Privatizing Legal Ethics
In a new post at Legal Week, Richard Moorhead draws attention to an interesting new research paper on legal ethics by Christopher J. Whelan & Neta Ziv. The paper, titled “Privatizing...
View ArticleDoes Nonlawyer Ownership of Firms Threaten the Independent Judgment of Lawyers?
The New York State Bar’s Committee on Professional Ethics decided this week that a New York lawyer cannot practice law for an out-of-state or foreign firm owned or managed by nonlawyers, if the lawyer...
View ArticleLegal Ethics & Social Media
It’s a social media jungle out there. It helps us connect and drum up business, but it can eat up our time and lead to sticky legal ethics issues. Not to mention, get you fired for sometimes dubious...
View ArticleMonday Clicks: Advertising, Marketing Matter
With BigLaw firms spending millions on advertising, marketing your firm is serious business. Rebranding, online marketing and ad placement matter. But so do ethics considerations. And, sometimes, bad...
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