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New Private Privacy Intrusions During Prelitigation Civil Claim Investigations, Jeffrey A. Parness
New Private Privacy Intrusions During Prelitigation Civil Claim Investigations, Jeffrey A. Parness
Northern Illinois University Law Review
In Lawlor v. North American Corporation of Illinois, 2012, IL 112530, the Illinois Supreme Court first recognized the intentional tort of intrusion upon seclusion. It then applied the tort in favor of a former employee against a former employer whose agents deceitfully investigated the employee in contemplation of future civil litigation. In Lawlor, the employer’s lawyer was also involved in the investigation. Under certain circumstances, under the Lawlor rationale, that lawyer could also be liable in tort to the former employee. Lawyer liability after Lawlor could be founded on either the intentional or unintentional acts of either the lawyer or …
An Essay On Teaching Professional Responsibility, L. Ray Patterson
An Essay On Teaching Professional Responsibility, L. Ray Patterson
Northern Illinois University Law Review
There is, I argue, need for a new approach to teaching law students how to become professionally responsible lawyers. The core problem in teaching the professional responsibility course is that it is a course in lawyer's law that treats only the ethical rules and ignores the fact that procedural and malpractice rules are also relevant. If, however, the professional responsibility course becomes a course in lawyer's law, it follows that it must encompass rules of procedure, rules of malpractice, and rules of ethics (which should be identified as what they are, rules of discipline). There is, however, a development that …
Lawyers In Business, Justin A. Stanley
Lawyers In Business, Justin A. Stanley
Northern Illinois University Law Review
This Article explores a new and interesting question in the area of professional responsibility: How should the legal profession deal with large law firms involved in non-legal businesses? The modern trend in today's large law firms towards offering non-legal financial and real estate investment and counseling services poses some difficult professional responsibility questions which this Article begins to explore. Mr. Stanley concludes that the American Bar Association, or some other appropriate agency, should move quickly to deal with this growing problem before the government takes steps to regulate in this area.
Unequal Access To Separate Counsel: An Equal Protection Problem, N. S. Hudell
Unequal Access To Separate Counsel: An Equal Protection Problem, N. S. Hudell
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Explores joint representation of criminal co-defendants from the viewpoints of the ABA Code of Professional Responsibility and the sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, suggesting that the presumption of effectiveness of joint counsel for indigent co-defendants constitutes a denial of equal protection.