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Professional Responsibility Blog: Recent case discusses what makes screening "ineffective"
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Recent case discusses what makes screening "ineffective". A new case in which the court found that screening mechanisms would not be effective in a case involving the hiring of a paralegal from another firm even though the court found that the firm’s screening measures “mirror and, sometimes exceed, screens approved in other cases.” The case is called Ullman v Denco and it is available here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Professional Responsibility Blog: Comments on the proposed Supreme Court Ethics Act
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Comments on the proposed Supreme Court Ethics Act. Prof Steve Lubet (Northwestern) has posted a comment. On the act in both The Faculty Lounge. And the Legal Ethics Forum. The post is the same but each blog has its own discussion in the comments section. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The John Marshall Law School, Chicago. View my complete profile. To SUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL, enter your e-mail address below. DQed on the ef...
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Professional Responsibility Blog: January 2015
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Florida Bar Ethics Committee issues opinion on whether an attorney can advise clients to "clean up" a social media page before starting litigation. Legal Ethics in Motion. Agreeing with an opinion. By the New York County Lawyers Association published in 2013, the opinion concludes as follows:. Friday, January 23, 2015. Yet another conviction reversed because of improper use of PowerPoint by prosecutor. The Legal Profes...
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Professional Responsibility Blog: Podcast on competence regarding technology
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Wednesday, April 22, 2015. Podcast on competence regarding technology. Labels: ABA Model Rules. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The John Marshall Law School, Chicago. View my complete profile. To SUBSCRIBE VIA E-MAIL, enter your e-mail address below. Search for posts by topic. Access to legal services. Admission to the bar. Allocation of decision making authority. Client with diminished capacity. Conduct outside the practice of law. Discussion...
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Professional Responsibility Blog: Oregon disbars attorney for conduct as a business partner
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Friday, May 15, 2015. Oregon disbars attorney for conduct as a business partner. A few days ago, I commented on a couple of cases involving conduct outside the practice of law. See here. I mentioned the inconsistent decisions in Illinois involving dishonest conduct when not related to the practice of law. In yet another story related to this question, the Legal Profession blog is reporting on a case. Labels: Conduct outside the practice of law.
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Professional Responsibility Blog: North Carolina criticized for going after criminal defense attorneys
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Friday, May 15, 2015. North Carolina criticized for going after criminal defense attorneys. The Legal Profession blog has two stories on what it calls "the North Carolina State Bar's war on criminal defense counsel." I have not been following the underlying claims and issues, so I will not comment at this point. The stories have links to more information. Go here. For all the details. Labels: Access to legal services. View my complete profile.
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Professional Responsibility Blog: More on Better Call Saul
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Monday, April 20, 2015. More on Better Call Saul. A few days ago I posted some links with information and comments about the TV series Better Call Saul. Now here is a podcast featuring Nicole Hyland, author of the blog The Legal Ethics of Better Call Saul. Here is the official description of the program:. In this episode of Lawyer 2 Lawyer. Labels: TV / Movies. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The John Marshall Law School, Chicago. Duty to safe...
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Professional Responsibility Blog: February 2015
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Friday, February 27, 2015. California Bar issues opinion on whether attorney can refuse to disclose confidential information in support of motion to withdraw from representation. The summary reads as follows:. Thursday, February 19, 2015. Podcast on lawyers and modern technology. Here is the description of the program:. How not to practice law. Wednesday, February 18, 2015. And you can read the certiorari petition here. And Smith v. Cain. During w...
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Professional Responsibility Blog: May 2015
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Professor Alberto Bernabe - The John Marshall Law School. Monday, May 25, 2015. DQed on the effect of a disqualification order. I would think so, but apparently there are differences of opinion on this. DQed has a short comment on the issue here. Labels: Conflict of interest - Current client. Conflict of interest - Former client. Sunday, May 24, 2015. Another case on whether the appearance of impropriety can be used as a standard in conflicts cases. Thanks to Bill Freivogel of Freigovel on Conflicts.
