ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct: Current Reports Index-Summary

JOURNAL

– Ed. Note: A list of upcoming conferences and meetings appears at the end of selected issues.

JUDGES

– Disciplinary authority of bar is stayed while lawyer on bench (Ala.), 171
– Disclosure and consent needed before representing client before judge who is client in unrelated case (ABA Op.), 241
– Ineffective assistance, public defender's pact with judges voids conviction (Ga.), In Brief, 142
– Response to lawyer misconduct, conferees discuss, 307

JURISDICTION

– Disbarment

See DISBARMENT

– Judges, state bar may not discipline while lawyer on bench (Ala.), 171
– Malpractice

– – Chicago-based firm subject to suit in La. re conflicts of interest (5th Cir.), 77
– – Passive Web site does not create minimum contacts (Tex.), In Brief, 411
– – Passive Web site does not subject Fla. firm to suit in N.J. (D.N.J.), 208

– Misuse of trust accounts, rules of state where banks located govern charges (N.D.), 193
– Unpaid fees, N.Y. lawyer may sue Cal. clients for work done by phone, fax, and e-mail (N.Y.), 11

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Corporate attorney-client privilege waiver

– – DOJ outlines policy changes, 393
– – Leahy (D-Vt) promises bill if DOJ fails to revise policy, 270
– – Senate bills addressing

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 2450, S 3217