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Modern Mettle: The Misconstrued Morality, William B. Martin Jan 1964

Modern Mettle: The Misconstrued Morality, William B. Martin

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Charles David Mcmunn Jun 1963

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Charles David Mcmunn

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Attorney-Client Privilege And Corporations, Richard C. Klein Jan 1963

Attorney-Client Privilege And Corporations, Richard C. Klein

Cleveland State Law Review

On August 3, 1962 a memorandum decision was handed down in an antitrust proceeding which startled practicing attorneys and text writers alike. It held specifically that the "attorney-client privilege" did not apply to the corporate client.' What had been accepted as law for over one hundred and twenty-five years was curtly cast aside by Chief Judge William J. Campbell.


Attorney And Client- Attorney's Rights Under Contract Of Partial Assignment-Effet Of Premature Termination Or Settlement Of Action, Charles Frederickson S.Ed Nov 1962

Attorney And Client- Attorney's Rights Under Contract Of Partial Assignment-Effet Of Premature Termination Or Settlement Of Action, Charles Frederickson S.Ed

Michigan Law Review

In an action for personal injuries, defendant caused a subpoena to be served upon plaintiff requiring him to appear to give his deposition. Plaintiff wholly failed to appear, and no cause was shown for such failure. Defendant then filed a motion for dismissal of the suit pursuant to subsection (c), 215a, of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, and notice thereof was served upon plaintiff. Although plaintiff again made no appearance, his attorneys moved to intervene, asserting the contingent interest in the cause of action acquired by their contract with plaintiff. The trial court denied the motion for intervention and …


Lawyers And The Professional Association Act, Ellsworth Wiltshire Jan 1962

Lawyers And The Professional Association Act, Ellsworth Wiltshire

University of Richmond Law Review

The Professional Association Act passed by the recent Gen- eral Assembly of Virginia becomes effective as Chapter 277 of the Acts of 1962 on June 29, 1962. It permits three or more individuals authorized to practice in Virginia any one of the following named professions to form an association, which will be a legal entity separate from the associates comprising it: "architecture, professional engineering, land surveying, certified public accounting, dentistry, optometry, practice of the healing arts, and veterinary medicine, surgery and law".


Conflict Of Interest And Federal Service, By The Special Committee On The Conflict Of Interest Laws Of The Association Of The Bar Of The City Of New York, Edwin E. Ferguson Jul 1961

Conflict Of Interest And Federal Service, By The Special Committee On The Conflict Of Interest Laws Of The Association Of The Bar Of The City Of New York, Edwin E. Ferguson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Evidence--Attorney-Client Privilege -- Identiy Of Client Held Privileged, Michael M. Hughes Mar 1961

Evidence--Attorney-Client Privilege -- Identiy Of Client Held Privileged, Michael M. Hughes

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner attorney was retained by an organization of fruit merchants to investigate parking conditions on the New York piers which prevented its members from attending the daily fruit auctions, and to take steps to remedy this situation. During his investigations petitioner learned from one of his employers that two local politicians were being paid to allow certain large trailer trucks to continue parking illegally on the piers. The attorney reported this information to city officials. He was subsequently subpoenaed to testify on the matter before respondent, New York City Commissioner of Investigation, who was conducting an inquiry into waterfront conditions. …


Unauthorized Practice Of Law By Realtors And Title Insurance Companies, William M. Dishman Jan 1961

Unauthorized Practice Of Law By Realtors And Title Insurance Companies, William M. Dishman

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Accounting And The Unauthorized Practice Of Law: Balance Sheet Or Brief?, Robert C. Shelton Jan 1961

Accounting And The Unauthorized Practice Of Law: Balance Sheet Or Brief?, Robert C. Shelton

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Unauthorized Practice Of Law--Mortgage Company's Charging For Attorney's Title Examination, Hugh L. Cannon Jan 1961

Unauthorized Practice Of Law--Mortgage Company's Charging For Attorney's Title Examination, Hugh L. Cannon

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Book Review, Julius Cohen, Edgar Bodenheimer, Alfred Hill, Judson F. Falknor, Max Rheinstein, Richard F. Scott, Dexter Delony, W. Paul Gormley, Maurice H. Merrill, Norman Bursler, Neil N. Bernstein Sep 1960

Book Review, Julius Cohen, Edgar Bodenheimer, Alfred Hill, Judson F. Falknor, Max Rheinstein, Richard F. Scott, Dexter Delony, W. Paul Gormley, Maurice H. Merrill, Norman Bursler, Neil N. Bernstein

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


The Unauthorized Practice Of Law, T. J. W. Apr 1960

The Unauthorized Practice Of Law, T. J. W.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Duty Of Military Defense Counsel To An Accused, Alfred Avins Jan 1960

The Duty Of Military Defense Counsel To An Accused, Alfred Avins

Michigan Law Review

This article is designed to study the manner in which those Canons of Professional Ethics have been assimilated into the administration of military justice and made the standards for the duty of a military defense counsel.


Lawyers' Obligations To The Courts, Byron O. House Dec 1958

Lawyers' Obligations To The Courts, Byron O. House

West Virginia Law Review

This paper will concern itself largely with the duty of lawyers to the courts. It is written from the viewpoint of a country lawyer suddenly catapulted from almost thirty years of practice to his state's court of last resort via eight months on the trial bench. These vantage points have afforded an opportunity to observe the lawyer's duty to the courts in various perspectives. With due respect to the learned scholars who have written on the subject, this small contribution is launched.


Report Of The Special Committee Of The American Bar Foundation On Canons Of Ethics, American Bar Foundation Jun 1958

Report Of The Special Committee Of The American Bar Foundation On Canons Of Ethics, American Bar Foundation

Miscellaneous Materials

The Special Committee on Canons of Ethics submits its report, detailing the procedures followed, the material accumulated, and the conclusions reached by the Special Committee since its appointment in February, 1955.


Trumbull: Materials On The Lawyer's Professional Responsibility, Glenn R. Winters May 1958

Trumbull: Materials On The Lawyer's Professional Responsibility, Glenn R. Winters

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Materials on the Lawyer's Professional Responsibility. By William M. Trumbull.


Constitutional Law - Due Process - Denial Of Admission To The Bar Based On Unwarranted Inferences Of Bad Moral Character, Jerome B. Libin Jan 1958

Constitutional Law - Due Process - Denial Of Admission To The Bar Based On Unwarranted Inferences Of Bad Moral Character, Jerome B. Libin

Michigan Law Review

Power over admission to the bar has long been vested in the judiciary of each state. While the legislature may prescribe certain standards, the state court alone is responsible for the determination of those qualified for the practice of law within its jurisdiction. The application of these standards often demands the exercise of meticulous judgment by the court in reaching its conclusion as to an applicant's fitness. Where, on the evidence or lack of evidence presented, the court finds that it cannot in good conscience grant its approval, the candidate is denied admission. To the extent that such a denial …


Attorney And Client - Scope Of Attorney's Authority - Client Bound By Wrongful Settlement Of Claim, Robert M. Vorsanger Jan 1958

Attorney And Client - Scope Of Attorney's Authority - Client Bound By Wrongful Settlement Of Claim, Robert M. Vorsanger

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff hired an attorney to prosecute a claim for damages resulting from the alleged negligence of defendant, a chiropodist, in the treatment of plaintiff's wife. Three years after the institution of the suit plaintiff discovered that his attorney had agreed with defendant to settle the suit and had forged plaintiff's name to a release and to a bank draft given by defendant in settlement of the claim. Plaintiff immediately instituted action to have the settlement stipulation deleted from the record and to have the case reinstated for hearing. On appeal from the trial court's decision for plaintiff, held, reversed. …


The Lawyer's Role In The Profession And The Community, Francis Bergan Oct 1957

The Lawyer's Role In The Profession And The Community, Francis Bergan

Buffalo Law Review

Address delivered on June 24, 1957, to the class of newly admitted attorneys at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.


Ascertaining The Moral Sense Of The Community: A Reply To Professor Schwartz, Julius Cohen, Reginald A. H. Robson, Alan Bates Jun 1956

Ascertaining The Moral Sense Of The Community: A Reply To Professor Schwartz, Julius Cohen, Reginald A. H. Robson, Alan Bates

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


Necessity As A Justification: A Critique Of Perka, Donald Galloway Jun 1956

Necessity As A Justification: A Critique Of Perka, Donald Galloway

Dalhousie Law Journal

In his characteristically trenchant and influential investigation, "A Plea for Excuses",' J. L. Austin reminded us that we can and do use different strategies of defending a person when it is claimed that he has done wrong. He drew attention to two distinct tactics: One way of going about this (defending a person) is to admit that he, X, did that very thing, A, but to argue that it was a good thing, or the right or sensible thing, or a permissible thing to do . . . To take this line is to justify the action, to give reasons …


The Bar's Responsibility To Law Students, Olin E. Watts Mar 1956

The Bar's Responsibility To Law Students, Olin E. Watts

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


Ascertaining The Moral Sense Of The Community: A Comment, Louis B. Schwartz Mar 1956

Ascertaining The Moral Sense Of The Community: A Comment, Louis B. Schwartz

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


Evidence - Attorney-Client Privilege - Communications Relating To Future Criminal Transactions, Robert B. Fiske, Jr. S.Ed. Jan 1955

Evidence - Attorney-Client Privilege - Communications Relating To Future Criminal Transactions, Robert B. Fiske, Jr. S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was subpoenaed in connection with a grand jury investigation of gambling and corruption of public officials. He had been retained by one 'Willie" Moretti as attorney for five of his associates in October, 1950 after a complaint charging a gambling conspiracy had been filed against them. During some two hundred conferences with Moretti in the following year, defendant learned that protection money was being paid to certain high ranking state officials, Moretti at one point complaining of the frequent demands of these officials for more· money. Moretti also discussed with defendant a visit he had paid to the home …


Legal Ethics, By Henry S. Drinker, Verner F. Chaffin Oct 1954

Legal Ethics, By Henry S. Drinker, Verner F. Chaffin

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Teaching Professional Ethics And Responsibilities: What The Law Schools Are Doing, Robert Kingsley Sep 1954

Teaching Professional Ethics And Responsibilities: What The Law Schools Are Doing, Robert Kingsley

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Robert L. Hale, John P. Dawson, Monrad G. Paulsen, William R. Roalfe, John C. Payne, Maxwell Cohen, L. C. B. Gower, John S. Bradway, Paul Sayre, Herbert A. Berman, James S. Savage, Joseph Dainow, Edwin P. Friedberg, Edwin J. Hadd, Kenneth L. Black, H. W. Hannah, Dix W. Noel, Robert F. Koretz, Heinrich Kronstein Mar 1954

Book Reviews, Robert L. Hale, John P. Dawson, Monrad G. Paulsen, William R. Roalfe, John C. Payne, Maxwell Cohen, L. C. B. Gower, John S. Bradway, Paul Sayre, Herbert A. Berman, James S. Savage, Joseph Dainow, Edwin P. Friedberg, Edwin J. Hadd, Kenneth L. Black, H. W. Hannah, Dix W. Noel, Robert F. Koretz, Heinrich Kronstein

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.


Soonavala: Advocacy, Its Principles And Practice, Charles W. Joiner Jan 1954

Soonavala: Advocacy, Its Principles And Practice, Charles W. Joiner

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Advocacy, Its Principles and Practice. By R. K. Soonavala


Streamlined Justice In Virginia, Kennon C. Whittle Mar 1953

Streamlined Justice In Virginia, Kennon C. Whittle

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Responsibilities Of Our Law Schools To The Public And The Profession, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Dec 1950

The Responsibilities Of Our Law Schools To The Public And The Profession, Arthur T. Vanderbilt

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.