by Calli Padilla and Jason Bonk There is no more important time than now—perhaps even yesterday—to understand the critical importance of implementing, enforcing and training on policies reflecting best practices to protect companies against the all too real threat of…
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How to Protect Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege – Defense Fails in Sex Discrimination Case
By Thomas G. Wilkinson, Jr. and Alexa L. Sebia Last month, a Pennsylvania federal judge rejected a company’s claim to attorney-client privilege as an obstacle to pursuit of a sex discrimination suit brought by a lawyer and former employee.[1] The court…
Crime-Fraud Exception to Attorney-Client Privilege – Facebook’s Lawsuit
Hayes Hunt and Michael Zabel The crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege: As an attorney, you may not anticipate it applying to your emails, your letters or your advice to your client. But even if you never see it coming, your…
If You Uncover Potential Juror Bias, Do You Tell The Court? Yes
By Hayes Hunt, Thomas G. Wilkinson & Thomas M. O’Rourke On the eve of a criminal trial, you decide to Google the names of a few prospective jurors. One appears to have been suspended from the practice of law due to…
Blogger Beware – Lawyer Blogs: Free Speech and Advertising
By Hayes Hunt and Brian Kint Lawyers and law firms are increasingly using blogs, also referred to as “blawgs” along with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, to build their visibility and brand. While blogs do not have…
Tagged with: blawgs, free speech, law bloggers, lawyer advertising, legal blogs, Practice of Law, Rules of Professional Conduct, Social Media Law
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The Bad Habit of Emailing and Texting During a Conversation.
Something has changed dramatically about the way we communicate: we don’t talk to one another. We text, tweet, “like”, and comment as an alternative to speaking and listening. Why speak when we can merely type? Professionally, we email rather than go through the…
Tagged with: Client Communication, Conversation, Credibility, Emailing, From the Sidebar, Hayes Hunt, Nonverbal Communication, Texting
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Posted in Ethics & Professional Conduct
Client Costs and Litigation Expenses: Ticket to Toledo
I need to get to Toledo. I can fly PennAir or OhioJet, same flight times. I am a preferred member on PennAir and receive “free” upgrades, bonus miles, and all the things which make me believe PennAir prefers me. …
CON MAN CLIENT
New York Times reporters Eric Lichtblau and James Risen wrote a front-page article about Dennis Montgomery, a computer programmer, who received $20 million from the US Government for software that was supposed to thwart terrorism. The article suggests that Mr. Montgomery’s technology may…
Tagged with: American Bar Association Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.6 and 1.9, Attornery-Client Relationship, Con Man, Confidentiality, Cozen O'Connor, Dennis Montgomery, Duties to Former Clients, Ethics, Ex-Client, Federal Rule of Evidence 404 (a)(1) and 405 (a), Hayes Hunt, In Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, James Risen, Mike Wallace, New York Times, Professional Duties, Samurai, Seppuku
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