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?
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When Lawyers Change Firms
What ethical obligations regarding notice arise when lawyers change firms?
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LegalMatch and Business and Professions Code section 6155
Does an online service that provides to potential clients the names of lawyers who provide services in a particular practice area and geographic region provide lawyer referral services within the meaning of Business and Professions Code section 6155?
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Failure to Sign a Contingency Fee
Does a lawyer’s failure to sign a contingency fee engagement agreement nullify a lawyer’s charging lien on the proceeds of a settlement?
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Expenses to Defend Personally Owned Copyrights
Do lawyers potentially owe duties to a member of a limited liability company when the lawyers’ representation of the company causes the member to incur expenses to defend personally owned copyrights?
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To Reasonably Rely on a Client
May a lawyer who reasonably relies on a client’s information nonetheless be liable for malicious prosecution?
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Ethical Obligations When Consulting Outside Counsel
What ethical obligations arise when lawyers in a law firm consult with outside counsel concerning matters related to the firm’s representation of a current client?
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When Relevant Documents Have Been Concealed
In litigation, what are a lawyer’s ethical obligations when offered evidence retained by a former employee of the opposing party who reveals that relevant documents have been concealed from production?
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Monster Energy v. Schechter
Can a lawyer’s signature on a settlement agreement under the notation that the lawyer approved the written agreement as to form and content evidence the lawyer’s intent to be bound by the agreement’s confidentiality provisions that extended to both the parties and their lawyers?
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Successor Lawyers and Contingent Fees
In a contingent fee case, when a successor lawyer from one firm replaces a former lawyer from another firm, must the successor lawyer tell the client in writing that a portion of any contingent fee earned may be paid to the former lawyer?