For many law firms, one of the most difficult risk-management issues they can face is receipt of a third-party subpoena seeking one of their client files.
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Category: Ethics & the Law
Do You Have a Minute? Supervising and Being Supervised
RPC 5.1 addresses the responsibility of lawyer-supervisors while RPC 5.2 outlines the corresponding duties of lawyer-subordinates. This column discusses different facets of those rules.
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Doing Justice: RPC 3.8 and the Special Responsibilities of Prosecutors
Although most lawyers think their practice area is unique, only one group of practitioners has its own rule: prosecutors.
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The ‘Hot Potato’ Rule: The Coolest Name in Legal Ethics
Under the “hot potato” rule, a law firm cannot drop a client “like a hot potato” to avoid a conflict.
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Crossing Over: Confidentiality at International Borders
Today’s technology becomes a sensitive point at international borders because inspections of electronic devices do not necessarily include the same legal protections as when operating within a country.
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Whatever Happened to Zeal?
Lawyers often speak of “zeal,” but the word disappeared from the Washington professional rules 40 years ago.
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