We’ve all been there. Opposing counsel has acted like a jerk throughout your case. But now, counsel has crossed the line with conduct that you think is not merely uncooperative or dilatory, but also unethical.
Thinking of telling your opponent that you’re going to file a complaint with disciplinary authorities about that unethical conduct?
Here is the second in our series of interviews with general counsel from a variety of organizations, who share their lessons from the trenches. You can read the first installment here.
Deal documentation quandary
What should general counsel do when a manager by-passes the legal department in negotiating transaction terms with another party —
Law firm-branded coffee mugs; golf umbrellas with the firm logo; managing-partner bobble-head dolls — giving away law firm tchotchkes like these is often part of a firm’s marketing program. (Well, maybe not the bobble-heads; I made that one up.)
But how about delivering doughnuts to banks and real estate agents to encourage them to refer
This might be an odd confession for a blogger, but I’ve always been a little leery of technology. I’m not a Luddite, or anything, but I’m definitely a late adopter. So I’ve been following the buzz about the coming Internet of Things with some trepidation.
In case you’ve somehow missed it, the Internet
A divided Ohio Supreme Court last week suspended a lawyer for two years, with six months stayed, based on his sexual relationships with four clients.
Ohio’s Rule 1.8(j), like Model Rule 1.8(j),bars sex with clients unless a consensual sexual relationship pre-existed the client relationship. (The Ohio rule extends to soliciting or engaging
The ABA Ethics Committee last week issued an opinion aimed at giving guidance on a sometimes-puzzling question: what portions of the file does a lawyer have to provide to a client at the end of the matter — including a client who pulls the plug on the representation?
In Opinion 471, the Committee interpreted Model
Last year, we discussed the pitfalls of trying to cash in on the marijuana bandwagon.
We discussed both the seemingly inevitable grassroots movement toward legalization, but also the fact that the bars of several states had come to contradictory conclusions on attorneys’ ability to assist clients in grass-related business ventures, given that growing, possessing
Every year, the Association of Corporate Counsel takes the temperature of inside counsel practice by surveying general counsel and chief legal officers across a wide number of sectors. Unsurprisingly, the 2015 survey, with nearly 1,300 respondents, put ethics and compliance at the top of the list of chief legal officer concerns, together with data
Over at the Legal Profession Blog, Prof. Mike Frisch, of Georgetown Law Center, has posted a good list of ways to stay out of ethics trouble and avoid disciplinary complaints. Several of his points resonated with me — part of my work in “Ethics World” involves dealing with bar grievances filed against lawyers, and
Lawyers who leave a firm for greener pastures can present challenges, with the lawyer and the former firm each trying to position itself to take or keep clients.
While several states have ethics opinions with guidelines on managing the process, Virginia has now become the second jurisdiction in the country to add such guidelines to