Worried your legal work could contribute to clients’ criminal conduct? New ABA ethics opinion shares guidelines

What are lawyers’ duties to assess the facts and the circumstances of every client’s or potential client’s situation—to ensure that the representation does not contribute or further the client’s criminal or fraudulent activity? This question is addressed in a new ethics opinion from the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.

Aug 23, 2024 10:03 AM CDT

Lawyer accused of misappropriating up to $282M allegedly handed firm control to disbarred attorney

Aug 13, 2024 3:49 PM CDT

7 steps to successful crisis management

How you manage a crisis is critical and may be the difference between a swift resolution and a prolonged public nightmare. Consider these seven lessons to help guide your clients successfully through their next crisis.

Jul 26, 2024 9:12 AM CDT

‘Am I some punching bag?’ Lawyer says he put ex-client’s girlfriend in headlock after attack

Jun 17, 2024 12:37 PM CDT

Legal community ‘bamboozled’ by woman who allegedly posed as attorney for years

May 15, 2024 3:08 PM CDT

Looking for practice advice on email discussion lists? Don’t forget client confidentiality responsibilities

Lawyers must be careful in revealing information about clients on an email discussion list group, even when seeking help in the representation, according to a new ABA ethics opinion.

May 8, 2024 10:02 AM CDT

Prosecutors blame disclosure of attorney-client texts on ‘cavalier legal representation’ by ‘Rust’ armorer’s lawyer

Feb 14, 2024 2:55 PM CST

Unprecedented Assignment: Defending Donald Trump in criminal court

In the past six weeks alone, Donald Trump’s lawyers argued in the Supreme Court over whether the Constitution bars him from running for president, lost an appeals court battle on presidential immunity and defended their client in a civil defamation trial in which Trump took the stand—all while reviewing evidence and submitting highly technical court motions involving classified documents.

Feb 14, 2024 11:16 AM CST

NAACP-trained nonlawyers may provide limited advice to tenants facing eviction, top state court says

Feb 14, 2024 9:47 AM CST

Lawyers should take these precautions when using artificial intelligence, Florida ethics opinion says

Jan 23, 2024 12:28 PM CST

Disbarred lawyer married to ‘Real Housewives’ star found competent to stand trial for alleged $15M embezzlement

Jan 4, 2024 2:24 PM CST

Response to fake-citations query implicates attorney-client privilege, Michael Cohen’s lawyer says

Dec 19, 2023 3:05 PM CST

Ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh, already convicted of murder, pleads guilty to state charges for stealing from clients

Nov 20, 2023 12:25 PM CST

Lawyer reprimanded for feeding deposition answers to vulnerable client who had to be hospitalized afterward

A Massachusetts lawyer who said he whispered deposition answers to a client out of concern for her well-being has received a public reprimand.

Nov 16, 2023 3:11 PM CST

Lawyer suspended for charging inflated and fake fees to real estate clients; did everybody do it?

Nov 13, 2023 9:49 AM CST