Firing a Client
It’s difficult to end representation of a client when the relationship isn’t working. Here are some ways to move through the process ethically.
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Criminal Defense Flat Fees: Navigating the New Rules of Professional Conduct
Michael L. Crowley discusses the new California Rules of Professional Conduct and the subsequent impact on the customary business arrangement between criminal defense attorneys and their clients.
How Can Lawyers Improve the Immigration System?
Kimberly Keen identifies three substantive ways lawyers can improve a sluggish immigration system.
Financial Considerations for Law Practice Succession Planning
Baby Boomers are creating an “Exit Boom” as they prepare for the sale of their companies. Matt Hansen outlines strategies for the successful sale and/or transition of these businesses.
Responsible Communication with Clients
Competency in technology is not optional; it is ethically required.
The Importance of Exercise from the Perspective of a Law Student
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.
Responsible Communication with Clients
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.
Settlement Demands, Extortion and the Litigation Privilege
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...
Touche Pas; “No Contact Rule” Revisited
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.”
A Judicial Cri De Coeur On Civility
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.
