Lawyers are known to "talk shop" with other lawyers, online or in person, to review hot legal issues of the day. One popular legal community is the listserv—an email group that may be tailored to a ...

Trust and estate practice in New York demands attorneys stay attuned to the ethical pitfalls that arise at every stage of ...

I hear this concern often. Lawyers, legal marketing professionals, and others in law firms tell me that lawyers remain very concerned about how to stay out of trouble when posting in social media.

In law, confidentiality is sacred, or nearly so. Generally, it appears in either one of two settings: confidentiality between a lawyer and his client, and confidentiality in settlement negotiations.

Maintaining client confidentiality is a cornerstone of practicing law, and it is also essential to preserving trust and maintaining professionalism. Unfortunately, many lawyers forget or are not aware ...

Multiple parties bear some portion of blame for the unacceptable recording of privileged conversations between defense lawyers and their clients in jails and prisons in Los Angeles and Orange counties ...

A proposed AICPA ethics rule would clarify that certain reviews of a tax practice are included in the exceptions to the ­AICPA Professional Standards prohibition on disclosing confidential client ...

Q. I am an attorney. While a potential client and I were preparing her will, she asked how it would be affected if she committed suicide. A little flustered, I asked if she was seriously considering ...

From the Winter 2007 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 30. Many state public records laws make… From the Winter 2007 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 30. Many state public records laws ...

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE EXTENDS to accountants under the Kovel rule when a CPA acts at the direction of the lawyer to provide information for the client. Inadvertent disclosure of confidential ...