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[Webinar] AI and the Legal Industry: Ethical Issues, Privacy/Security Considerations, Best Practices for Using AI - Navigating...

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This CLE webinar will guide counsel on navigating the challenges when using AI in the practice of law. The panel will address ethical issues and privacy and security considerations. The panel will also offer best practices...more

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Ensuring competence, diligence, and communication

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Having a plentiful number of clients in a law firm is vital. To attract new clients, law firms must have a successful marketing plan. It is also crucial to make as many clients as possible happy to ensure they refer others to...more

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[Webinar] AI and You Series: The Convergence of AI and Legal Ethics: What You Need to Know About ABA Opinion 512 - June 6th, 11:00...

This program is part of the ACEDS “AI and You” series and will provide highlights of the ethics opinions that offer guidance on the use of AI in legal....more

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Why This "Non-Lawyer" Stands with the ABA

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Seasoned marketing and BD executive Jasmine Trillos-Decarie with a perspective on the critical importance of supporting the ABA today. Spoiler alert: rule of law matters....more

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May Attorneys Ethically Seek Guidance from Online Forums? Yes, But…

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An attorney belongs to a specialty bar organization in which members routinely post questions, comments and tips on an online forum or through an automated email management system. The attorney seeks to post a request for...more

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Climate-Competent Lawyering

It is becoming increasingly difficult to practice law without some knowledge of climate change as well as the law related to climate change. Irma Russell, Matt Bogoshian, and I recently published an article making the case...more

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New ABA Formal Ethics Opinion on Attorney Office Sharing Arrangements

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The American Bar Association recently issued a Formal Ethics Opinion addressing the ethics of attorney office sharing arrangements. In Formal Opinion 507, issued on July 12, 2023, the ABA Standard Committee on Ethics and...more

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I’m So Lost: Navigating the Labyrinth of Legal Ethics, Professionalism, and Civility to Improve Understanding, Avoid Discipline,...

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Lawyers are members of a learned and honorable profession, subject to legal ethics rules, and encouraged to be civil as they practice their craft. These fundamental concepts—legal ethics, professionalism, and civility—were...more

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Should the Bar 'Bar' AI? Use in Legal Profession Has Risks and Rewards

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ChatGPT, a platform from OpenAI, has been leading the charge for general use Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), with serious implications for businesses. AI is, at its core, “… the overarching description for technologies that...more

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ABA Offers Opinion Explaining the Choice-of-Law Analysis in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct

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In Formal Opinion 504, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility sought to clarify ABA Model Rule 8.5’s choice-of-law provision. The Opinion provides an overview of Rule 8.5, and illustrates the...more

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ABA Relaxes Rule 4.2 When a Lawyer Hits ‘Reply All’: Will Oregon and Washington Follow Suit?

The American Bar Association (ABA) has issued its second formal opinion concerning Model Rule 4.2 in as many months. The so-called “no-contact rule” prohibits a lawyer from having contact with a represented party about the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The Text Might Not Set You Free.

American Bar Association (ABA) Model Rule 4.2, the “no-contact rule,” provides that: “In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate about the subject of the representation with a person the lawyer knows to be...more

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Legal Ethics Update: The Virginia Supreme Court Approves Practice of “Replying All” in Email Communications that Includes...

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Many lawyers have confronted the irksome practice of opposing counsel sending emails containing half-truths such as...more

Downey Brand LLP

Final Ethics Opinion Guides Lawyers on Clients with Diminished Capacity

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We wrote last July about a draft California ethics opinion regarding clients who may have diminished mental capacity. After receiving public comment, the State Bar’s Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Judges Have a Crucial Role in Promoting Lawyer Wellness

The practice of law can be a bruising, competitive profession, especially for litigators. Competition for clients, competition for advancement within the law firm, competition in the courtroom, and the overarching stress of...more

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Celebrate Pro Bono Week: An Attorney’s Perspective

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First launched in 2009, October 24-30 marks the celebration of the American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Week. Initially started in response to the increasing need for pro bono services during harsh economic times, the National...more

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Legal Ethics: In-House Counsel and Sex with the Corporate “Client”

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On July 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of Virginia rejected without comment a proposed amendment to Rule 1.8, which governs “prohibited transactions.” Specifically, Rule 1.8(k), as proposed, would have provided that: “A lawyer...more

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You Make a Mistake. Should You Continue to Represent the Client?

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“To err is human, to forgive, divine.” But how many of us have godlike clients? At some point in their careers, most lawyers will make a mistake, whether trivial or significant in terms of the representation or the outcome of...more

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ABA Formal Opinion Approves Lawyers' Passive Investment in Law Firms with Nonlawyer Owners

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The American Bar Association's (ABA) Formal Ethics Opinion 499 takes a small step forward in approving alternative business structures (ABS) in the practice of law. Recently, Arizona and Utah began allowing nonlawyers to...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

[Webinar] Ethical Considerations When Taking A Remote Deposition - September 30th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Lawyers have always been bound by ethical standards. The pandemic created a new one – reduce the spread of a deadly disease by staying home and working remotely. The American Bar Association has established that attorneys...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

[Webinar] Ethical Considerations When Taking A Remote Deposition - September 28th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Lawyers have always been bound by ethical standards. The pandemic created a new one – reduce the spread of a deadly disease by staying home and working remotely. The American Bar Association has established that attorneys...more

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Lawyer impairment in the age of remote work

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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, most lawyers spent at least several months working at home. Law firms are now opening back up, but many anticipate allowing their lawyers to continue to work at home at least some days...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

[Webinar] Ethical Considerations When Taking A Remote Deposition - August 20th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Lawyers have always been bound by ethical standards. The pandemic created a new one – reduce the spread of a deadly disease by staying home and working remotely. The American Bar Association has established that attorneys...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

[Webinar] Ethical Considerations When Taking A Remote Deposition - August 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Lawyers have always been bound by ethical standards. The pandemic created a new one – reduce the spread of a deadly disease by staying home and working remotely. The American Bar Association has established that attorneys...more

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ABA Provides Ethical Guidance for Responding to Online Criticism

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The American Bar Association recently issued a formal opinion providing attorneys with helpful guidance regarding whether, and how, to respond to online criticism: Formal Ethics Opinion 496, Responding to Online Criticism...more

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