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September 21, 2022
The ABA is at it again, advocating to silence lawyers with conduct rule- The American Bar Association is once again turning its guns on its own in its effort to justify its continued promulgation of Model Rule of Professional Conduct Rule 8.4(g) and in support of Pennsylvania’s version of that rule. This time the forum is...
September 8, 2022
Los Angeles lawyers balk at fee split with Chicago firm- In a fight between two California attorneys and a Chicago law firm about the validity of an agreement to split fees from air crash cases, U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly had to decide whether Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5 permitted...
August 30, 2022
Union membership in America is in decline, plunging from 20 percent of workers in 1983 to 11.3 percent (and only 6.6 percent among private-sector workers) in 2012.[1] It is no secret that the Obama Administration is working overtime to reverse this trend.[2]
August 16, 2022
At the ABA Annual Meeting last week, the Illinois State Bar Association (“ISBA”), the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”), and several ABA…
August 2, 2022
Regardless of communication barriers that various client circumstances may present, lawyers owe their clients the duties of competent representation and effective communication...
July 25, 2022
Law firm website design & email marketing news. Law firm management intelligence on AI, cloud computing & attorney retention by business law experts.
July 6, 2022
Technology can be a curse or a comfort for lawyers. It promises to make you more efficient, but who has the time to learn it all? (And doesn’t that take away from the...
June 29, 2022
================================ By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give...
June 29, 2022
Working on pro bono cases also expands existing skill sets and experience, especially for up-and-coming lawyers, it builds relationships and creates more cross-firm opportunities in the future,pro bono work helps lawyers rediscover their commitment to practicing law.
June 24, 2022
The recent case of Edelson, P.C. v. Girardi, et al.[i] shows what can happen when a fee-sharing agreement goes bad. Edelson, P.C. claims that it acted as Illinois local co-counsel for...