Your Client is Making a Terrible Decision. Now What?
Earlier this year, we wrote about the ABA’s substantial revision of Model Rule 1.14. The ABA replaced the familiar concept of a client with “diminished capacity” with a client who …
ABA Amends Model Rule 1.14. Will Louisiana Follow?
At its February 2026 midyear meeting in San Antonio, the ABA House of Delegates adopted significant revisions to Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.14, the rule governing representation of clients …
Must a Lawyer Report Substance Abuse by Another Lawyer or by a Client?
Perhaps. A lawyer who has actual knowledge that another lawyer “has committed a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct that raises a question as to the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness …