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Here is good news for lawyers who hope to use their successful representation of specific clients to promote their law practices. Recently, the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, addressing a lawyer’s blog, ruled that the lawyer had a First Amendment right to...
Amended Illinois Rule of Professional Conduct 707 now requires out-of-state attorneys to obtain permissions to represent parties in court-annexed mediations and arbitrations. The rule will limit the number of such proceedings (and court proceedings) in which the...
Rule 3.5 of the Rules of Professional Conduct prohibits lawyers form communicating with jurors during a proceeding unless the lawyers are specifically authorized to do so. The comments (modeled on ABA Model Rule Comments that were likely drafted in 2002 or earlier) do...
Earlier this year, Mary Pat Benz co-authored an article with Bridget A. Mitchell that was published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. The article discusses the ethical implications when a personal-injury case is settled, but the defense counsel requests that the...