Many lawyers have a tendency to brag about their work over cocktails with just about anybody who cares to listen. It is a combination of ego and selling. Recently, I was a faculty panel member at a PA Bar Institute program entitled “Cocktail…
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10 Things a Lawyer Should Never Say in a Social Setting – Cocktail Party Chatter
Tagged with: attorney-client privilege, Chris Fallon, Cocktail Party, Confidentiality, From the Sidebar, Hayes Hunt, Rules of Professional Conduct
Posted in Privilege
Posted in Privilege
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
Posted in Ethics & Professional Conduct
Posted in Ethics & Professional Conduct
