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How to Take a Vacation, Ethically

Summer is here and, for many lawyers, that means taking a well-deserved vacation and spending time with friends and family. However, any lawyer — particularly litigators who do not have complete control over their...more

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A Multistate Analysis of the Ethical Rules Governing Attorneys Working Remotely

The COVID-19 pandemic, along with government stay-at-home orders, required millions of professionals to work from home, including attorneys. However, as the pandemic comes to an end, many attorneys wish to continue to work...more

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More Bar Regulators Approve Remote Work Arrangements

For any number of reasons, lawyers are increasingly working across state lines. During the COVID-19 pandemic, health regulations prevented many lawyers from traveling to law offices. They remained home, working remotely,...more

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ABA Urges Lawyers to Weigh Disparate Impacts, Safety When Making Re-Opening Plans

There’s no shortage of compliance hurdles and operational challenges for law firms to leap when formulating plans for bringing lawyers and staff back to the office following prolonged periods of absence due to the COVID-19...more

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Lawyer impairment in the age of remote work

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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, most lawyers spent at least several months working at home. Law firms are now opening back up, but many anticipate allowing their lawyers to continue to work at home at least some days...more

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In-House Counsel Rely on Values, Teamwork to Navigate COVID-19 Challenges

Businesses and their legal counsel are being stress-tested by unprecedented developments largely out of their control: the 2020-21 COVID-19 pandemic and growing social unrest arising from racial justice issues in the United...more

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Lawyer Impairment: What Is A Law Firm To Do?

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In response to the coronavirus pandemic, many law firms implemented remote work systems. While this move was made to protect the physical health of law firm employees, it has made it more difficult to recognize and assess...more

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More Tech, More Problems? New ABA Rules on Professional Conduct for Working Virtually Provide Guidance

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In March, the American Bar Association (ABA) released a lengthy opinion on virtual practice. Formal Opinion 498 states that while the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct allow lawyers to conduct their practice virtually,...more

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ABA Provides Ethical Guidance for Virtual and Remote Practice of Law

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Over the past year, as attorneys increasingly have turned to out-of-office and out-of-courtroom work during the COVID-19 pandemic, ethical concerns specific to this operational format have come to the forefront. The American...more

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ABA Formal Opinion 498: What You Don't Know (About Practicing Law Virtually) Can Hurt You...Professionally

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Most of us, even old-timers, changed the way we practiced law when the Coronavirus pandemic hit. We stopped going to the office (as much), we worked remotely (a lot), and we video-conferenced a whole bunch (before March 13,...more

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ABA Ethics Committee Weighs in on Practicing Law Virtually

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In  Formal Opinion 498, issued on March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has provided some guidance on the ethical obligations triggered when a lawyer...more

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ABA Offers General Guidance for Virtual Law Practices, But Leaves Questions Unanswered

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The American Bar Association (ABA) has issued Formal Opinion 498, which outlines several of the ethical implications of maintaining a virtual law practice but focuses primarily on data privacy and security issues. Although...more

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ABA Provides New Guidance On Remote Work For Lawyers

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On March 10, 2021, the American Bar Association released new guidance for attorneys working remotely. While there has never been a distinction in the Model Rules for Professional Conduct between working in a brick-and-mortar...more

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Upcoming ABA Survey Identifies Lawyer Well-Being, Diversity Challenges

Later this month, the American Bar Association will release the results of its largest-ever member survey on the challenges they’ve faced during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they believe the practice of law should change as...more

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Make Your Zoom Meeting As Secure As Possible

For many lawyers, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic were a forced apprenticeship with virtual communications technologies, perhaps none more important than the easy-to-use, low-cost Zoom videoconferencing platform. Zoom...more

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