duties. The enactment of benefit corporation legislation across the country signals a legislative acknowledgment that corporate law can serve as a public, rather than a merely private, ordering mechanism. Benefit corporations expressly adopt a public benefit as a legal purpose of the enterprise. While many have written about this important development with respect to corporate fiduciary law, this essay is the first to explore the professional and ethical responsibility of lawyers representing benefit corporations. In the last century, as scholars and courts drove an understanding of corporate law that elevated the interests …
Alternative Business Structures: Good For The Public, Good For The Lawyers, Jayne R. Reardon
Alternative Business Structures: Good For The Public, Good For The Lawyers, Jayne R. Reardon
St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics
There has been a shift in consumer behavior over the last several decades. To keep up with the transforming consumer, many professions have changed the way they do business. Yet lawyers continue to deliver services the way they have since the founding of our country. Bar associations and legal ethicists have long debated the idea of allowing lawyers to practice in “alternative business structures,” where lawyers and nonlawyers can co-own and co-manage a business to deliver legal services. This Article argues these types of businesses inhibit lawyers’ ability to provide better legal services to the public and that the legal …
The Lawyer As Truth-Teller: Lessons From Enron, Thomas G. Bost
The Lawyer As Truth-Teller: Lessons From Enron, Thomas G. Bost
Pepperdine Law Review
The teaching and practice of law assume and are shaped by the standard vision of lawyer conduct and ethical responsibility. Under the standard vision, which is reflected in the various codes of professional responsibility governing lawyers, the lawyer is a "neutral partisan" for his or her client: "neutral" in that he does not let his moral values affect his actions on behalf of his client; "partisan" in that she does whatever she can within the limits of the law to advance her client's stated interests. Because the standard vision is readily understood by most lawyers as imposing a code of …
Who Is The Corporation's Lawyer, Ethan S. Burger
Who Is The Corporation's Lawyer, Ethan S. Burger
West Virginia Law Review
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Is There A Role For Lawyers In Preventing Future Enrons, Jill E. Fisch, Kenneth M. Rosen
Is There A Role For Lawyers In Preventing Future Enrons, Jill E. Fisch, Kenneth M. Rosen
Villanova Law Review
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Ethics Issues Faced By Lawyers And Investment Bankers In Mergers And Acquisitions: A Problem Approach And Report Of Panel Discussion, Barry S. Alberts Esq., Samuel Thompson Jr.
Ethics Issues Faced By Lawyers And Investment Bankers In Mergers And Acquisitions: A Problem Approach And Report Of Panel Discussion, Barry S. Alberts Esq., Samuel Thompson Jr.
University of Miami Law Review
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Response To Loyalty In The Firm: A Statement Of General Principles On The Duties Of Partners Withdrawing From Law Firms, Leslie D. Corwin
Response To Loyalty In The Firm: A Statement Of General Principles On The Duties Of Partners Withdrawing From Law Firms, Leslie D. Corwin
Washington and Lee Law Review
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The Faces Of Loyalty: A Comment On Hillman, Loyalty In The Firm: A Statement Of General Principles On The Duties Of Partners Withdrawing From Law Firms, Deborah A. Demott
The Faces Of Loyalty: A Comment On Hillman, Loyalty In The Firm: A Statement Of General Principles On The Duties Of Partners Withdrawing From Law Firms, Deborah A. Demott
Washington and Lee Law Review
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Ex Parte Interviews With Enterprise Employees: A Post-Upjohn Analysis, Louis A. Stahl
Ex Parte Interviews With Enterprise Employees: A Post-Upjohn Analysis, Louis A. Stahl
Washington and Lee Law Review
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