BarbaraCabrera, Author at Legal Ethics Advisor

BigLaw Mistake Eliminates JPMorgan’s $1.5 billion Secured Interest

by BarbaraCabrera in Legal Services, Professionalism. Posted February 24, 2015

BigLaw’s failure to discover a paralegal’s error resulted in JPMorgan’s loss of its secured interest in a $1.5 billion loan. BigLaw

Virtual Law Offices Permitted Under N.Y. Advertising Rules

by BarbaraCabrera in Advertising Rules, Professionalism, Services, Technology. Posted October 27, 2014

According to the New York state bar’s ethics committee, attorney advertising ethics rules allow some nonresident attorneys who are licensed in New York to provide legal services to New Yorkers through a “purely virtual” office.

[…] of a non-binding advisory opinion, as has been the case with other jurisdictions such as, Florida, San Francisco, and Delaware, it is important to note that Ohio went a step further and amended its rule regarding […]

Remote Lawyering: New Jersey and Ohio On Board - Legal Ethics Advisor on Remote Work: San Francisco Bar Association Advice in Ethics Opinion 2021-1
Not all jurisdictions have adopted the Model Rule version of the choice of law rule; seems like there might be a different result in at least some of those states. See, e.g., NY RPC 8.5(b)(2)(i) ("If the lawyer is licensed to practice only in this state, the rules to be applied shall be the rules of this state").

Art Lachman on ABA Opinion 499 Green Lights Lawyers’ Passive Investment in Firms with NonLawyer Ownership

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Articles Posted by BarbaraCabrera

BigLaw Mistake Eliminates JPMorgan’s $1.5 billion Secured Interest

Virtual Law Offices Permitted Under N.Y. Advertising Rules

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