Topic
Client Files
15 published works
Dear Ethics Lawyer
July 15, 2024 Issue – Ownership of Client File Materials
Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, Occasionally, we have clients who request that we send them their files, either because the matter is completed, or because for one reason or another they…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
File retention and return
By Minnesota State Bar Association
By Susan HumistonFile retention and return is a frequent topic on our attorney ethics help line.1 The Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has addressed the topic in this column on…
Dear Ethics Lawyer
June 15, 2023 Issue – Conflicts Adversity to Client Who Left with Departing Lawyer
Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, I am a lawyer with a small firm. Recently, one of our partners (Betty) left the firm to join another firm, and Betty took with her…
La Revue
La CNIL rappelle les règles s’appliquant aux transferts de fichiers clients
À la suite d’une décision de sanction en novembre 2022, relative à l’utilisation à des fins de prospections par email, d’un fichier acheté à un data broker, la CNIL a…
Legal Profession Blog
No Substantial Connection
The Nebraska Supreme Court has affirmed the dismissal of a complaint against the Willkie Farr law firmThomas Yeransian appeals the district court’s order dismissing his complaint against the law firm…
Wiley Executive Summary
Claim Against Law Firm Alleging Failure to Transfer Client Files Satisfies Policy’s Definition of “Legal Services”
The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, applying Massachusetts law, has held that a claim asserted against a law firm alleging the failure to transfer client files…
EvidenceProf Blog
Cristina Gutierrez’s Issues Billing Clients for Work Done in Other Cases
By Colin Miller
Yesterday, I posted an entry about a number of unrelated documents from other cases being in the case file for Adnan Syed. As I noted in the comments section to my prior post, it…
Legal Profession Blog
Trash Bin Confidentiality Violation
A suspension of not less than two years without automatic reinstatement was imposed by the Indiana Supreme Court for ethics violations in several matters.Here's one that may catch your eye When…
Legal Profession Blog
Keeping Old Client Files
A recent Nebraska Ethics Advisory Opinion overrules an earlier opinion regarding retention/disposal of client files. The new opinion relies on changes in the rules of conduct.The opinion concludes that client…
Legal Profession Blog
File Sharing A Must
The Virginia Disciplinary Board has imposed a five-day agreed suspension with terms in a case involving a client file.The attorney was contacted by his former law partner with a request…