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When the Model Rules of Professional Conduct were drafted to replace the Model Code, the drafters made an important change to a long-held attribute of the lawyer-client relationship. They changed the requirement that a lawyer act zealously on behalf of ...

Missouri was as profoundly affected by the Civil War as any state. The 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case of Missouri slave Dred Scott crystallized the struggle over slavery leading up to the Civil War four years later. The secession of ...

It was Christmas Eve, but no snow fell. A mere three weeks before, ice and cold had rocked the area, downing power lines, shutting down electricity, leaving people stranded. Since then, the weather had turned unseasonably warm. Stupidly warm, really, ...

Last week the U.S. Mint announced it was implementing regulations that would limit the exportation, melting and treatment of pennies and nickels. It seems the prices of copper, nickel and zinc have soared, so it now costs the U.S. Mint ...

Just recently, I had a client in my office who was talking to us about a legal matter. While I was involved with him in the intake interview, he made a very interesting comment that I thought I would pass ...

Do you ever want to strangle your client? I have had several less-than-desirable clients in my two years as a solo Joe, but a recent appearance in a night municipal court just east of Kansas City takes the cake. My ...

John Grisham has made a career writing books that often rely on legal situations bordering on the outrageous. In “The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town,” Grisham’s first foray into the true-crime genre, he has found a ...

Like squabbling kids, companies and workers have argued over the Family and Medical Leave Act ever since the law was passed in 1993. Business groups have filed legal challenges charging that the rules, which offer employees up to 12 weeks ...

One of the most basic, and most difficult ethical rules to understand and obey, is Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2(a). This is the rule that lays out the basic allocation of decisional authority between the lawyer and her client. ...

Attorney-client privilege is one of the cornerstones of our justice system, but the Department of Justice has spent the past few years chipping away at it with a sledgehammer. After the Enron debacle and other corporate crimes, Deputy Attorney General ...

Plenty of news stories attest that associates are not satisfied with their lot in life, particularly at large law firms. The current business model of these firms eats ’em up and spits ’em out. This culling process gets inexpensive labor ...