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Lawyers frequently overlook some of the obvious situations in which they may fall short of fulfilling their ethical duty. This can happen to lawyers in any size law firm.

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The ethics rules recognize that clients decide on the objectives of their attorney’s representation. However, lawyers usually decide on the means of meeting those objectives, and can also take actions that are “impliedly authorized” to meet the client’s objectives. Significantly, ...

A recent South Carolina case highlights the occasionally thorny issue of law firm names. In the case, a firm founder’s widow sued the firm for continuing to use her late husband’s name.  (Gignilliat v. Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, L.L.P, 684 ...

The legal profession deals with internally inconsistent arguments every day. As the old joke goes, we can file a pleading simultaneously contending that our client never had a dog, her dog did not bite the plaintiff and the bite was ...