ABA Formal Opinion 464 (Aug. 19, 2013) considered whether a lawyer in, for example, Louisiana, could share legal fees with a lawyer in, for example, the District of Columbia even …
The ABA’s most recent formal opinion, Formal Op. 463 (May 23, 2013), addresses client due diligence, money laundering and terrorist financing. The Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility …
Many lawyers and accountants have “teamed up” to work jointly to assist claimants with submitting claims against British Petroleum (“BP”) arising out of the April 2010 oil spill caused by …
A June 2013 ethics advisory opinion from the New Hampshire Bar Association Ethics Committee advises against a lawyer “friending” a nonparty witness if the lawyer “omit[s] identifying information” from the …
Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and countless others are a pervasive part of modern life. We are distracted by it. Our children are addicted to it. Our …
With the deployment of virtually every new law-practice technology come the questions. Is it permissible to use cell phones for client communications? Do professional conduct standards permit lawyers to send …
Traditionally, a lawyer joined a law firm immediately after law school graduation and retired from that firm after a long career. This, of course, is no longer true. Several recent …
