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By Alan Childress, Mike Frisch, and Jeff Lipshaw (all)
North Dakota has amended its Rule 1.8 (prohibited transactions) to add a provision governing lawyers who act as a fiduciary of an estate, trust or conservatorship . The pertinent addition reads as follows: (l) Neither a lawyer serving as a...
Full post as published by Legal Profession Blog on May 30, 2009 (boomark / email).
The "four C's" of lawyer/client interaction
In reviewing a book "How to deal with your lawyer," Patent Baristas noted:the 4 C?s of a lawyer?s fiduciary duty (Communication, Competence, Confidentiality, and Conflicts of Interest)...
Conflicts of Interest and Referrals
Probably the two biggest areas for potential conflicts of interest in estate planning are: 1...
Criddle on Fiduciary Administration
Professor Evan Criddle (Syracuse) just posted on ssrn his most recent article in a pair on the fiduciary nature of the administrative state, Fiduciary Administration: Rethinking Popular Representation in Agency Rulemaking, also forthcoming in the Texas Law Review...
Fiduciary Duties for Activist Shareholders
Together with Iman Anabtawi, I have just issued a new article on SSRN entitled Fiduciary Duties for Activist Shareholders...
A Big Week for Conflicts of Interest
We’ve commented before on the CBA’s work on conflicts of interest, and on how to avoid conflicts, so here are three news items on conflicts...
New Handbook Outlines Prudent Practices For Fiduciary Advisers
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has published a handbook containing practice guidelines for "Fiduciary Advisers" as that term is defined in the Pension Protection Act of 2006...
When should a lawfirm have a system to check for conflicts of interest?
No law firm should accept a matter that has not been screened for conflicts. If ...
Stock Market Losses
alleging bad financial advice and conflicts of interest.
Grubb & Ellis
alleging violations of fiduciary duties to shareholders and securities laws.
Mutual Fund Losses
alleging financial advisors breached fiduciary duties by not looking out for investors best interests.
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