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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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Climate-Competent Lawyering

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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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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?

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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

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The Text Might Not Set You Free.

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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 Tech Innovation: Learning to Thrive in an Evolving Legal Landscape

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The March sessions of Legalweek took place recently, and as with the February sessions, the virtual event struck a chord that reverberated deep from within the heart of a (hopefully) receding pandemic. However, the...more

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Massachusetts Proposes Amendments to Rules of Professional Conduct

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The Supreme Judicial Court Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct has solicited comments on proposed amendments to the Rules that will have a broad impact on lawyers’ ethical obligations. The...more

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Pandemic Prompts Focus on Courtroom Civility

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COVID-19 has sent litigation into a tailspin, with court closings and moratoriums on filings leaving attorneys scrambling to figure out how to balance their obligations to their clients to keep cases moving with the obstacles...more

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