Regular exercise has long been held as the key to a healthier life: increasing one’s natural energy levels and even adding years to one’s life. However, the benefits of exercise go deeper than just physical betterment.
Rule of Professional Conduct 1.4 imposes a duty on lawyers to communicate with their clients. Whether the attorneys choose to do so through emailing, texting, telephoning, or drafting letters, each of those options is likely available through the phone that often resides in the lawyer’s purse or pocket.
By Carole J. Buckner In People v. Toledano, 2019 WL 2577211 (June 24, 2019), the court addressed an important question of first impression, holding that the litigation privilege, California Civil Code Section 47, may...
Twice in six months, the Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One, reversed San Diego trial courts that disqualified lawyers—or the whole City Attorney’s Office—for violation of Rules of Professional Conduct, former rule 2-100, current rule 4.2, prohibiting communication with a represented party or person without the other lawyer’s consent: the “no contact rule.”
Appeal moves against the trend, blending its logic and authority with a passionate viewpoint that laments the lost civility of the profession. At the same time, the decision cites law that hints at potential ways to enforce civility rules that heretofore have had only the force of a bully pulpit.
In this new feature, Edward McIntyre, professional responsibility lawyer and co-editor of San Diego Lawyer, examines the ethical considerations when a client disappears.
James Crosby, a San Diego civil litigator and trial attorney, moderates a free-flowing conversation covering technology, marketing, diversity and more.
Most lawyers who have some deposition experience have probably experienced a “speaking objection.” Sometimes these speeches are just annoying; sometimes, they amount to an obstruction of the deposition process.
Prepare for the substantial portion of self-represented litigants as your practice expands.
By David C. Carr As of November 1, 2018, California lawyers are subject to a new rule on safekeeping the property of clients and others: Rule 1.15. The new rule differs from the prior...