January 21, 2022

Legal Professional Responsibilities Relating to Competence

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When Is It Time to Consider a Law Firm Dissolution?

ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 515

ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 514

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When Is It Time to Consider a Law Firm Dissolution?

Law firm dissolutions happen for a variety of reasons. They are not always linked to the firm’s poor economic health or failed management. But the end of a law firm (or of certain partnerships or affiliations) marks a critical time for law firm owners and their clients and must be handled with the utmost care.

ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 515

The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has issued Formal Ethics Opinion 515, which addresses whether a lawyer can disclose confidential client information when the client commits a crime against the lawyer or someone associated with or related to the lawyer. Key Takeaways: Implicit Exception to Confidentiality: Under ABA Model Rule 1.6, lawyers […]

Legal Professional Responsibilities Relating to Competence

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