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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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Litigators Weigh Need to Disclose AI Use to Clients

Many lawyers today are wrestling with the question of whether they should inform clients that artificial intelligence technologies are being used on their case matters. Ethical advice from state bar regulators has been slowly...more

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Actionable Advice When Sharing Client Data with Vendors

We’ve previously written on the need for law firms to scrutinize the data security protections in place at all third-party vendors who have access to client confidential information. Clearly, that’s still good advice....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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ABA Urges Lawyers to Raise Their Cybersecurity Game

The American Bar Association has again called on law firms to do more to protect their computer systems from intrusion by bad actors. The ABA’s House of Delegates approved Aug. 8 a trio of resolutions addressing cybersecurity...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

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Solicitation of Potential Clients by a Law Firm’s Employees or Agents

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Are there limits on employees or agents of a law firm soliciting work for the firm from individuals known or reasonably believed to be in need of legal services for a particular matter?  In a recently issued opinion, the...more

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More Bar Regulators Approve Remote Work Arrangements

For any number of reasons, lawyers are increasingly working across state lines. During the COVID-19 pandemic, health regulations prevented many lawyers from traveling to law offices. They remained home, working remotely,...more

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11 Legal Ethics Opinions You May Have Missed in 2021 – Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter

Life happens fast. Blink, and you may miss important legal ethics opinions that capture the latest risk management trends. Our New Year's Edition of the Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter highlights 11 opinions from 2021 that may not...more

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Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter – Recent Developments in Risk Management - Halloween 2021

Before you pack up your pumpkin-spiced lattes and bring out your Holiday decorations, we have a ghoulish edition of the Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter for you. We start with some Tricks for effective communication. Spoiler alert...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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Is it Time to Remove “Zeal” From the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct?

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[co-author: Stephanie K. Benecchi] Why the term “zeal” as used in the ABA Model Rules is misleading and potentially harmful, and why its removal will result in rules that clearly set out a lawyer’s ethical obligations...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

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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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Lawyer Impairment: What Is A Law Firm To Do?

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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, many law firms implemented remote work systems. While this move was made to protect the physical health of law firm employees, it has made it more difficult to recognize and assess...more

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More Tech, More Problems? New ABA Rules on Professional Conduct for Working Virtually Provide Guidance

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In March, the American Bar Association (ABA) released a lengthy opinion on virtual practice. Formal Opinion 498 states that while the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct allow lawyers to conduct their practice virtually,...more

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Lawyers Encouraged to Vet Tech Vendors Carefully

Law firms are prime targets for hackers. Why? Because their computer networks contain highly concentrated, high-value information about many parties that is often not well-protected. One often-overlooked vulnerability is the...more

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ABA Provides Ethical Guidance for Virtual and Remote Practice of Law

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Over the past year, as attorneys increasingly have turned to out-of-office and out-of-courtroom work during the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical concerns specific to this operational format have come to the forefront. The American...more

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ABA Formal Opinion 498: What You Don't Know (About Practicing Law Virtually) Can Hurt You...Professionally

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Most of us, even old-timers, changed the way we practiced law when the Coronavirus pandemic hit. We stopped going to the office (as much), we worked remotely (a lot), and we video-conferenced a whole bunch (before March 13,...more

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The Other Rules of Professional Conduct

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In October 2019, the Maryland State Bar Association’s Committee on Ethics published an opinion discussing a Maryland attorney’s duty to report the unauthorized practice of law by a non-Maryland attorney. A footnote to the...more

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Make Your Zoom Meeting As Secure As Possible

For many lawyers, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were a forced apprenticeship with virtual communications technologies, perhaps none more important than the easy-to-use, low-cost Zoom videoconferencing platform. Zoom...more

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One Ethics Rule Leads to Another: Technology Competence and the Duty of Supervision

There are two ways lawyers can satisfy their ethical duty of technology competence. One way is by learning about technology and becoming more proficient in the use of legal tech tools. The other is by working in association...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

[Webinar] Pride in the Profession: Ethics Issues Impacting LGBTQ+ Attorneys, Clients, and the Courts - June 25th, 12:00 pm CST

Hinshaw's Susie Dent will present a webinar titled "Pride in the Profession: Ethics Issues Impacting LGBTQ+ Attorneys, Clients, and the Courts," on June 25, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. Central. Attendees will hear about current ethics...more

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