I hope everyone is planning a restful and warm holiday. I may or may not be blogging more this year (that’s always a spur-of-the-moment decision), so in the meantime, I’ll leave you with a few little stocking stuffers/nuggets of coal
Ethicking
Ethicking is a blog published by Halling & Cayo S.C., authored by attorney Stacie H. Rosenzweig, focusing on legal ethics and professional responsibility issues primarily affecting lawyers and credentialed professionals. The blog covers topics such as lawyer discipline, confidentiality and withdrawal from representation, conflicts of interest, social media conduct, information security best practices, and the intersection of legal ethics with current events and law practice management. It also addresses practical questions about ethical dilemmas lawyers face, including civility, professional conduct rules, and navigating complex regulatory environments. The content reflects insights from Wisconsin and Illinois jurisdictions but often discusses broader national ethical standards and developments.
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Selected Thoughts From the Select Committee Summary
Yesterday, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol held its last hearing and released the introductory report to its findings. The full report will not be released until tomorrow, but the summary material…
Short Takes After a Long Absence
Hello readers! It has been awhile, hasn’t it? I hit three years and then promptly disappeared. Hopefully I’ll be blogging more frequently now that the midterms are over and were not nearly as eventful as 2020 (for which we all…
A Disciplinary Twofer in Maine
The ABA Journal has reported the curious case of a solo practitioner, Donald Brown, who was suspended for misrepresenting his attendance at Internet-based CLE (and, also, reprimanded him for representing a client in a divorce case after they had been…
Three
This blog is three years old. If it were a child it could recognize colors and would hopefully be potty trained, though it still might need an afternoon nap. It launched on October 24, 2019. Before covid. Before Giuliani…
Welcome, Law Students? I'm Sure You've Got Questions
Pre-pandemic, I used to occasionally guest lecture in ethics classes at Marquette University Law School. Remote learning and restricted campus access put that on pause, but I’m excited to say the pause is over. Next month, I’ll be back…
There is Padding And Then There Is Whatever this Is
First, apologies for the lengthy absence, but between Covid, recovering from Covid, and a dumpster fire of a September calendar, time has been scarce.That’s an awkward intro to a short piece on lying about timekeeping and what you were doing,…
Be Careful With That Group Chat, You Don't Know What Company You Keep
First, greetings from the Covid Penalty Box. The plague finally hit my household last week, and I’m in time out for a bit. I’m feeling okay enough, but I am not 100%. The good(?) news is I was supposed to…
The Care and Feeding of a Lawyer Who’s Finally Done With Something
As I write this, I’ve spent the last two weeks preparing for and then actually in trial, with a two-day interruption for a nerd friend conference. I am finally done, and am using the one functioning brain cell I have…
What the heck…I mean you all saw that, right?
I’ve been deep in trial prep the last few days (and ahead of seeing my nerd friends at the Chicago conference, but that doesn’t mean my phone hasn’t been utterly lit up, as happens whenever a lawyer does something…