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Wednesday, August 2, 2017According to a recent article on Law.Com about the National Cannabis Bar Associations’ first Cannabis Law Institute which had 150 lawyers in attendance, an IRS Lawyer told the gathering that the IRS is not targeting Cannabis lawyers or businesses. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, August 1, 2017The continued rise in substance abuse with lawyers and judges gets to be a larger problem. A 2016 Hazelden Betty Ford study reported that 20.6 percent of the lawyers and judges surveyed reported problematic alcohol use. READ MORE >>
Friday, July 28, 2017Having failed the bar exam multiple times Mark Tetzlaff has sued the Illinois State Bar(State Bar) over not being able to take the Bar Exam in an open book format. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaint filed against the State Bar, Tetzlaff, an alcoholic, suffers from memory loss and depression. READ MORE >>
Friday, July 21, 2017A Florida Grand Jury declined to bring charges against a Florida man, John Marshall, that killed his neighbor, Theodore Hubbell Jr, dumped the body in the back up his pickup truck and then proceeded the 30 miles to his lawyer’s office. Attorney Harris immediately called 911 to report the murder. READ MORE >>
Monday, July 10, 2017According to the New Jersey Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics Committee Avvo’s client-linking services marketing fee violate the ban on lawyer-referral payments and ban on sharing fees with non-lawyers in their June 21 Opinion. Avvo two legal services website products are Avvo Advisor and Avvo Legal Services. READ MORE >>
Monday, June 26, 2017Earlier this month we reported that Kentucky Attorney Conn after having plead guilty to gaming the Social Security System out of over $550 Million and leaving thousands of former clients devastated was on the Lam. READ MORE >>
Thursday, June 22, 2017Legal Outsourcing is a growing trend in the practice of law. This allows law firms to expand their practice when needed without taking on the fix expenses associated with hiring addition staff. But Legal Outsourcing does add additional risk and exposures to firms. READ MORE >>
Friday, June 16, 2017In Errant Gene Therapeutics, LLC v. Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, a protective order stated:
“Confidential and Attorneys’ Eyes Only information shall be used by the Receiving Party solely for the purposes of preparation for trial, pretrial proceedings, and trial... READ MORE >>
Tuesday, June 13, 2017Formal Opinion 477 provides new guidelines when using e-mail communication with clients. The new standard balance the protection levels needed when using electronic communication with clients. The standard of ‘reasonable effort’ to unauthorized access of internet client communication needs to be followed. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, June 6, 2017Previously we reported on Kentucky Attorney Conn who plead guilty to gaming the social security System out of over $550,000,000. According to the ABA Journal Attorney Conn cut his ankle bracket and has disappeared. The FBI has issued a warrant for his arrest. READ MORE >>
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