Camila Rivero-Fernandez, Author at Legal Ethics Advisor

Articles Posted by Camila Rivero-Fernandez ( Page 2 )

Removing the Stigma: NY Removes Mental-Health Related Question from State’s Bar Application

by Camila Rivero-Fernandez in Mental Health, Uncategorized. Posted April 13, 2020

New York is now the 11th state to remove mental health treatment inquiries from the state’s bar application. stigma

Forwarding Fail: Forfeiting Legal Fees for Emailing Confidential Client Information?

by Camila Rivero-Fernandez in Attorney Client Privilege, fiduciary, Idaho, legal ethics, Technology, Uncategorized. Posted October 29, 2019

The Idaho Supreme Court recently held, in Parkinson v. Bevis, that a client may sue her attorney for breach of a fiduciary duty arising out of the attorney-client relationship, just as any other principal may sue her agent who owes her a fiduciary duty, and seek fee disgorgement as a remedy. Confidential

[…] 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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