In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis discusses recent developments in legal ethics.
Despite the onset of summer and the challenges facing every lawyer from the ongoing pandemic, there have been several noteworthy recent developments in the area of legal ethics. In his article, "The Good and the Troubling—Recent Developments in Professional Responsibility," Anthony Davis discusses three noteworthy recent ethics opinions dealing with the use of trade names by New York lawyers, duties to prospective clients and duties to clients when lawyers change law firms.
You can read "The Good and the Troubling – Recent Developments in Professional Responsibility," published by the New York Law Journal on July 3, 2020, at the NYLJ website (subscription may be required).
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