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Is Your LinkedIn Profile Violating Attorney Advertising Rules? Depends.
The vast majority of lawyers have a LinkedIn page. Or if they don't, their marketing department will make them create... Read More »
Get Ready for New Technology Rules in the Revised MA Rules of Professional Conduct
It would be a nightmare for any lawyer to find that someone had hacked into their firm’s computer network and... Read More »
How to Avoid a Fee Dispute with Your Client
Fee disputes with clients are a litigation hotbed as well as a significant source of complaints to the Board of... Read More »
Lawyer’s Lessons: Doing the Right Thing Pays Off…Eventually!
A recent summary decision by the Appeals Court tells a remarkable story of a good lawyer who made a mistake,... Read More »
Law Firm Liability for Attorney and Employee Ethics: Will Changes Be Necessary?
On July 1, 2013, the Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct proposed changes to Rules 5.1 and... Read More »
Don’t Be Like That Guy: First Circuit Says Enough is Enough and Upholds Pulled Pro Hac
The First Circuit Court of Appeals has put out-of-town-lawyers with a taste for deposition shenanigans on notice by upholding the... Read More »
Social Media and Spoliation – Can A Client Delete Her Facebook Posts?
Jurors, litigants, and their attorneys are increasingly savvy about social media. At the same time, it seems that many people... Read More »
Social Media Ethical Guidelines: What Lawyers Need to Know
Don’t let your online activities land you on the bar discipline docket. The New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal... Read More »
Ten Carat Engagement Letters
“I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.” -Mae West Engagement rings... Read More »
Seize the Day – Diligence as the Hallmark of Good Ethics
In the 1989 film Dead Poets Society, an idealistic high school teacher gives his students these words to live by:... Read More »
