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The Qualified Legal Compliance Committee: Using The Attorney Conduct Rules To Restructure The Board Of Directors, Jill E. Fisch, Caroline M. Gentile Nov 2003

The Qualified Legal Compliance Committee: Using The Attorney Conduct Rules To Restructure The Board Of Directors, Jill E. Fisch, Caroline M. Gentile

Duke Law Journal

The Securities and Exchange Commission introduced a new corporate governance structure, the qualified legal compliance committee, as part of the professional standards of conduct for attorneys mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. QLCCs are consistent with the Commission's general approach to improving corporate governance through specialized committees of independent directors. This Article suggests, however, that assessing the benefits and costs of creating QLCCs may be more complex than is initially apparent. Importantly, QLCCs are unlikely to be effective in the absence of incentives for active director monitoring. This Article concludes by considering three ways of increasing these incentives.


What's A Mediator To Do - Adopting Ethical Guidelines For West Virginia Mediators, Madeleine H. Johnson Sep 2003

What's A Mediator To Do - Adopting Ethical Guidelines For West Virginia Mediators, Madeleine H. Johnson

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Race, Class, And The Regulation Of The Legal Profession In The Progressive Era: The Case Of The 1908 Canons, Alfred L. Brophy Jul 2003

Race, Class, And The Regulation Of The Legal Profession In The Progressive Era: The Case Of The 1908 Canons, Alfred L. Brophy

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


The Production Of Pro Bono, Jeffrey Standen Jul 2003

The Production Of Pro Bono, Jeffrey Standen

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

No abstract provided.


Developing A Global Program For Enhancing Accountability: Key Ethical Tenets For The Legal Profession In The 21st Century, Mark S. Ellis Jul 2003

Developing A Global Program For Enhancing Accountability: Key Ethical Tenets For The Legal Profession In The 21st Century, Mark S. Ellis

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Professional Obligation To Raise Frivolous Issues In Death Penalty Cases, Monroe H. Freedman Jan 2003

The Professional Obligation To Raise Frivolous Issues In Death Penalty Cases, Monroe H. Freedman

Hofstra Law Review

Lawyers are generally familiar with the ethical rule forbidding frivolous arguments, principally because of sanctions imposed under rules of civil procedure for making such arguments. Not all lawyers are aware, however, of two ways in which the prohibitions of frivolous arguments are restricted in both the rules themselves and in their enforcement. First, the ethical rules have express limitations with respect to arguments made on behalf of criminal defendants, and courts are generally loath to sanction criminal defense lawyers. Second, the term "frivolous" is narrowed, even in civil cases, by the way it is defined and explained in the ethical …


A Bermuda Triangle In The Tripartite Relationship: Ethical Dilemmas Raised By Insurers' Billing And Litigation Management Guidelines, Amy S. Moats Jan 2003

A Bermuda Triangle In The Tripartite Relationship: Ethical Dilemmas Raised By Insurers' Billing And Litigation Management Guidelines, Amy S. Moats

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Law School Clinic As A Model Ethical Law Office, Peter A. Joy Jan 2003

The Law School Clinic As A Model Ethical Law Office, Peter A. Joy

William Mitchell Law Review

In this essay, I contend that all clinical teachers should explicitly acknowledge that they are legal ethics and professional responsibility teachers and role models of the “good lawyer” in everything they do. I argue that every in-house clinical teacher should strive to make her clinic a model ethical law office.


"Up The Ladder" And Over: Regulating Securities Lawyers-Past, Present & Future, Theodore Sonde, F. Ryan Keith Jan 2003

"Up The Ladder" And Over: Regulating Securities Lawyers-Past, Present & Future, Theodore Sonde, F. Ryan Keith

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal And Professional Ethics: The Regulation Of Ancillaries And Law-Related Services Reaches Oklahoma, D. Kencade Babb Jan 2003

Legal And Professional Ethics: The Regulation Of Ancillaries And Law-Related Services Reaches Oklahoma, D. Kencade Babb

Oklahoma Law Review

No abstract provided.


Is There A Role For Lawyers In Preventing Future Enrons, Jill E. Fisch, Kenneth M. Rosen Jan 2003

Is There A Role For Lawyers In Preventing Future Enrons, Jill E. Fisch, Kenneth M. Rosen

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Subordinate Lawyers And Insubordinate Duties, Douglas R. Richmond Jan 2003

Subordinate Lawyers And Insubordinate Duties, Douglas R. Richmond

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Religious Values, Legal Ethics, And Poverty Law: A Response To Thomas Shaffer, Stephen Wizner Jan 2003

Religious Values, Legal Ethics, And Poverty Law: A Response To Thomas Shaffer, Stephen Wizner

Fordham Urban Law Journal

Stephen Wizner provides a response to Thomas Shaffer's article on his pursuit of social justice through using religious figures as role models. Wizner argues that Shaffer is clearly right in asserting that there is much in the prophetic literature, and, indeed, in the entire Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, that could serve as a moral impetus for social justice lawyering. One can find considerable support for Shaffer's religious thesis in the texts that he cites, and in the words of the prophets he looks to as role models. Nevertheless, Wizner presents a skeptical response to Professor Shaffer's thoughtful essay. …


Turn Up The Volume: The Need For "Noisy Withdrawal" In A Post Enron Society, Ryan Morrison Jan 2003

Turn Up The Volume: The Need For "Noisy Withdrawal" In A Post Enron Society, Ryan Morrison

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.