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23 Feb 2015, 11:30 am
“The hearing panel’s reasons suggest that there will rarely be a conflict of interest on a transaction if the lawyer advises on legal, and not commercial, issues in a transaction; that general practice in a sector of the legal community may determine the standard for finding a conflict; and that a finding of conflict of interest requires that a lawyer in fact preferred the interests of one… [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 9:52 am
DISCUSSION As a lawyer, I take a strict, traditionalist view of legal “ethics” rules that truly pertain to honesty: Don’t lie to a judge, never allow yourself to be in a conflict with your client’s interest, etc. [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 9:52 am
DISCUSSION As a lawyer, I take a strict, traditionalist view of legal “ethics” rules that truly pertain to honesty: Don’t lie to a judge, never allow yourself to be in a conflict with your client’s interest, etc. [read post]
3 May 2014, 6:45 pm
She argues that the petitioner should not have performed any further services once it was determined that counsel had a conflict of interest. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 4:00 am
Their other two major features are to automate routine legal services, and to enable related non-legal services to be provided with legal services. [read post]
10 Apr 2010, 11:09 pm
Consequently, Hillman posits that “the legal profession’s current stance on client choice rests on the slim foundation of a handful of rather tentative and obscure ethics opinions rendered when the market for legal services was far less competitive than it is today. [read post]
25 May 2022, 3:26 pm
It applies to all interactions between [a non-lawyer] and [their] clients, regardless of whether [legal advice] is ever sought, offered, or performed. [read post]
18 May 2023, 4:00 am
Rather, the Model Code defines a “client” as a person who: (a) consults a lawyer and on whose behalf the lawyer renders or agrees to render legal services; or (b) having consulted the lawyer, reasonably concludes that the lawyer has agreed to render legal services on his or her behalf. and includes a client of the law firm of which the lawyer is a partner or… [read post]
26 May 2024, 7:49 pm
Introduction Contingency fee agreements are arrangements whereby lawyers agree with their clients to receive a percentage of the final awarded amount in terms of payment of legal services. [read post]
26 Oct 2014, 9:00 am
Clearly, whether you have paid for the services allegedly rendered by the attorney or your papers and property or not, withholding client files upon discharge of the attorney is not an ethical option for her. [read post]
25 Nov 2014, 5:03 pm
The attorney-client privilege seeks to insure that one seeking legal advice will be able to confide fully and freely in his attorney, secure in the knowledge that his or her confidences will not later be exposed to his or her legal detriment. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 4:00 am
Most lawyers might have trouble digesting Vavilov, let alone those “lesser legal services providers” having lesser legal training and educational requirements. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 10:02 am
A lawyer shall not permit a person who recommends, employs, or pays the lawyer to render legal services for another to direct or regulate the lawyer’s professional judgment in rendering such legal services. [read post]
10 Nov 2022, 4:00 am
Online Dispute Resolution: Filling the Void Left by Lawyers’ Monopoly on Legal Services and Compelling a Regulatory Reckoning in the Conflict Marketplace 2022 CanLIIDocs 1480 David Rainsberry is counsel at LAWPRO. [read post]
19 Oct 2020, 6:55 am
Compensation payable to the personal representative is in addition to any attorney fees payable to the attorney or the attorney’s firm for legal services rendered to the personal representative. [read post]
28 Jan 2018, 7:45 am
Anyone interested in contracts should also read Ken's blog. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 4:00 am
But, should those self-interested benchers be allowed to vote, in spite of that conflict of interest? [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 11:12 am
Conflicts of Interest — since LPO providers are not bound by the ethical obligations imposed on US lawyers. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 4:00 am
In 2008, the ABA created a formal opinion—Lawyer’s Obligations When Outsourcing Legal and Non-Legal Support Services. [read post]
5 Jan 2016, 8:34 pm
The relationship of an attorney and client shall exist between a professional service corporation organized under article fifteen of the business corporation law to practice as an attorney and counselor-at-law and the clients to whom it renders legal services. [read post]
