Ethics

We're Not Going to Take It. No, not The Who's classic song, but the response of clients to the proffer by firms of blanket prospective consents. There's an interesting insight into the norms and customs in this article, here. The net impact may be firms are conditioning representation on acceptance of the "we can sue you so long as it's not substantially related" waiver. In Texas, that's our rule, by the way, for current clients.

We're Not Going to Take It, Either. No, The Who didn't reunite. California is proposing some fairly radical changes to its rules governing communications by prosecutors and the prosecutors aren't happy. There's an article here. The key controversial provision would prohibit communication with any person, not just any party, to a matter.