This interactive program used hypotheticals to highlight the dramatic effect email, texts and other electronic communications have had on lawyers’ ethics duties. The program generally follows the lifespan of an attorney-client relationship, including: creation of the relationship (such as the effect of an unsolicited email from a would-be client); the ethical propriety of electronic communications...
This interactive program used hypotheticals to highlight the dramatic effect email, texts and other electronic communications have had on lawyers’ ethics duties. The program generally follows the lifespan of an attorney-client relationship, including: creation of the relationship (such as the effect of an unsolicited email from a would-be client); the ethical propriety of electronic communications...
On December 6th, the LSTA hosted its annual ethics webinar presented by Thomas E. Spahn, Counsel at McGuireWoods. Mr. Spahn is a brilliant speaker, and the LSTA has been so fortunate that Mr. Spahn has been willing to impart his knowledge and teach LSTA legal members about ethics for more than a decade. This year,...
This interactive program uses hypotheticals to explore situations in which lawyers’ interests might conflict with their clients’ interests, including: the applicability of ethics rules to lawyers’ non-legal activities; doing business with clients; accepting gifts from clients; representing unpopular clients; lawyers’ agreements to limit their practice in partnership agreements or in litigation settlements; limiting liability to...
This interactive program used hypotheticals to explore situations in which lawyers’ interests might conflict with their clients’ interests, including: the applicability of ethics rules to lawyers’ non-legal activities; doing business with clients; accepting gifts from clients; representing unpopular clients; lawyers’ agreements to limit their practice in partnership agreements or in litigation settlements; limiting liability to...
This interactive program used hypotheticals to explore situations in which lawyers’ interests might conflict with their client’s interests, including the applicability of ethics rules to lawyers’ non-legal activities; doing business with clients; accepting gifts from clients; representing unpopular clients; lawyers’ agreements to limit their practice in partnership agreements or in litigation settlements; limiting liability to...
This program will explore basic conflicts of interest rules, including: the general prohibition on adversity to current clients; the definition of “client” for conflicts purposes (including corporations, associations, estates and others). Presented by Thomas E. Spahn, Partner at McGuireWoods LLP....
