Tagged: #ethicsinbrief

Sometimes, even reviewing just a few aspects of a firm’s operations can indicate areas for improvement. And those facets are not necessarily where you would expect.

The safe harbor from having to report to the State Bar any discovery sanction is now partially potentially gone.

There are many fraught areas of legal ethics, but few that match the tension that is reflected in California Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2.1

In Hance v. Super Store Industries, 2020 WL 373070, (Jan. 23, 2020), the Court of Appeal for the Fifth District addressed two important ethics rules involving fee sharing and disclosure to the client regarding whether an attorney has legal malpractice insurance.

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