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Ghosts of Clients Past: 3 Ethical Duties to Former Clients and Things to Consider When Moving Between Firms

Congratulations, you won (or more likely settled) the case! Your last invoice has been paid, you have closed out the file, and after a handshake from your thankful client, you are ready to move on to your next matter. There...more

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Florida Non-competes: Enforceability And Application Of Non-Solicitation Covenants When Former Customers When Customers Initiate...

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An employer has a legitimate business interest in prohibiting an employee from soliciting customers whom the employer has a substantial relationship. Hilb Rogal & Hobbs of Fla., Inc. v. Grimmel, 48 So.3d 957, 31 IER Cases...more

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2 Clients Seeking Damages from 1 Pool of Money Equals 1 Disqualified Attorney

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• In Bridgepoint Construction Services, Inc. v. Newton, et al., the California Court of Appeal recently affirmed a trial court's decision to disqualify an attorney from representing multiple clients who all sought damages...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Appearance of Impropriety Isn’t Sufficient for Disqualifying Counsel

After coming under scrutiny by North Carolina Supreme Court officials, appearance-of-impropriety standards are no longer sufficient in determining when former clients may or may not disqualify counsel. As of last April,...more

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ABA Explains When a Lawyer Must Tell a Client About a Mistake by the Lawyer

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• The American Bar Association's (ABA) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently released Formal Opinion 481 addresses the question when a lawyer who has made a mistake must tell the client about...more

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ABA Ethics Opinion Clarifies Confidentiality Duties To A Former Client

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One of the most commonly misunderstood terms in the Rules of Professional Conduct is contained in the admonition of Rule 1.9(c)(1) (“Duties to Former Clients”) that a lawyer may not “use information relating to the...more

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The New ABA Opinion on the “Generally Known” Exception to Former-Client Confidentiality and Disqualification: An Attempt to Put a...

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• In Formal Opinion 479, the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently sought to define the important term of “generally known” information. • Information is...more

Butler Snow LLP

What Are Our Obligations With Regard to a Client’s File?

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Recently, while catching up on my “pleasure” reading — the November issue of The Alabama Lawyer — during a lunch break, I came across an article from the Office of General Counsel regarding the “Retention, Storage, Ownership,...more

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Who’s the “Real Client”? Attorney-Client Privilege Between Firm In-House Counsel And Other Firm Lawyers

While attorneys provide legal advice to their clients, they are sometimes the recipients of such advice from their own counsel, including in-house firm counsel. Agreeing with recent decisions by the highest courts of Georgia...more

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