BigLaw Mistake Eliminates JPMorgan’s $1.5 billion Secured Interest
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
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Assisting Pro Se Litigants — The Varying Dos and Don’ts of Limited Scope Representation
The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado clarified Colorado Rule 1.2(c), on limited scope representation in an order that was precipitated by a disagreement over the type of assistance that an attorney is permitted to provide a pro se litigant. Litigants
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Attorney’s Website Posts Judges’ Praise: Another Victory for the First Amendment in Attorney Advertising?
An August 2014 decision continues to cause a stir among free speech supporters. Website
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Employing a Disbarred Lawyer: Be Careful You Don’t Lose Your Own License!
A solo practitioner in New York received a two-year suspension after employing a disbarred attorney as a paralegal—the problem arose because the disbarred attorney used an assumed name and was essentially engaged in the practice of law.
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A Change is Brewing: E-Discovery and the Proposed Amendments to the F.R.C.P.
Over the past few years, lawyers and legal ethics scholars have increasingly focused their attention on electronically stored information (ESI) and the ethical implications of keeping and deleting such information. E-Discovery
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NY Proposes Amendments that Could Provide Guidance on Confidentiality Issues Regarding Law Firm Mergers and Lateral Moves
The New York Bar Association’s rule-drafting committee could possibly provide additional guidance on confidentiality issues. Law
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Conflicted Interests
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued a per curiam order that disqualified Jones Day from representing plaintiff Celgard LLC in a patent infringement action against LG Chem Ltd. Interests
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Attorney Suspended One Year For Late Filing
On January 21, 2015, a well known capital defense attorney, was suspended for one year by Texas’ highest criminal court when he failed to file a timely motion to stop the execution of his client, Miguel Angel Paredes.
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New York: Client’s Negative Review of Attorney on Social Media Does Not Justify Breach of Confidentiality
New York Ethics Opinion 1032 responded in the negative to an inquiry posed by a firm wanting to rebut accusations posted by a former client about the firm’s services on a lawyer-rating website. Justify
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When is a Blog Subject to the Attorney Advertising Rules?
The State Bar of California’s Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, recently released a draft of an interim opinion that serves to address under what circumstances blogging by an attorney is considered a form of advertisement that may be subject to the requirements and restrictions of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Blog
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