After winning more than $250,000 at trial, the fiancée of a deceased postal worker came up short in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals based on lack of privity between her and the lawyers who mishandled the decedent’s divorce.
In Scott v. Burgin, the fiancée and the decedent had lived together for years,
The Ohio Supreme Court will accept public comment until October 15 on proposed amendments to the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct and the Ohio Rules for the Government of the Bar. Ohio becomes the latest state to consider incorporating some version of the Model Rule revisions that the ABA adopted in 2012 and 2013.
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What should you do if you notice that one of your partners has become extremely forgetful, and you think it raises concerns about the partner’s ability to competently represent your firm’s clients? Do you have a duty, under your state’s version of Model Rule 8.3, to report those concerns to a disciplinary authority?
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Confessing judgment on behalf of a cognovit note debtor does not place a lawyer in an inherent conflict of interest, the Ohio Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline has held in an advisory opinion.
The Ohio Board’s opinion updates an older opinion issued under the state’s former Code of Professional Responsibility. (Ohio adopted