Ethical Issues in Departing Employee Litigation
What are the key ethical issues that typically come up for lawyers handling departing employee litigation?
Top 15 Proposed Changes to Texas Lawyer Advertising Rules
These proposed changes would allow trade names and make it easier for Texas lawyers to share educational content on social media.
Influential Blogger Recommends Tweaking New Texas Ethics Rules
The proposed revisions to the Texas ethics rules for lawyer advertising are a welcome development, but they could be improved.
One Law Dude’s Reflections on #MeToo, and Seinfeld
Can a show about nothing teach us something about workplace conduct between the sexes?
Ethics Tips for Law Bloggers
Six important ethics tips for lawyers who blog. All the disclaimers.
Florida Man Friends Judge on Facebook, Defeats Motion to Disqualify
Florida Supreme Court holds that Facebook friendship with lawyer did not require disqualification of judge.
Social Media in Litigation Part 4: Jury Research
What are the ethical limits on lawyers using social media to research members of the jury panel?
Social Media in Litigation Part 3: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
A judge’s Facebook friendship with a lawyer doesn’t necessarily require recusal. What about a campaign contribution?
Track These Changes: Ethics of Inadvertent Disclosure of Metadata
Texas Ethics Opinion 665 says Texas lawyers have an ethical duty to avoid inadvertently disclosing confidential metadata, but not an ethical duty to disclose they received inadvertently-sent confidential metadata
Do Lawyers Have an Ethical Duty to Disclose That Their Clients Took Confidential Information?
A recent Texas ethics opinion addresses two issues concerning disclosure of confidential information.