Ethics in a World Upside Down: Pandemic Changes Everything
“The pandemic forced many of us
to do telemedicine for reasons other than emergency care. We also have patient privacy and confidentiality obligations. We have to be just as cautious.”
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ABA Issues Opinion on Conflicts Providing Guidance as to “Materially Adverse Interests” Regarding Duties to Former Clients
Rules 1.9(a) and 1.18(c) address conflicts involving representing a current client with interests that are ‘materially adverse’ to the interests of a former client or prospective client on the same or a substantially related matter.
Family Ties That Bind
In this edition of the Ethics Column from San Diego Lawyer, attorney Macbeth guides us through the lawyer-witness rule.
Your Client Doesn’t Decide Whether You Should Be Courteous
Next time a colleague asks you for a courtesy extension of some deadline, remember, the decision is most likely yours, not your client’s.
Can’t I Tell Them?
The attorney-client privilege deals with communication. By contrast, our confidentiality obligation covers all information acquired in relation to the representation. From whatever source. Even if it’s public.
Ethical Responsibility for Managing and Supervising Attorneys
The start of a new year offers an opportunity to take stock of where we’ve been over the past twelve months and where we’d like to be at the end of the new year. With 2020 behind us, we hope for a better year in 2021. To be sure, one place we don’t want to be in 2021 is on the wrong side of a disciplinary action!
Judicial Battles Over the Presidential Election: Do Ethical Constraints Apply?
In the past weeks, the Attorneys General of several states, repaired to the courts to challenge (and defend) the presidential election results. Were there ethical constraints on them?
United States District Court and State Bar Discipline
Does discipline in the United States District Court subject a lawyer to State Bar discipline?
Fee Arbitration: Tips and Reminders
If a client chooses to pursue a fee dispute with their current or former attorney, the client may compel the attorney to participate in mandatory fee dispute arbitration.
Legal Ethics in the Age of the Coronavirus
The coronavirus has caused massive disruption and created a potential minefield for D.C. lawyers, who retain all their ethical duties under the Rules of Professional Conduct.