Online legal directories (such as Avvo) permit clients to review and rate their lawyers. Likewise, innumerable social-media sites (like Facebook, YouTube, and others) allow users to “connect” with lawyers and …
On August 23, 2019, the Tennessee Supreme Court declared that “the ethical obligations” of prosecutors to disclose exculpatory evidence under Rule 3.8(d) of Tennessee’s Rules of Professional Conduct are “coextensive …
In May 2019, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued a formal opinion on the “Obligations of Proscutors in Negotiating Plea Bargains for Misdemeanor Offenses.” See ABA …
The New York State Bar Association has been at the forefront of providing useful ethics advice to the bar regarding lawyer social media use. 1 On May 31, 2019, the …
On June 18, 2019, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 487 to address the division of a fee when one lawyer replaces another in …
On February 14, 2019, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 485 providing that a judge “may not decline to perform marriages of same-sex couples …
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 …
