Earlier this month, the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct (“Board”) issued an Opinion which provides guidance to attorneys engaged or contemplating engaging in an office-sharing arrangement. Sharing office space has many enticing advantages for lawyers such as reducing overhead and having access to other attorneys to collaborate with, all while maintaining a sense of independence.
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Seventy-four amicus firms weigh in to support in-house firm counsel privilege
We posted here about the in-house firm counsel privilege, and the New York case that held late last year that the privilege didn’t apply where a malpractice plaintiff was seeking to discover all relevant communications of his former lawyers.
The opinion in Stock v. Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP is in the New York…
Non-compete agreement brings reprimand
Here’s a reminder that when it comes to running a law business, the ethics rules limit the ability to restrict competition.
The Indiana Supreme Court recently issued a public reprimand to a lawyer who violated the state’s version of Model Rule 5.6(a), which bars employment agreements restricting a lawyer’s right to practice after termination. …
Succession planning can save lawyers’ estates from liability
If you feel the grim reaper approaching, you’d better inform your clients of any looming statutes of limitations — if you don’t, your estate may be liable on a legal malpractice claim. That’s the message of a case decided earlier this year by the New York court of appeals.
In Cabrera v. Collazo, the…