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Louisiana Rule Making

LSBA Proposes Writing Requirement for All Fee Agreements

Under existing Louisiana law, only contingent fee agreements must be in writing. See Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct r. 1.5(c) (providing that “[a] contingent fee agreement shall be in a writing signed by the …

Recent Cases

Clarify That Any Discount on a Legal Bill is Conditioned on Prompt Payment

Over the course of representing a client, the Boston law firm BourgeoisWhite, LLP, extended various  “professional courtesy credits” to its client on legal bills. These discounts totalled more than $29,944 …

Ethics Opinions

May a Lawyer Bill a Client for the Work of an Unpaid Intern?

Yes, according to a recent ethics advisory opinion from the New York State Bar Association. See N.Y. State Bar Assoc’n Ethics Op. 1090 (2016). The issue considered by the New York …

Recent Cases

Is an Unethical Agreement to Share Fees with a Nonlawyer Enforceable?

The West Virginia Supreme Court recently considered whether a nonlawyer who worked with a lawyer on toxic tort cases could “share the benefits half/half, 50/50.” See Rich v. Simoni, No. 14-0998, …

FAQs

May I Charge a “Nonrefundable” Retainer or Minimum Fee?

Yes, but no. The North Dakota Supreme Court recently disciplined a lawyer for refusing to return a $30,000 “nonrefundable” minimum fee in a criminal case after working 26 hours prior …

Forms

Model Lawyer-Client Agreements Available for Download

The Louisiana Rules do not require that all lawyer-client agreements be reduced to writing. Rather, the Rules require signed writings only for continent fee arrangements. See Louisiana Rule 1.5. However, a lawyer should …

Recent Cases

Fixed Fees Are Earned When Paid in Louisiana

In an interesting opinion decided today (September 24, 2009), the District of Columbia Court of Appeals held that fixed fees “are an advance of unearned fees that belong to the …

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