In late November 2018, porn star Stormy Daniels claimed that her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, initiated a “crowdfunding campaign without her knowledge” in order to fund her defamation litigation against President …
On November 27, 2018, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued a formal ethics opinion on A Lawyer’s Obligations When Clients Use Companies or Brokers to Finance the …
On October 17, 2018, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued a formal opinion addressing lawyers’ obligations in the wake of an electronic data breach or cyberattack. See …
In Louisiana, we know disasters. Katrina, Rita, Betsy, and BP to name a few. So, our lawyers unfortunately have experienced the personal, legal, and ethical issues associated with them. What …
The Wall Street Journal has called litigation financing the “new hot law job.” See Sara Randazzo, The New Hot Law Job: Litigation Finance (July 5, 2018). Others have extolled its virtues, including …
Recognizing that “[e]ven the best lawyers may err,” the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has issued a formal opinion addressing when a lawyer must inform a client …
In April 2018, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission issued an advisory opinion finding that Avvo Advisor’s lawyer-referral service and its “marketing fee” for that service violates “several Indiana ethics …
A “web bug” or “tracking bug” is a tag that an email sender can include in a message that will report back to the sender about the recipient’s handling of …
A lawyer may trade legal services for something other than money. However, before bartering with a client, the lawyer must assure compliance with the rules of professional conduct. A recent …
A lawyer undertaking to represent two or more clients in a single matter must, of course, clear conflicts. Indeed, Rule 1.7 prohibits a joint representation if the jointly-represented clients are …
