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Departing lawyer and law firm responsibilities
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Thomas Bonte
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September 5, 2016
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Departing lawyer and law firm responsibilities, Florida Bar Rule 4-5.8 2016 proposed amendment, Florida Bar Rule 4-5.8 lawyers leaving law firms, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyers leaving law firms
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Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the proposed additions to the Comment to Florida Bar Rule 4-5.8, which addresses the issue of what firm clients must be notified of a lawyer’s departure from the law firm. The BOG approved the rule amendments and the Bar will file an Omnibus Rules Petition Read More
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent decision of The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors of to approve language to be added to the comment to Florida Bar Rule 4-5.8 related to lawyers leaving law firms. An article in The Florida Bar News discusses the proposed revision and is Read More
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Thomas Bonte
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May 5, 2014
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Attorney discipline, Departing lawyer and law firm responsibilities, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer making punitive separation agreement with associate, Lawyer sanctions
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Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Indiana Supreme Court disciplinary opinion which imposed a public reprimand on a lawyer for, inter alia, making an associate sign and trying to enforce a separation agreement that limited the ability of associates to notify clients of their departure. The opinion Read More
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Thomas Bonte
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March 3, 2014
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Attorney/client confidentiality, Attorney/client privilege and confidentiality, Confidentiality and privilege, Departing lawyer and law firm responsibilities, Florida Bar, Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer trust accounts
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Tags: Attorney Ethics, attorney/client confidentiality, Bar ethics rules, client confidentiality, confidentiality, corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer trust accounts, nonrefundable fees, trust accounts
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Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Notice of the Florida Bar’s Board of Governors of its intent to consider changes to the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. The Notice is in the February 15, 2014 Florida Bar News and is on the Bar’s website here: https://www.floridabar.org/DIVCOM/JN/jnnews01.nsf/8c9f13012b96736985256aa900624829/d77053b5698a70ef85257c7b004b3384!OpenDocument The most Read More
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Thomas Bonte
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September 30, 2013
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Departing lawyer and law firm responsibilities, joe corsmeier, Joseph Corsmeier, Lawyer escrow accounts, Lawyer ethics, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinions, Lawyer trust accounts, Lawyer written fee agreements
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Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent Philadelphia Bar Association Ethics Opinion which states that a law firm can review incoming e-mails of former partner and is not required to program the e-mails to just be returned to senders and must also hold fee retainer funds which are disputed Read More
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