Month: September 2013

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...