Scholarly Articles & Institutional Publications

The full text of Rule 1.1 is available at: http://www.americanbar… The full text of ABA resolution is available at: http://www.americanbar… Open PDF

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Legal Intelligence (May 9, 2012) The full text is available at: http://www.briggs…

South Carolina Lawyer 8 (January 2012) Author reviews the most important developments in professional ethics in 2011: (i) Advertising – Amendments to South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct; (ii) Advertising – Groupon and similar services; (iii) Advertising—Misrepresentation on websites; (iv) Appointments – Just compensation for legal services; (v) Appointments – Right to counsel in civil […]

The Authors’ Abstract: “The evolution of the Internet has forever changed the legal landscape. The Internet is the world’s largest marketplace, copy machine, and instrumentality for committing crimes, torts, and infringing intellectual property. Justice Holmes’s classic essay on the path of the law drew upon six centuries of case reports and statutes. In less than […]

The basic obligation of lawyers with regard to confidential client information is clear: lawyers must take reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of such information. South Carolina Rule of Professional Conduct (SCRPC) 1.6, comment 18 states: “When transmitting a communication that includes information relating to the representation of a client, the lawyer must take reasonable precautions to prevent the information […]

From the article: The basic obligation of lawyers with regard to confidential client information is clear: lawyers must take reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of such information. South Carolina Rule of Professional Conduct (SCRPC) 1.6, comment 18 states: “When transmitting a communication that includes information relating to the representation of a client, the lawyer must take reasonable precautions […]

The Kentucky Bar Association Bench & Bar Volume 62, Number 2, Spring 1998. pp. 14-23   From the Article: “The information superhighway may be fraught with dangers for attorneys, particularly those who are apt to skirt the rules. Unwary lawyers may risk losing their license for inadvertently betraying client confidences, by soliciting clients on listservs […]