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Conflicts of Interest
April 15, 2026 Issue - Potential Waiver of Multiple Bidder ConflictApril 1, 2026 Issue - Conflicts When Undermining Prior WorkMarch 16, 2026 Issue - Conflict from Representing Multiple WitnessesJanuary 15, 2026 Issue - Positional ConflictsDecember 15, 2025 Issue - Conflict with Former Client of Departed LawyerNovember 3, 2025 Issue - Former Client Conflict of In-House LawyerOctober 1, 2025 Issue - General Commercial Transaction with ClientSeptember 2, 2025 Issue - Conflicts from Joint Defense ArrangementAugust 1, 2025 Issue - Insurance Defense ConflictsMay 15, 2025 Issue - Withdrawal and the Hot Potato Doctrine
Discovery Issues
May 1, 2026 Issue - Ethics of Witness PreparationJune 3, 2024 Issue - Responsive Document Discovered Post SettlementMay 15, 2024 Issue - Potentially False Client Deposition TestimonyJanuary 2, 2024 Issue - Case Settled Based on Client Hiding DocumentsMarch 15, 2023 Issue - Settlement to Avoid Disclosing Client Fraud Lawyer Did Not Participate In
Duties to Opponents and Third Parties
July 1, 2024 Issue - Ex Parte CommunicationsJuly 3, 2023 Issue - Third-Party WitnessesNovember 1, 2022 Issue - Inadvertent Receipt of Confidential InformationJuly 15, 2022 Issue - Asking Current and Former Employees Not to Communication with Adverse PartyFebruary 15, 2022 Issue - Correcting Adversary's Mistake
Law firm business issues
August 15, 2025 Issue - Trade Names for Law FirmsFebruary 17, 2025 Issue - Duties Re Mis-Performing StaffJanuary 15, 2025 Issue - Agreements Limiting LiabilityDecember 1, 2023 Issue - Subordinate LawyerNovember 1, 2023 Issue - Hiring Non-LawyersOctober 2, 2023 Issue - Law-Related BusinessesSeptember 15, 2023 Issue - Hiring Attorney from Adverse Firm
Miscellaneous
May 15, 2026 Issue - Reporting Lawyer Who Violates the RulesFebruary 16, 2026 Issue - Disclosure to Support Motion to WithdrawFebruary 2, 2026 Issue - Post-Withdrawal DutiesOctober 15, 2025 Issue - Gifts to JudgesJune 16, 2025 Issue - What is "Knowingly"May 1, 2025 Issue - Gifts for ReferralNovember 15, 2024 Issue - Choice of LawAugust 1, 2024 Issue - Gen AI ABA Formal Op. 512June 18, 2024 Issue - Financial Assistance to Litigation ClientsDecember 15, 2023 Issue - Acting in Emergency Without Expertise
Most Recent Issues
April 1, 2026 Issue - Conflicts When Undermining Prior WorkMarch 16, 2026 Issue - Conflict from Representing Multiple WitnessesMarch 2, 2026 Issue - GenAI and PrivilegeFebruary 16, 2026 Issue - Disclosure to Support Motion to WithdrawFebruary 2, 2026 Issue - Post-Withdrawal DutiesJanuary 15, 2026 Issue - Positional ConflictsJanuary 2, 2026 Issue - Using AI to Summarize Client Video Meetings
Privilege and Confidentiality
March 2, 2026 Issue - GenAI and PrivilegeJanuary 2, 2026 Issue - Using AI to Summarize Client Video MeetingsMarch 17, 2025 Issue - Privileged Information within CompanyFebruary 15, 2024 Issue - Confidentiality of Closed FilesFebruary 1, 2023 Issue - Duty to Disclose Discovery of Completed FraudJanuary 3, 2023 Issue - Publishing Information about Client RepresentationOctober 17, 2022 Issue - Discovery of a Completed FraudJune 15, 2022 Issue - Attorney-Client Privilege: PR Consultant on Litigation TeamMay 2, 2022 Issue - Confidentiality and Relationships
Responsibilities to Clients
June 1, 2026 Issue - Client with Decision-Making LimitationsJuly 15, 2025 Issue - Billing of ExpensesJuly 1, 2025 Issue - Lawyer Reporting Crime by ClientApril 15, 2025 Issue - Obligation to Disclose Client Intention to Commit FraudApril 1, 2025 Issue - Relationship with Client ConstituentOctober 15, 2024 Issue - Scripting Communications for Client with Adverse PartyOctober 1, 2024 Issue - Permissive WithdrawalJuly 15, 2024 Issue - Ownership of Client File MaterialsApril 15, 2024 Issue - Matchmaking Between ClientsMarch 1, 2024 Issue - Withdrawal Without Cause