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Vol. 24, Nos. 1-17, pp. 1-452
Jan. 9 -- Aug. 20, 2008

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    PATENTS
    PENNSYLVANIA
      – Advertising and solicitation
        – – Celebrity photos on lawyer's Web site banned as implied endorsements (Philadelphia Bar Ass'n Op.), 110
        – – Preferred listing acceptable if clients told how lawyers get on list (Philadelphia Bar Ass'n Op.), 35
      – Conflicts of interest
        – – Lawyer representing both corporation and owner may get fee for referring owner claim against company (Philadelphia Bar Ass'n Op.), 216
        – – Lender counsel may rebate portion of referral fee paid by title insurer (Philadelphia Bar Ass'n Op.), 350
      – E-mails between opponent and her counsel, lawyer's duty upon learning client has obtained (Philadelphia Bar Ass'n Op.), 165
      – Executor fiduciary duty bars receipt of referral fee from counsel for estate (Philadelphia Bar Ass'n Op.), 287
      – Fired in-house counsel may not use privileged materials taken without consent in suit against former employer (W.D. Pa.), 429
      – Ineffective assistance, no presumption of prejudice from counsel inaction (Pa.), In Brief, 142
      – Metadata embedded in electronic documents, lawyers must make individual decision whether to use (Pa. Op.), 59
      – Settlement fund disbursement, state consumer protection act does not apply to lawyer misconduct (Pa.), 6
    PERJURY
      – False statements to FBI, former White House adviser Libby disbarred (D.C.), In Brief, 172
    PERSONAL INJURY
      – Boilerplate contingent fee contract with lopsided discharge terms, lawyer admonished re use (Mass.), 219
      – Conflicts of interest, lawyer may not loan client money to pay for medical expenses (Md. Op.), 84
      – Frivolous appeal, independent prosecutor to investigate personal injury lawyers in “Erin Brockovich” case (9th Cir.), 327
      – Settlement proceeds, client assignment to medical provider binding on lawyer who signed off on it (Wyo.), 347
      – Voluntary withdrawal from representation, good cause standard required (Utah), In Brief, 410
    PRIVATE FIRMS
    PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
    PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
    PRO SE REPRESENTATION
      – Defense lawyer may speak to pro se plaintiff being helped by unofficial counsel (Cal. Ct. App.), 432
      – Ghostwriting lawyer need not reveal self if providing only limited help (N.J. Op.), 85; (Utah Op.), 265
      – Lawyer-witness rule does not apply to pro se attorneys (Ohio Ct. App.), 31
    PROCEDURE
      – Abstention, federal court to hear constitutional challenge to Fla. advertising rules (M.D. Fla.), 139
      – Arbitration
      – Rule 11 sanctions
      – Third party may not move to vacate reinstatement (Md.), In Brief, 198
    PROSECUTORS
      – Conflicts of interest, media accounts of pending cases, prosecutors reinstated (Cal.), 259
      – Defendant threat to have prosecutor killed not disqualifying conflict (N.M.), 80
      – Disqualification required where prosecutor previously defended accused on similar charge (Mo.), 190
      – Duke lacrosse case, misconduct, conferees discuss, 305
      – Failure to meet continuing legal education requirements, prejudice to defendant (Minn. Ct. App.), In Brief, 411
      – Former client, prosecutor handling of case, 2-part test set (Tex. Crim. App.), 348
      – Hiding evidence, reciprocal discipline imposed on N.Y. district attorney (D.C.), 112
      – Material witness detainees, no absolute immunity for delaying release (3d Cir.), 434
      – Secretly videotaping prosecutor engaging in sexual relations with defendant, convicted defense lawyer suspended (Ky.), 196
      – Sharing informer data, no absolute immunity for supervisory prosecutor over failure to train other lawyers (U.S., rev grant), In Brief, 215
      – Third-party discovery dispute, active role did not require disqualification (Cal.), 260
    PUBLIC DEFENDERS
      – Diversification of services, effect on ethics standards, conferees discuss, 304
      – Indigent defense, overturning wrongful convictions, conferees discuss, 95
      – Ineffective assistance of counsel
        – – Judges, pact with defender's office voids conviction (Ga.), In Brief, 142
        – – Trial counsel, no threshold showing required to obtain new counsel to make claim against (Ga.), 141
      – Malpractice claims, Mo. public defenders cannot claim official immunity (Mo. Ct. App.), 26
    PUBLIC INTEREST
      – Advertising, public interest group files challenge to Fla. rules (M.D. Fla.), 65; federal court abstention rejected, 139
      – Attorneys' fees, pretrial mooting of case after injunction may justify statutory award to prevailing public interest parties (3d, 5th, 10th Cirs.), 159
      – Callers to legal hotline run by nonprofit group granted protection as clients (N.J. Op.), 59
    PUERTO RICO
      – Attorneys' fees, unequal defense efforts support time expended apportionment in civil rights case (1st Cir.), 234

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