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Many attorneys have long and successful careers without ever having to practice law outside of the jurisdiction where they obtained their license. But for litigators and in-house...
The COVID-19 pandemic, along with government stay-at-home orders, required millions of professionals to work from home, including attorneys. However, as the pandemic comes to an end,...
The pandemic brought about a welcome development in the legal profession: renewed focus on the "butt-in-seat" problem for lawyers who are practicing across state lines.
Potential future litigation is insufficient to compel production of information under statute permitting foreign litigants to obtain discovery in the U.S. for use in cases abroad
SCR 20:1.4 addresses the lawyer’s duty to communicate with the client. 11 The current pandemic or any other disaster or emergency makes regular contact with clients more important than ever. The client needs to know how to contact the lawyer just as the lawyer must know how to contact the clients. For example, if telephone calls and emails are routed through the firm’s communication system, the lawyers must regularly access office voicemail, email and any other methods of client communication regularly used in the office to ensure no communications are missed. If firm lawyers work remotel...