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The American Bar Association (ABA) has issued its second formal opinion concerning Model Rule 4.2 in as many months. The so-called “no-contact rule” prohibits a lawyer from having...

Currently, FDI in private security agencies is permitted only up to 49 per cent.

Alex Jones was confronted on the stand with a cache of his own texts and emails. But where did these messages come from when Jones repeatedly claimed during discovery that he searched for Sandy Hook in his text messages and found none? Pitfalls of ediscovery process.

The American Bar Association ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility published formal opinion advises lawyers to refrain from including clients on emails and texts sent to opposing counsel. ABA Formal Opinion 503 focuses on ABA Model Rule 4.2 No Contact.

ABA issues guidance for lawyers on email protocols and the 'reply all' use

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released a formal opinion that provides practical guidance to lawyers operating in an email world, cautioning them to generally refrain from including their clients when sending emails to opposing lawyers.

Are you and your law firm running conflicts checks on your and your colleagues’ thought-leadership marketing content? Yes, really, I am talking about running conflicts checks on your...

The co-hosts of the legal technology podcast "The Kennedy-Mighell Report" have written a book on collaboration technology.

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released a formal opinion that seeks to clarify the interpretation of the ABA model rule related to a lawyer’s communication with represented persons when the lawyer is self-representing or pursuing the case pro se.

Pro se lawyers may not directly contact an opposing litigant if that person is represented by counsel.