Expenses to Defend Personally Owned Copyrights
Do lawyers potentially owe duties to a member of a limited liability company when the lawyers’ representation of the company causes the member to incur expenses to defend personally owned copyrights?
Category: Legal Ethics
Ethical Implications of Client Testimonials
An attorney’s obligations become more ambiguous when it comes to reviews made by clients on websites maintained by a third party.
To Reasonably Rely on a Client
May a lawyer who reasonably relies on a client’s information nonetheless be liable for malicious prosecution?
Ethical Obligations When Consulting Outside Counsel
What ethical obligations arise when lawyers in a law firm consult with outside counsel concerning matters related to the firm’s representation of a current client?
Trust Funds and Rule 3-300
Must a lawyer acting as a trustee comply with former Rule 3-300 even when the trust instrument permits the trustee to borrow funds from the trust?
New Rule of Professional Conduct 3.10 – Threatening Criminal, Administrative or Disciplinary Charges
“A lawyer shall not threaten to present criminal, administrative, or disciplinary charges to obtain an advantage in a civil dispute.”
When Relevant Documents Have Been Concealed
In litigation, what are a lawyer’s ethical obligations when offered evidence retained by a former employee of the opposing party who reveals that relevant documents have been concealed from production?
Monster Energy v. Schechter
Can a lawyer’s signature on a settlement agreement under the notation that the lawyer approved the written agreement as to form and content evidence the lawyer’s intent to be bound by the agreement’s confidentiality provisions that extended to both the parties and their lawyers?
How Not to Get Your Name “In Lights”
Courts will enforce our ethical obligations to refrain from harassment, sexist or otherwise, and require true professionalism in addressing courts and judicial officers.
Successor Lawyers and Contingent Fees
In a contingent fee case, when a successor lawyer from one firm replaces a former lawyer from another firm, must the successor lawyer tell the client in writing that a portion of any contingent fee earned may be paid to the former lawyer?