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Client Representation Conflicts of Interest Ethics

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So, You Made a Mistake. Do You Need to Tell Your Client?

Consider the following hypothetical. A corporate client hires a lawyer in connection with purchasing a controlling interest in an LLC. The lawyer structures the deal to lower the client's tax liability based on his assumption...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

Breaking Silence: The Ethics of Lawyers Critiquing Clients

Several weeks ago, attorney Mark Lemley was criticized for having the temerity to terminate his representation of Meta during an ongoing copyright infringement case because of its CEO’s alleged “descent into toxic...more

Marshall Dennehey

New ABA Formal Ethics Opinion on Attorney Office Sharing Arrangements

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The American Bar Association recently issued a Formal Ethics Opinion addressing the ethics of attorney office sharing arrangements. In Formal Opinion 507, issued on July 12, 2023, the ABA Standard Committee on Ethics and...more

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