Lawyers and their duty to report faltering colleagues
An estimated 20 percent of attorneys struggle with mental health or substance misuse problems. Are lawyers ethically obligated to report colleagues who are in trouble? Read more @ legaldive.com
ABA faces call to ease rule barring lawyers from sharing fees with non-lawyers
A group of ethicists argues that fee-sharing arrangements can benefit consumers in the evolving marketplace for legal services without compromising lawyers’ ethics. Read more @ lawnext.com
Legal Ethics: Navigating the ethical challenges of advertising and solicitation in the digital age
Legal Ethics: Navigating the ethical challenges of advertising and solicitation in the digital age By Sari W. Montgomery In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, attorneys and law firms are increasingly [...]
ABA says lawyers need to understand GenAI, but not be experts
The ABA’s first major GenAI ethics opinion also said a lawyer is obligated to review AI outputs for accuracy before using them. Read more @ lawnext.com
Ethics opinion warns that lawyers must know what they are doing if using GenAI
The Pennsylvania bar opinion reminds lawyers that they are responsible for errors in generative AI-aided filings, such as hallucinated citations, and that AI tools carry the potential for bias. Read [...]
Legal Ethics: ABA model rule banning discrimination, sexual harassment remains controversial
Legal Ethics: ABA model rule banning discrimination, sexual harassment remains controversial By Sari W. Montgomery In recent years, the legal profession in the United States, like many other professions, has [...]
Legal Ethics: Unauthorized practice or a glimpse into the future?
Legal Ethics: Unauthorized practice or a glimpse into the future? By Sari W. Montgomery For the past 100 years, admission to the bar has been regulated by individual state [...]
Know when to ‘Just Say No’
Know when to 'Just Say No' By Sari W. Montgomery In the wake of recent well-publicized scandals involving clients using lawyers’ services to facilitate crimes, including money laundering and terrorist [...]
Legal Ethics: The promise and ethical pitfalls of ChatGPT
Legal Ethics: The promise and ethical pitfalls of ChatGPT By Sari W. Montgomery It’s hard to believe that months ago, few people had ever heard of OpenAI or ChatGPT. Yet, [...]
Legal Ethics: How to avoid discipline when you’ve made a mistake
Legal Ethics: How to avoid discipline when you’ve made a mistake By Sari W. Montgomery At some point in every lawyer’s career, they will be faced with the decision of [...]
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