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Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Top 10 Tips to Help Avoid Trouble

As an attorney and mediator who specializes in professional liability cases and issues affecting lawyers and their firms, I’ve learned that while the fact patterns and circumstances of every case are different, even the best...more

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Climate-Competent Lawyering

It is becoming increasingly difficult to practice law without some knowledge of climate change as well as the law related to climate change. Irma Russell, Matt Bogoshian, and I recently published an article making the case...more

Legal Internet Solutions Inc.

Gen AI and Attorney Ethics: A State-by-State Roundup

Be cautious, be curious, be vigilant, and be brave. Those were the words of the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. It is good advice. GenAI is here and lawyers need to understand its...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Can Insurers Dictate How the Insured’s Deposition Will be Conducted?

This blog post is the third in a series on common ethical challenges that arise while preparing for and conducting depositions. Insurers and large corporate legal departments are sophisticated consumers of legal services, but...more

WilmerHale

Federal Circuit Patent Watch: Ordering In-Person Appearance to Testify Regarding Potential Fraud on the Court is within Court's...

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - 1.  BACKERTOP LICENSING LLC [OPINION] (23-2367, 23-2368, 24-1016, 24-1017 Prost, Hughes, and Stoll) - Hughes, J. The Court affirmed the District Court’s orders (1)...more

Marshall Dennehey

Law Firm Breakups

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Law firm breakups are fraught with the potential for attorney misconduct. Attorneys who determine they can no longer work together will often take the additional step of accusing one another of inappropriate conduct....more

Fishman Haygood LLP

Ethical Rules for Using Generative AI in Your Practice

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At the risk of stating the obvious, we are still in the early days of what we believe to be an “AI Revolution” in the way that goods and services, including legal services, are and will be provided. That means that we do not,...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

False Testimony During Deposition Calls for Careful Response

This blog post is the second in a series on common ethical challenges that arise when preparing for and conducting depositions. What is a litigator ethically bound to do when a client lies during a deposition? This is not an...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Lawyer “Friend Requests” Are Off-Limits for Deposition Witness Research

This blog post is the first in a series on common ethical challenges that arise when preparing for and conducting depositions. Social media offers such a wealth of details about a person’s circumstances and beliefs that...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

The Attorney I Spoke to Ran a Conflict Check. Do They Represent Me Now?

Finding an attorney who is the right fit can be tough and it may mean you have to speak to more than one before you find someone you like. Have you ever wondered what happens if you decide to retain one attorney over the...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] "My AI Did It!" Is No Excuse for Unethical or Unprofessional Conduct: Consideration of recent case law and ethics...

Consideration of ethical and professional issues raised by Florida attorneys use of AI, including the following: - Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 (01/19/24). (Copy to be provided for download.) Overview of the opinion...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Actionable Advice When Sharing Client Data with Vendors

We’ve previously written on the need for law firms to scrutinize the data security protections in place at all third-party vendors who have access to client confidential information. Clearly, that’s still good advice....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

USPTO Provides Guidance on Using AI-Based Tools in Filing and Preparing Patent and Trademark Applications

On April 11, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) published new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) based tools in connection with preparing and prosecuting patent and...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Curb Unprofessional Conduct At Your Next Deposition

Incivility during contentious depositions is not a new topic for this blog. While the available evidence indicates that professionalism toward legal adversaries is on the rise, the topic of overbearing behavior during...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Lawyers for the...

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Default Judgment Against Attorney After He Repeatedly Fabricated Expert Witness Disclosures "From...

Iavor Stoyanov v. Himont Law Group, Ltd., et al., 2024 IL App (1st) 221434-U (April 15, 2024) - Brief Summary - The First District Appellate Court in Illinois held that the trial court (Judge Patrick J. Sherlock) was correct...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

Womble Bond Dickinson

For All Patent/Trademark Practitioners: USPTO Provides Guidance for Use of AI in Preparing USPTO Submissions

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The USPTO expounds a clear message for patent and trademark attorneys, patent agents, and inventors: use of artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, in patent and trademark activities and filings before the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

USPTO Issues Additional Guidance on Use of AI Tools in Connection with USPTO Matters

The USPTO issued guidance on February 6, 2024 that clarified existing rules and policies and discussed how to apply them when AI is used in the drafting of submissions to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and Trademark...more

JAMS

Why You Do You Resonates With Me When Resolving Disputes

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“You do you.” This has become one of my new favorite sayings, as my spouse can attest. In fact, his birthday card to me this year had this phrase on the front because I frequently invoke these words as a mantra. As I enter my...more

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.

The Impact of Media and Technology on the Litigation Landscape with Sabrina Mizrachi, Deputy General Counsel at Estée Lauder

In this episode, Gina Rubel goes on record with Sabrina Mizrachi, who is the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Litigation and Global Product Regulatory at Estée Lauder. Sabrina provides regulatory guidance, manages...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Be Ready for a Reptile-Reboot

The “Reptile” approach to trying civil cases by targeting a fear response has transitioned from being a novelty to being a mainstay in a little more than a decade. While the approach has not always been taken seriously by...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Litigation and Investigation Implications for Companies Adopting GenAI

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has seen a rapid expansion in personal and commercial use. Tools such as ChatGPT have helped to automate mundane tasks, create first drafts of communications and streamline research....more

Woods Rogers

I’m So Lost: Navigating the Labyrinth of Legal Ethics, Professionalism, and Civility to Improve Understanding, Avoid Discipline,...

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Lawyers are members of a learned and honorable profession, subject to legal ethics rules, and encouraged to be civil as they practice their craft. These fundamental concepts—legal ethics, professionalism, and civility—were...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy Court Provides an Object Lesson to Practitioners: Return Your Client’s Calls

Judge Jacqueline P. Cox recently found that three Illinois attorneys violated their ethical obligations by failing to return their client’s phone calls. She thus ordered the attorneys to return half of their...more

Array

This Week in eDiscovery: State of the Industry Highlights, Acronym Glossary, and Judge Rodriguez Insights

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Every week, the Array team reviews the latest news and analysis about the evolving field of eDiscovery to bring you the topics and trends you need to know. This week’s blog covers the week of January 8-14. Here’s what’s...more

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