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legal ethics odds and ends (July 13, 2010)

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From the Manila Standard Today, "Is justice the lawyer's motive?" . . . . . "Kobre & Kim LLP is one of the first firms composed of English barristers, solicitors, and U.S.-qualified lawyers to be licensed in the United Kingdom under the new rules governing the legal profession that came into effect recently." (I've sometimes wished that I could have been "called to bar in a haze of port and cigar smoke," but perhaps the modern liberalization of practice rules renders that passe.) . . . . . Here's an article by Bill Wernz, of Dorsey Whitney, who's one of the first and best biglaw ethics specialists, on lawyer whistle-blowing. . . . . . In Jackson v.Greger, The Court of Appeals of Ohio affirms summary judgment on a legal malpractice claim brought by a plaintiff who had pled guilty in a criminal matter. The failure of her civil remedy claim against the police should have alerted her to the alleged malpractice by her attorney. . . . . . Pat Murphy, at LawyersUSAOnline, looks at a fee dispute and suggests, not surprisingly, that when you split a fee, you should mind the formalities. . . . . . Eric Turkewitz analyzes conflicts of interest arising under the Graves Act when car crash victims sue the tortfeasor's car rental company. . . . . . In Georgia, a former prosecutor's involvement in a murder case gets him disqualified when he tries to appear in private practice for one of the accuseds. . . . . .

Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on July 13, 2010 (boomark / email).