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

OHIO

– Advertising and solicitation, usage of “General Counsel” title when representing entity client (Ohio Op.), 387
– Client files left beside dumpster, lawyer reprimanded (Ohio), 198
– Conflicts of interest, lawyer/mediator may represent one spouse in divorce after mediation (Ohio Op.), 356; opinions from other states, 357
– Financial disclosure statements falsified, convicted lawyer serving as public official given stayed suspension (Ohio), 331
– In-house counsel, fees for special admission, Analysis and Perspective, 95
– Malpractice

– – Failure to file suit, case within case must be proven (Ohio Ct. App.), 160
– – Insurance coverage, failure to notify clients of lapse, breach of Ohio law warrants reciprocal discipline in Ky. (Ky.), 133
– – Law firm cannot be directly liable, no vicarious liability unless one attorney is liable (Ohio), 400
– – Unpaid bills and malpractice, attorney-client privilege not always waived in suit between firm and ex-client (Ohio Ct. App.), 286

– Name of firm, deceptive indication of partnership and associates, lawyer suspended (Ohio), 223
– Nonrefundable flat rate fee charged in foreclosure case, lawyer suspended (Ohio), 117
– Outsourcing legal or support services allowed with client consent (Ohio Op.), 470
– Sexual misconduct

– – Telephone conversations with client about sex, lawyer reprimanded (Ohio), 498
– – Voyeurism and collection of child pornography, mental disability not mitigating factor if risk of recidivism continues, lawyer suspended (Ohio), 475

– Unauthorized practice of law

– – Mortgage restructuring firm, nonlawyers enjoined from negotiating settlements for homeowners facing foreclosure (Ohio), 466
– – Private right of action lacking at common law (Ohio), 442

OKLAHOMA

– In-house counsel, fees for special admission, Analysis and Perspective, 95
– Submitting bogus bills and travel costs, lawyer suspended (Okla.), 273
– Tax debt, broken promise to repay prevents reinstatement of suspended lawyer (Okla.), 296

OREGON

– Attorneys' fees, Or. lawyer may be awarded for providing advice to Cal. counsel (9th Cir.), 102
– In-house counsel, fees for special admission, Analysis and Perspective, 95
– Legal Services Corp. funding rules, Or. lacks standing to challenge (9th Cir.), 29
– Malpractice during mediation, suit dismissed given law barring disclosure of mediation communications (D. Or.), 439

OUT-OF-STATE LAWYERS

– Bar exam not required for in-state law school graduates to practice, challenge to Wis. rule may proceed (7th Cir.), 379
– Credit counseling firms, exemption to licensing requirement inapplicable (S.C.), 263
– Multijurisdictional practice

See MULTIJURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE (MJP)

– Or. lawyer may be awarded fees for providing advice to Cal. counsel (9th Cir.), 102
– Outsourcing of work to foreign lawyers allowed, disclosure to client usually needed (Colo. Op.), 493
– Real estate foreclosures, Utah may require in-state presence of trustee/lawyer (10th Cir.), 380; text of law, 381
– Unauthorized practice

See UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW