Contact Us
Subscribe to this blog via RSS
Join us on LinkedInArchives
Categories
- Legal Ethics
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Responsibility
- Economic Development
- Commercial Lease
- Fair Housing
- Corporate and Business Tax
- Small Business
- Tax Incentives
- Taxation
- Employment Law
- Non-exempt employees
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Laws
- Hospitality
- Estate Planning
- Landlord
- Lease
- Small Claims
- Tenant
- Malpractice Litigation
- Defense Attorneys
- Federal Election Campaign Act
- Insurance Defense
- Legal Insight and Litigation
- Equine law
- Bankruptcy
- Health Care Law
- Bad Faith Claims
- Hospitals
- Mediation
- Medical Malpractice
- Patient Safety Systems
- Personal Injury Protection
- Corporate
- Litigation
- Municipal Liability
- Business Entities
- Business Formation and Planning
Valerie Michael
Showing 2 posts by Valerie Michael.
Legal Ethics Case Study: The Fen-Phen Settlement Fraud Caught in a Legal Web
Legal ethics rules and opinions don’t exist in a vacuum. They are good-faith attempts to provide practical guardrails for the complex and ever-changing behemoth that is the practice of law, and they have plenty of flexibility. Once those lines truly begin to blur, however, the situation can rapidly escalate as your career loses its footing. Depending on which way you trip, you may find yourself ensnared in more than one net. More >
Attorneys: AI Impact on Ethics Obligations Begins at Intake
Lawyers have an ethical duty to understand how AI usage not only implicates their own practice of law, but also how AI impacts the attorney-client relationship. Clients use AI to summarize emails, draft outlines, brainstorm arguments, and attempt to address situations before ever calling a lawyer. That behavior has created a new intake risk before a client matter even begins. Increasingly, the first intake questions are no longer just “When did this happen?” or “Was that agreement in writing?” Intake questions must also include “Did you ask AI about this?” More >
