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Florida 2nd DCA disqualifies bank’s law firm in foreclosure related action since it also represented the defendant’s former lawyer in related malpractice claim
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert. This Ethics Alert will discuss the recent (September 21, 2011) Second District Court of Appeal opinion which held that a law firm which represents a defendant’s former lawyer in a related legal malpractice litigation must be disqualified. The case is: Frye v. Ironstone Bank, f/k/a Atlantic Read More
Read MoreLaw Firm’s Contact With Both Sides in Illinois Divorce Case Results in a Denial of all Attorney’s Fees
Welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert which will discuss an Illinois appeals court case that addresses the area of conflicts of interest in family law cases. In an October 14, 2011 opinion, an Illinois appellate court affirmed the trail court which found that a law firm which represented the wife in a divorce after initially Read More
Read MoreLaw Firm’s Contact With Both Sides in Illinois Divorce Case Results in a “Scary” Denial of all Attorney’s Fees
Happy Halloween and welcome to this “scary” JACPA Ethics Alert. This Alert will discuss an Illinois appeals court case that addresses the scary area of conflicts of interest in family law cases. In an October 14, 2011 opinion, an Illinois appellate court affirmed the trail court which found that a law firm which represented the Read More
Read MoreFirm’s Restrictive Agreement With Opposing Party Created Non-Waivable Conflict of Interest Second Circuit Rules
Hello everyone and welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert. This Alert will discuss the recent United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals case which ruled that a law firm representing employees in discrimination claims had an non-waivable conflict when it entered into an agreement wherein Nextel would pay the law firm $2 Read More
Read MorePennsylvania Lawyer Suspended for Three Years after Conviction for Delivering Marijuana to a Jail Inmate
Hello everyone and welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert. This Alert will discuss the recent case of a Pennsylvania lawyer who was suspended after his conviction for delivering marijuana to a jail inmate. The lawyer was initially suspended on February 3, 2010 based on his felony conviction and, in an Order of Read More
Read MoreFlorida Appellate Opinion Finds That Termination of Services “Penalty” Clause In Probate Contingency Fee Agreement Violates Bar Rule 4–1.5 and is Unenforceable
Hello everyone and welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert. This Alert will discuss the very recent Florida 4th DCA case wherein the court found a termination of services clause in a probate contingent fee to be unenforceable and a violation of Florida Bar Rule 4-1.5. The case is Guy Bennett Rubin, P.A. Read More
Read MoreVirginia Lawyer charged with violating Bar client confidentiality and advertising rules for blogging about former clients and closed cases
Hello everyone and welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert. This Ethics Alert will discuss the recent disciplinary charges against a Virginia lawyer for violating Virginia’s disciplinary rules related to client confidentiality and advertising for blogging about his former clients and closed cases. The disciplinary case was scheduled for a hearing before a Read More
Read MoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania begins Tweeting Notice of Opinions and Orders
Hello everyone and welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert. This Ethics Alert will discuss the recent press release of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania stating that it will publish its opinions and other information on a Twitter account. According an October 18, 2011 press release of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Read More
Read MoreNew Jersey Lawyer Censured for Altering Law School Transcripts Provided to Law Firm
Hello everyone and welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert. This Ethics Alert will discuss the recent (October 5, 2011) disciplinary opinion censuring a New Jersey lawyer for altering his law school transcript to increase his class grades and providing multiple altered law school transcripts to two New Jersey law firms with whom Read More
Read MoreMandatory Legal Malpractice Arbitration Clause in lawyer’s representation letter does not violate public policy: Florida Second DCA
Hello everyone and welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert. This Ethics Alert will discuss the interesting recent case of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP v. Forier, 67 So.3d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011) (rehearing denied August 17, 2011) wherein the 2nd DCA found that an arbitration clause in a Read More
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