Categories : Law Practice Management
What to do When Honest Faith Requires Honest Doubt
Suspect your client isn't being entirely truthful?
Categories : Legal Ethics
Duties Owed to Non-Client Insurance Carriers
Much has been written about the potential conflict of interest that attends an insurance carrier’s retention of an attorney to represent an insured.
Categories : Wisdom
Where is Bitcoin Now?
Your news on cryptocurrency.
Categories : Legal Ethics
Fee Sharing and Insurance Disclosure
In Hance v. Super Store Industries, 2020 WL 373070, (Jan. 23, 2020), the Court of Appeal for the Fifth District addressed two important ethics rules involving fee sharing and disclosure to the client regarding whether an attorney has legal malpractice insurance.
Categories : President's Message
President’s Message: February 24, 2020
In February, we honor and celebrate Black History Month.
Categories : Law Practice Management
Meet and Confer: Not Just a Delay Tactic
This is the brief story of an over-zealous opposing counsel undone by his aggressive discovery motion work
Categories : Legal Ethics
Profiles on Third-Party Websites
What are a lawyer’s ethical obligations regarding the lawyer’s profile on a professional third-party directory website?
Categories : Wisdom
Clipped Wings
Thinking of traveling abroad while you owe Uncle Sam? Think again!
Categories : President's Message
President’s Message: February 18, 2020
For more than 30 years, the SDCBA has recognized exceptional members of our community at our Annual Luncheon and Celebration of Community Service.
Categories : Technology
Internet Miscreants are Rapidly Evolving
Most exposures to crime result from failures of technical barriers, but more common issues arise from attorney and staff reactions to incoming emails.