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March 2, 2021 at 8:29 PM Shares6 Bill Henderson. Arizona and Utah’s bold experiments relaxing the rules against fee-sharing with nonattorneys are in their infancy, but the prospects of these changes to Model Rule 5.4 are some of the most exciting we’ve seen in American law in years. To help me parse through the coming possibilities, last week I spoke with the lawyer whose work formed the basis of the sweeping regulatory reform that is currently unfolding, Bill Henderson. Previously named one of America’s 100 most influential lawyers by the National Law Journal, a certified Legal Rebel b...

In an ethics opinion issued on January 13, 2021, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility  has provided guidance to practitioners on...

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If all his lawyers quit, Trump should represent himself at his Senate impeachment trial Trump is not bound by the ethical obligations that govern lawyers. He could use the 'I was robbed' strategy and stoke his base with no repercussions. Austin Sarat and Dennis Aftergut Opinion contributors The impending impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump has raised important legal and political questions for the nation and for Trump himself. Among them: Is it constitutional for the Senate to try and convict a president no longer in office? Is it better in the name of national unity to forgo h...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The American Bar Association's (ABA) Formal Ethics Opinion 495 confirms what many have said is the law under ABA Model Rule 5.5 for a while now: Lawyers can sit in a jurisdiction in which they are not licensed so long as they are licensed in a U.S. jurisdiction and are "invisible" as a lawyer where they sit. Still, this confirmation will come as welcome news to many who have either been forced or chosen to relocate outside of their licensed jurisdiction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Formal Opinion does caveat that it does not ap...