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

LAW FIRMS

– Age bias action against Sidley Austin, EEOC lawyer discusses, 116
– Conflicts of interest, agreement giving law firm all fees on cases taken by departed lawyer unenforceable (Neb.), 181
– Corporate director, lawyer's service bars firm from suing company (Ohio Sup. Ct. Op.), 321
– General counsel, ethics issues, conferees discuss, 576
– Improper billing, fired associate has no claim against firm (Haw.), 49
– LLP general partner not shielded from personal liability for breaches of partner obligations to each other (N.Y.), 5
– Neglect of client matter, fraudulent concealment by lawyer cannot be imputed to partnership (N.C. Ct. App.), 509
– Of counsel label, ongoing affiliation with licensed attorney must be reflected (Ohio Sup. Ct. Op.), 111
– Office manager theft scheme, lawyer cannot sue banks (Cal. Ct. App.), In Brief, 238
– Outsourcing legal and nonlegal services may be allowed (ABA Op.), 466
– Outsourcing legal work allowed, potential pitfalls outlined (Fla. Op.), 437
– Patent law, lawyer may form venture and share fees with nonlawyer (Va. Op.), 216
– Professional corporation need not buy back shares of terminated member (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 561; redemption obligations, 561
– Risk management

– – Multiple clients, complex financial deals, conferees discuss, 114
– – Succeeding as general counsel, panelists offer tips, 120
– – Supervising firm leaders, panelists explore, 118

– Screening, ABA to consider amending rules to allow for lateral hires, 324; proposal, text, 324; action deferred, 443
– Withdrawal and termination, professional conduct rules, Analysis and Perspective, 330; 361

LAW SCHOOLS

– Forging student evaluations, law professor suspended (Iowa), 168

LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP

– Callers to legal hotline run by nonprofit group granted protection as clients (N.J. Op.), 59
– Collaborative law practice, conferees discuss, 296; Colo. and ABA rules, text, 296; Mo. lawyers may enter (Mo. Sup. Ct. Op.), 488
– Defendant distrust of lawyer did not deprive him of right to counsel (9th Cir.), 56
– Disagreement re fees does not require lawyer to withdraw from representation (Los Angeles County Op.), 384
– Failure to file appeal, no prejudice presumed where defendant executed valid waiver (3d Cir.), 435
– Ineffective assistance

See INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL

– Inspection of class counsel's entire file, absent client not entitled (N.Y. App. Div.), 28
– Insurance defense lawyer not agent of insurer (Ky. Ct. App.), 534
– Limited scope of relationship, lawyer had no duty to advise client re (Ohio Ct. App.), In Brief, 465
– Personal relationship with troubled client, lawyer suspended (S.C.), 61
– Pro se litigants, ghostwriting lawyer need not reveal self if providing only limited help (N.J. Op.), 85; (Utah Op.), 265
– Real estate buyer's lawyer must release funds to seller over client objection (N.C. Op.), 488
– Subrogated right to litigation proceeds does not turn insurer into client (Alaska Op.), 566

LEGISLATION, FEDERAL

– Senate

– – S 2450, Amending Federal Rules of Evidence to address attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine waivers, judiciary panel passes, 66; Senate passes, In Brief, 151; House passes, 496
– – S 3217, Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act, prohibiting DOJ from forcing corporate waivers, introduced by Specter (R-Pa), 358

LIENS

– Attorneys' liens, application to patents (1st Cir.), In Brief, 540
– Charging liens

– – Court recognition is not res judicata of later malpractice claim (N.M.), 344
– – Homestead rights, retainer agreement may not stipulate client waiver (Fla.), 32
– – Settlement proceeds, lien recognizable despite court lacking control over funds (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 158

– Health care lien on award, settlement may be outsourced to specialty law firm (New York County Op.), 468

LIMITATIONS PERIODS

See STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES (LLCs)

– Unauthorized practice, LLC may not pursue federal appeal without counsel (7th Cir.), 539

LOANS

– Conflicted dealings with elderly sisters, lawyer suspended (Or.), 568
– Conflicts of interest, personal injury lawyer may not loan client money to pay for medical expenses (Md. Op.), 84
– Judgment creditor with receivership rights not de facto assignee of malpractice suit (Ill. App. Ct.), 230
– Real estate deals, true “seller's concession” allowed (N.J.), 107

LOUISIANA

– Advertising and solicitation, public interest group files challenge to state rules (E.D. La.), 523
– Malpractice, Chicago-based firm subject to suit in La. re conflicts of interest (5th Cir.), 77
– Sharing office space with nonlawyer allowed, lawyer must take caution (La. Op.), 413