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 [...]
Ethics: Opposing counsel inadvertently sends you privileged information. Now what?
Ethics: Opposing counsel inadvertently sends you privileged information. Now what? By Sari W. Montgomery What are a lawyer’s duties when he or she receives information from an opposing party or [...]
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 what [...]
ABA ethics panel tackles ‘reply all’ emails
The ethics issue at play here is the prohibition against a lawyer directly contacting the client of the opposing lawyer in a matter, concluding that copying a client on emails and texts is implied consent to a reply-all response.
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