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The American Bar Association's (ABA) Formal Ethics Opinion 500, issued on Oct. 6, 2021, examines a lawyer's duties of communication and competence in situations involving...

Attorneys often must take affirmative steps to ensure that they can communicate effectively with clients with limited English proficiency or with those with noncognitive physical disabilities, such as a hearing or a speech impairment.

A las afueras del Congreso hubo fuertes protestas, que rememoran manifestaciones relacionadas con el rechazo al control de tierras ancestrales para los indígenas

Thursday, July 8, 2021 Law firms have recently become prime targets for cybercriminals seeking to steal, expose, sell, or otherwise extort confidential information.  Both the digitalization of law firms’ sensitive documents and the increase in means available to perpetrate an online crime exacerbate these risks.  Law firms encounter various cybersecurity risks from “insiders”—personnel within the company—and external persons.   As a response, many law firms have adopted ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: What are the ethical obligations of a California lawyer for a client with diminished mental capacity?  The ethics committee of the State Bar of California answers this key question in draft Formal Opinion No. 13-0002, with public comment due by August 24, 2021. While all lawyers may represent clients who have questionable capacity, the situation arises with frequency and urgency for estate planning attorneys.  The opinion interprets...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Traditionally, the only place to seek legal advice in the U.S. has been at a firm owned and run by one or more lawyers.  Change, though, may be on the horizon.  A few states have loosened the rules that enforce this norm, and several more are considering it.  This shift is hardly seismic—at least, not yet—but, if larger jurisdictions adopt similar changes, these liberalizations may well begin to shift the national landscape. Th...

Seeking an exit from the "constitutional quagmire" of the American Bar Association's anti-bias rule, a First Amendment scholar urged state regulators Wednesday to narrow their proposed versions of the rule to account for future legal challenges.

CHICAGO, May 26, 2021 — The American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility will convene its three-day annual national conference focusing on ethics and professional responsibility on June 2 with programs examining a host of timely is

If the idea of paying up to 50 cents a gallon in carbon taxes for more potholes doesn’t appeal, Virginians have until Friday to say so on the Transportation Climate

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