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Does the offense of ‘unshined buttons’ warrant suspension, even where the offender leads a life of constant danger?
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Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: The making of an ethics lawyer
Quandaries and Quagmires: Lawyers, judges, ethics and social media
By affecting our culture and modes of communication, social media reshapes many questions of legal and judicial ethics.
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Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Is attorney discipline a ‘gotcha game?’
On the other hand, OLPR takes the position that discipline may be imposed, “regardless of whether an innocent oversight is to blame."
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Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Client confidentiality: ABA Formal Opinion 480
How did the ABA back itself into this corner? There are five answers.
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Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Conflicts of interest in advising and opining
There is a surprising gap in the law and literature about conflicts of interest.
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Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Expert witnesses in lawyer discipline cases
Should experts testify more often in discipline cases?
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Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: New ABA Op. 479: Using former clients’ information
When may a lawyer use information from a prior representation against the former client?
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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.
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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.
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Read More »Quandaries and Quagmires: Workplace harassment in the legal community
Minnesota judges and lawyers have been disciplined for sexual harassment in litigation settings, beginning about 30 years ago.
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