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By Alan Childress, Mike Frisch, and Jeff Lipshaw
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What Is A Law Firm?
Posted on March 12, 2009The Indiana Supreme Court held yesterday that a lawyer did not engage in misconduct charged by its Disciplinary Commission. The issue was whether the charged lawyer and another lawyer ("Paul") were "associated in a firm" for purposes of imputed conflicts...
Judge Reprimanded For DUI
Posted on March 12, 2009A circuit court judge convicted of driving while impaired was reprimanded by the Indiana Supreme Court. The court determined that driving with a blood alcohol level of .15 violated judicial canons of ethics. the judge had tendered an agreement regarding...
The Care And Feeding Of Magistrates
Posted on March 11, 2009From the Ohio Supreme Court web page:Two recent advisory opinions from the Supreme Court of Ohio?s Board of Commissioners on Grievances & Discipline offer guidance on travel expenses and dinner invitations for juvenile court judges and staff and on outside...
Reverse Contingent Fees
Posted on March 11, 2009A recent opinion of the D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee concludes:A reverse contingent fee is a fee that is based upon the difference between the amount a third party demands from a lawyer?s client, and the amount ultimately obtained from...
Partnership Agreement At Issue
Posted on March 11, 2009Two lawyers practiced as partners from 1978 to 1998 without a partnership agreement for most of that time. They began to discuss an agreement in 1994 but did not reduce it to writing until July 1998. The partnership dissolved as...
Untimely Malpractice Suit Dismissed
Posted on March 11, 2009The Connecticut Appellate Court affirmed a trial court order dismissing a legal malpractice case on statute of limitations grounds. The attorney had been admitted pro hac vice in Connecticut to handle the client's criminal defense. The court here held that...
Ribstein & Lipshaw's New Unincorporated Business Association Casebook
Posted on March 10, 2009Posted by Jeff Lipshaw Attention law professors who are going to be teaching a course called anything like "Unincorporated Business Associations," or "Agency and Partnership" or "Partnerships and LLCs"! Larry Ribstein (Illinois, left) and I are in the final stages...
Vacated But Not Reinstated
Posted on March 10, 2009An attorney was disbarred in New York as a result of a felony drug conviction. He participated in court-ordered treatment which resulted in the reduction of the felony conviction to a misdemeanor offense. He then moved to vacate the order...
Unmet Needs Lead To Amended Admission Rule
Posted on March 10, 2009The North Dakota Supreme Court has adopted effective March 15 a new rule that will allow attorneys admitted in other jurisdictions to provide volunteer legal services in civil matters through approved legal services agencies. The rule was adopted in light...
Sorry, I Lost It
Posted on March 10, 2009A Louisiana hearing committee agreed with a joint proposal for sanction and recommended a six-month stayed suspension in a case where the lawyer was hired to seek removal of a material man's lien. The lawyer received a fee advance of...
Lassie Come Home
Posted on March 10, 2009During the course of their 13 year relationship, a couple purchased a pedigree dog for $1,500. They were both registered as owners of the pet with the kennel club. When the relationship ended and effects were divided, the woman took...
Pay The Invoice
Posted on March 10, 2009A criminal defendant charged with malice murder was convicted and sentenced to death but his habeas petition led to an order for a new trial. New counsel were appointed by the then Director of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council...
Slam Dunk
Posted on March 09, 2009The South Carolina Supreme Court disbarred lawyer Michael Jordan as a result of admitted misconduct in two matters. One matter involved the following misconduct:Respondent entered into a contract with his friend and business associate, Complainant. In the contract, respondent agreed...
License To Steal
Posted on March 09, 2009An attorney voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in Georgia, which the Georgia Supreme Court accepted as a sanction "tantamount to disbarment" in a case involving conversion of the proceeds of a personal injury settlement. The court noted that...
Financial Realities Of Protracted Litigation
Posted on March 09, 2009In an opinion and recommendation finding no ethical violations in the representation of a client in a divorce case involving substantial assets, an IIlinois Hearing Board rejected all allegations of misconduct. The accused attorney had left a partnership at Jenner...
Fair and Reasonable Value
Posted on March 07, 2009In an action brought for unpaid legal fees, the New York Appellate Division for the Second Judicial Department held that the attorney could not recover pursuant to the retainer agreement because that agreement was "susceptible of no interpretation" other than...
Plea Agreement Not Violated
Posted on March 06, 2009The Kansas Supreme Court rejected an attempt to allow a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea in connection with murdering one child and molesting another child. The court received a brief from counsel and a pro se brief from the...
Remand To Determine Reasonable Fee
Posted on March 06, 2009An attorney represented a client in a workers' compensation matter under a 1/3 contingency fee agreement. The representation terminated prior to completion and the attorney sought a lien or fees against the settlement payments. The Nebraska Supreme Court held that...
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Did I harass someone?
Oh, yes. This can be taken in as so many things, especially since you had testif...
How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...
I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...
This has happened 3 or 4 times a month now- they have turned the electric off 2 days consecutively, the water off about 9 or 10 times now, and our heat has broken 5 times (once it would not shut off, and we were forced t
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