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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...
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...
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]
At the ABA Annual Meeting last week, the Illinois State Bar Association (“ISBA”), the New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”), and several ABA…
Regardless of communication barriers that various client circumstances may present, lawyers owe their clients the duties of competent representation and effective communication...