The coronavirus outbreak has caused unprecedented disruption in law firms and created a host of new issues for firm general counsel and ethics partners.
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A recent opportunity to testify as an expert witness in a big legal malpractice trial inspired this question: “How is the standard of care for ...
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The #MeToo Movement has rocked the legal profession like nothing else in recent memory.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: ABA adopts new advertising ethics rules
At the ABA Annual Meeting earlier this month, the House of Delegates approved sweeping amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing lawyer advertising.
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Reporting on another’s misconduct is always a sensitive subject; one instinctively doesn’t want to be a squealer
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: A spring potpourri of legal ethics news
Spring has finally arrived in Minnesota, along with several ethics-related news items.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Legal ethics and risk issues as of January 2018
The national legal press has been buzzing recently with breaking news in the areas of legal ethics, law firm risk issues, and the law of lawyering.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Allen Saeks: More than 50 years of legal ethics
Chuck Lundberg met with Allen Saeks of the Stinson Leonard Street firm.
Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Carefully vetting lateral partner candidates
But the decision to hire a lateral must be done with great care
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An ethics nerd’s report from the field
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