Monthly Archives: September 2021

Posted on September 13, 2021 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss ABA Formal Ethics Opinion 499 which addresses lawyers’ passive investments in nonlawyer owned law firms in jurisdictions which allow it.  The September 8, 2021 Formal Opinion 499 is here: https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/aba-formal-opinion-499.pdf  … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 11, 2021 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent California appeals court opinion which found that an agreement giving lawyers “sole discretion” to settle client’s case violates ethics rules, appeals court says.  The case is Amjadi v. Brown, … Continue reading →

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