The fascist tide in the United States is moving so fast it is difficult to keep up with it. Spending what feels like the appropriate amount of time trying to digest what is happening, and figuring out what can be done about it, can be extremely deleterious to mental health and overall well-being. And yet, […]
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The world is already an exceedingly difficult place. Yet, I continue to seem to think it makes sense for me to spend time thinking I can influence how Texas goes about thinking about legal ethics. There should probably be a DSM-V category for this behavior, but oh well I am doing it again. (It’s probably […]
Given the state of the nation, it is very difficult to write anything about legal ethics that isn’t also about politics. So, I’m not even going to bother to try this week to come up with something that isn’t. Among the parade of daily horrors to the rule of law happening in the last 3 […]
Apparently, when you are the Tennessee Supreme Court that might just be something you are powerful enough to do. For a variety of reasons over the years, I have refrained from writing anything here about the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program. During the course of my career, there have been times I have been a huge […]
Many years ago now, I wrote a post about a lawyer improperly making a public announcement that they were no longer representing a prominent client. On the cusp of the United States beginning a journey caused by repeating one of its gravest electoral mistakes, I will not repeat that post in its entirety. Instead, I […]
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APRL Takes the Lead Again
Not quite, but almost, three years ago, I wrote about a proposal by the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers urging the ABA to revise Model Rule 5.5 to make it easier for clients to retain the lawyer of their choice without being inhibited by state lines. Regrettably, while the ABA has not yet ultimately acted […]
So, from time to time I have really thought about writing something about how much a particular column series in a major legal ethics publication bothers me. If you read the title of this post, and you have access to a subscription to Legal Ethics Law360, then you probably already know which one I am […]
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Another GAI ethics opinion & more
Among the topics I have been regularly addressing in presentations during 2024, including here at the end of year rush for CLE credits, has been the ethics issues associated with the rise of Generative AI. The core presentation I have done now almost 10 times has been a constant evolutionary process as things have rapidly […]
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Discussing a little discussed rule.
For certain, I have failed as a blogger by having another month or so of no content. Understand, I aim to do better on that front; I really do. Coming up with meaningful legal ethics issues to discuss here is not easy, but between my bustling practice (for which I am grateful) and other professional […]
Yes, I know. The gap in content around here is inexcusable. Every week or so I should at least post this gif to keep people interested. Today though we offer content. We are spurred to drop all the other projects and write because two things happened today. First, of local interest, the results for the […]