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Restructuring Law Firms Through Management Service Organizations

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For decades, healthcare providers have formed or contracted with management services organizations (MSOs) to assist them with the "administrative challenges associated with running their business. MSOs are often able to...more

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Should Attorney Conflict of Interest Rules Apply to Litigation Service Providers and LegalTech Companies, Too?

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This article addresses conflict-of-interest rules and recommendations that guide attorneys, and whether those principles should also apply to certain types of service providers, including legal software-as-a-service...more

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[Webinar] 2024 Legal Ethics Year in Review - December 12th, 12:00 pm CT

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Leading ethics attorneys Lucian Pera, Partner with Adams and Reese, and Trish Rich, Partner with Holland & Knight, return for a free, one-hour review of the most important developments of the last year (or so) in legal ethics...more

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Partner Turnover: It’s Not Just About The Money

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After 20 years in partner recruiting, I have learned from hundreds of recruiters and thousands of candidates what motivates partners to change firms. And it might surprise you to learn that money is usually far down – or...more

Marshall Dennehey

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

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] Ethics & Professionalism Virtual Seminar - December 9th, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EST

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Bricker & Eckler invites you to attend our annual Ethics & Professionalism Virtual Seminar. This year's event features the following presentations and speakers: The Year in Review - Joseph Caligiuri, Ohio Disciplinary...more

Adams & Reese

[Webinar] The Legal Ethics Year in Review: News You Can Use for Corporate Counsel - December 15th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST

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Why You Should Attend: Lucian Pera provides a wide-ranging, thorough review of the most important developments over the last year in legal ethics, the law of lawyering, and attorney-client privilege. In the one-hour...more

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The California Lawyers Association Ethics Committee Provides Guidance on the Elements of Effective Ethical Screens

On February 11, 2021, the California Lawyers Association Ethics Committee (the Committee) issued Formal Opinion 2021-1, which identified the "Elements of Effective Ethical Screens" that comply with the California Rules of...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

[Webinar] Ethics & Professionalism Virtual Seminar - December 8th, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm EST

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Bricker & Eckler invites you to attend our Ethics & Professionalism Virtual Seminar. This year's event features the following presentations and speakers: The Year in Review - Joseph Caliguiri, Ohio Disciplinary Counsel -...more

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The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter – Recent Developments in Risk Management – September 2020

Prospective Clients – Duty of Confidentiality – Potentially Harmful or Disqualifying Information ABA Formal Opinion 492 (June 9, 2020) - Risk Management Issue: When dealing with prospective clients, what steps can a lawyer...more

Allen Matkins

Two Partners, Three Lawyers, What Would King Solomon Do?

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Jarvis Properties is a limited partnership with two general partners. As fate would have it, the two general partners are brothers and each brother holds a 50% interest in the partnership. When one brother, James, sued for...more

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The Golden Rules: A Primer on California’s New Professional Responsibility Rules

California overhauled its Rules of Professional Conduct effective November 1, 2018. This post highlights some impactful revisions for commercial litigators. However, all California lawyers should familiarize themselves with...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Imputed Disqualification: Challenges of Suing Former Clients

The case of RehabCare Group East, Inc. v. Village Health Care Management, LLC demonstrates the importance of thorough and vigorous conflict of interest checks by attorneys to avoid representation overlap. This case...more

Proskauer - New England IP Blog

Court Disqualifies Law Firm in Patent Suit, Finding No Quick Fix for Rule 1.7 Violation

Chief Judge Saris in the District of Massachusetts recently granted a motion to disqualify the Sunstein law firm from representing Altova in a patent suit against Syncro Soft, upon finding that the conflict was foreseeable...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Appearance of Impropriety Isn’t Sufficient for Disqualifying Counsel

After coming under scrutiny by North Carolina Supreme Court officials, appearance-of-impropriety standards are no longer sufficient in determining when former clients may or may not disqualify counsel. As of last April,...more

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Massachusetts Federal Court Warns that IP Practitioners Should Anticipate Potential Conflicts Among Existing Clients

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On July 26, 2018, Chief Judge Patti B. Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts disqualified plaintiff’s counsel in the patent infringement case Altova GmbH v. Syncro Soft Srl, 17-cv-11642, finding...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

The Lawyers' Lawyer Newsletter - Recent Developments in Risk Management - June 2016

Disqualification — Substantially Related Matters — Waiver of Conflict by Lack of Diligence in Seeking Disqualification - State of Minnesota, et al v. 3M Company, Hennepin County (Minn.), Court File No. 27-CV-10-28862...more

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IP: Hidden Traps: Introduction to Subject Matter Conflicts in Patent Prosecution

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Clearly, client-driven litigation and malpractice complaints against patent practitioners are not decreasing any time soon. During the investigation surrounding the suit or complaint, the actions or inactions of the patent...more

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