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: Legal Ethics ForumLegal Ethics odds and ends (October 20, 2010)
- ABA Journal: Legal aid lawyers claimed that they were wiretapped by their boss. There are a variety of ethics opinions and statutes that can forbid that.
- Using a recent appellate opinion, Matter of Cousins, as an illustration, New York Attorney Malpractice Blog looks at how the litigation industry works.
- Bill Vorhees, at New Jersey Legal Malpractice Blog, asks why the number of cases interpreting ?claims made and reported? in legal malpractice cases has been gradually falling off.
- Legal Malpractice Law Review looks at a new case, Roni LLC v, Afra, 2010 WL 3703047 (9/16/10), that helps define under New York law the elements of a fiduciary duty -- although this claim deals with investments rather than with lawyering.
- Blog of the Legal Times: Mary Pat Brown is stepping down from OPR but staying at the DOJ.
- In re Matter of Taylor (Mass): Lawyer disbarred for a variety of bad acts -- including going to jail and swapping new sneakers for his client's old sneakers. That's one I hadn't heard before. But few things make you feel better than nice new shoes.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on October 20, 2010 (boomark / email).
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