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Florida Firm Loses Again in Dispute Over Referral Fee Agreement

by Spencer Booth in Attorneys Fees, News, Professionalism. Posted October 10, 2017

In a decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Florida law firm Michael E. Criden P.A. lost for the second time in its long-running effort to recover a share of $10 million in fees that another firm, Joseph Saveri Law Firm Inc., received in an antitrust litigation in California.

Nebraska Lawyers Get the Green Light to Accept Bitcoin

by Madeline Kleinberg in Advisory Opinion, Attorneys Fees, News, Professionalism, Technology. Posted September 28, 2017

In a recent ethics advisory opinion, the Nebraska Supreme Court Advisory Committee declared that attorneys may accept digital currencies such as Bitcoin as payment for legal services, but must immediately convert the currency into U.S. dollars.

Is Avvo’s Referral Service Ethical? Florida May Add its Voice to the Chorus.

by Lilli Balik in Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion, Professionalism. Posted September 16, 2017

The New York State Bar Association recently joined other states that have found that the use of Avvo’s attorney referral service is impermissible as it violates the professional conduct rules that prohibit sharing fees with nonlawyers or paying a nonlawyer for a referral or recommendation. Chorus

Florida Contemplates Fee Sharing with Out of State NonLawyers

by Daniel Celaya in Attorney Fees, Attorneys Fees, Bar Opinions, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, Outsourcing, Professionalism, Uncategorized, work product privilege. Posted August 8, 2017

A proposed advisory opinion by The Florida Bar's Professional Ethics Committee addresses fee-splitting with out-of-state lawyers when the out-of-state lawyer practices in a law firm with nonlawyer ownership. Contemplates

Show Me The Money: Lawyers May Withdraw If Not Paid Fees

by Haley Moss in Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion, Featured. Posted April 20, 2017

The American Bar Association released Formal Opinion 476, which addresses whether a lawyer can withdraw from a civil case because a client failed to pay the lawyer’s fees, without jeopardizing the duty of confidentiality and balancing this with information that the Court would need to consider granting a lawyer’s motion to withdraw. Money

A Co-Counsel Must Receive Notice When Shared Fee Is Received

by Marissa Shulman in Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion, Featured. Posted April 16, 2017

The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professionalism issued Formal Opinion 475, which discusses the issue of safeguarding attorneys’ fees that are subject to splitting with co-counsel. Notice

Florida Lawyer May Waive Clients Reimbursement of Costs in Limited Circumstances

by Noelia Vaccaro in Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion. Posted February 16, 2017

A recent opinion from the Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee allows lawyers to waive repayment of litigation expenses from non-indigent clients when the case is settled under limited circumstances. Reimbursement

Trusting Your Colleagues with Fees: ABA Opines on Lawyers Splitting Fees

by Vincent Calarco in Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, Professionalism, reasonable attorneys fees, splitting fees. Posted January 2, 2017

The ABA Standing Committee of Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently opined that when one lawyer receives a fee that is to be shared with a lawyer (or lawyers) at another firm (or firms), the fee for the other lawyer(s) should be placed in trust in accordance with Model Rule 1.15. Trusting

Attorneys Entitled to Fees Despite Allegations of Rate Increases and Estimate Overruns

by Marissa Shulman in Attorneys Fees, client waiver, legal ethics, Legal Services. Posted December 13, 2016

In August, the Connecticut Superior Court held that a law firm accused of failing to notify its litigation clients of rate increases and estimate overruns may still recover its legal fees. Attorneys

No Love for Lawyer Who Reported Ethics Violation for Personal Benefit

by Daniel Celaya in Attorneys Fees, legal ethics, Legal Services. Posted December 8, 2016

An attorney who agreed to a fee-sharing agreement with his former firm tried to void the arrangement by claiming that there was a conflict of interest between his former firm and defendant, the Board of Education of the City of Buffalo. Love

[…] 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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