Attorney Client Relationship Archives - Page 7 of 7

Bloomberg Law Trains Machine to Highlight Legal Points

by Zachary Sonenblum in Attorney Client Relationship, confidentiality, News, Outsourcing, Professionalism, Services, Software, Technology. Posted November 9, 2017

On September 26, 2017, Bloomberg Law unveiled an AI program called “Points of Law,” a service that allows users to quickly identify and analyze language in a judicial opinion.

No Implied Authorization: Consent is Key to Discuss Intentions of Deceased Client’s Will in Colorado

by Lilli Balik in Attorney Client Relationship, confidentiality, News, Professionalism. Posted November 7, 2017

The Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee recently published an opinion finding that will-drafting attorneys cannot volunteer information about a deceased client’s intentions to their beneficiaries without the previous consent of the client or their agent. Authorization

Multiple Attorneys Removed from Cases Due to Conflicts of Interest with Guardian Oversight and Attorney-Hospital Relationships

by Jonathan Portuondo in Attorney Client Relationship, Conflict of Interest, News, Professionalism. Posted November 3, 2017

In two recent opinions, Michigan and South Carolina courts have removed attorneys from multiple cases where investigations revealed that they were abusing their powers as clients’ guardians and conservators.

United States Supreme Court to Decide Whether Defense Attorney Can Concede Defendant’s Guilt Over Defendant’s Claim of Innocence

by Joshua Mandel in Attorney Client Relationship, News, Professionalism. Posted October 17, 2017

The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari in McCoy v. Louisiana to decide whether a criminal defense attorney is constitutionally permitted to concede his or her client’s guilt over the defendant’s objections to such concession.

[…] 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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Attorney Client Relationship ( Page 7 )

Bloomberg Law Trains Machine to Highlight Legal Points

No Implied Authorization: Consent is Key to Discuss Intentions of Deceased Client’s Will in Colorado

Multiple Attorneys Removed from Cases Due to Conflicts of Interest with Guardian Oversight and Attorney-Hospital Relationships

United States Supreme Court to Decide Whether Defense Attorney Can Concede Defendant’s Guilt Over Defendant’s Claim of Innocence