By David C. Carr The California Rules of Professional Conduct (Rules) are intended to provide standards for the imposition of professional discipline on lawyers in California (Rule 1.0.1.) But in practice the Rules are applied in other...
By Alara Chilton California’s new Rules of Professional Conduct went into effect November 1, 2018. This article will examine some of the ethical considerations of Rule 1.5 (Fees for Legal Services) and discuss some of...
By Alara Chilton With the November 1, 2018 effective date for California’s new Rules of Professional Conduct fast approaching, you may be wondering how new Rule 1.1 [Competence] and new Rule 1.3 [Diligence] will affect...
By James D. Crosby I prefer getting documents and taking depositions as the principal means of discovery in most any case. If done right, the documents-then-depositions, with limited written discovery, approach is more cost-efficient...
By David Carr There is probably no bad time to discuss the ethics of extortionate demand letters, but this time may be better than most. These ethics may seem a little paradoxical, much like the...
By Carole Buckner Properly withdrawing from representation pursuant to applicable rules, ethics opinions and case law can reduce the risk of a legal malpractice claim. On November 1, 2018, California’s revised Rules of Professional...