Six years ago, the ABA released Formal Opinion 10-457, which discusses the ethical obligations that lawyers must address in considering the content and features of their websites. Though undoubtedly late to the party — by 2010, many state regulators had already issued their own ethics rulings on websites — the ABA offered authoritative and important […]
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The Public Still Likes Books, So You Need to Be Print Friendly
A recent Pew Study reports that in spite of the increase over the past five years in the number of Americans who read ebooks (28%, up from 17%) and audio books (14% up from 11%), in 2016, a full 65 percent continue to read print books – 38% exclusively, with an additional 28 percent reading […]
How To Help Clients See What They’re Getting Into: Comic Contracts
What if people really understood the documents they were signing? That was the challenge that South African lawyer Robert de Rooy set out to address with the Comic Contract that he developed for one of his clients, Clemengold Mandarin fruit supplier. As described here and here, the Comic Contract uses visualization, with the parties depicted as […]
Because of Stupid Ethics Ruling, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished In Minnesota
Let’s say that you’re an attorney, duly licensed and happily practicing law in Colorado. One evening, your wife mentions that her parents in Minnesota are having a tough time resolving a dispute with a creditor, and asks if you could intercede on their behalf. Now, you’re well aware of the pitfalls of working for family […]
Future Fridays: Solo, What’s Your Future of Law?
These days, the legal profession is obsessed with the future of law. Burning questions — like”Will robots will replace lawyers?” or ”Can big data can predict case outcomes?” or ”Are we ever going to even come close to ensuring access to justice?” — occupy thought leaders and academics and legal technology companies, and dominate conversation […]
Should You Buy A Law Practice?
Though sales of medical and dental practices are fairly common, as are buy-ins (such as a biglaw attorney purchasing a partnership stake in a firm), many state regulators prohibited lawyers from selling a law practice. In 1990, the quick-moving (ha!) ABA finally moved itself to action , with the adoption of Model Rule 1.17 that permits […]
End of An Era
Today, I snapped my final back-to-school photo of my younger daughter Mira leaving for the first day of her senior year, and with the quiet and unceremonious click of my iPhone shutter, this era of my life comes to a close (of course, it goes without saying that I’m still entitled to first-day photos even […]