Bartering for goods and services seems old-fashioned, even primitive — after all, that’s why money was invented, right? But bartering might be viewed as a component of today’s “sharing economy,” which involves more-direct, Internet-facilitated interactions between consumers and providers.
A recent informal opinion of the Connecticut Bar Association Standing Committee on Professional Ethics
So, you’ve just met with a potential client and the opportunity to take a fascinating case or close a major deal is at your front door. The catch? The client wants to pay for your services in Bitcoin. Do you accept? Can you accept?
The do’s and the can’s
If you’re licensed in Nebraska the
We’ve written before about the intersection of legal ethics and marijuana, focusing on counseling clients in the marijuana space. But two recent disciplinary cases caught my eye, each involving lawyers’ personal marijuana use, and they highlight interesting issues.