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Obligation

Ask and You May Receive: The Obligation to Deliver a Client’s File in a Specific Format

by in Attorney Client Relationship, Attorneys Fees, confidentiality, Ethics Opinion, Professionalism, Services, Software, Technology. Posted February 6, 2018
A recent opinion from the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics finds that where a former client requests documents regarding his case, a lawyer must take reasonable measures to deliver the documents in a form in which the client can access them; however, the lawyer may charge the reasonable fees and expenses incurred in delivering the documents in the form requested. Obligation
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Prohibition

D.C. Court of Appeals Out-of-State Lawyers Prohibition Challenged

by in Legal Services, News, Professionalism. Posted October 26, 2017
On September 15, the National Association for the Advancement of Multijurisdictional Practice (NAAMJP) filed a writ of certiorari petition appealing a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirming local rules that bar out-of-state attorneys from practicing before Washington, D.C.’s federal court if they are not admitted to the bar where their law firm is based. NAAMJP argues that these rules are discriminatory and “deliberately sidestep the rule of law and binding precedent.” Prohibition
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