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PENNSYLVANIA

– Breach of contract, reasonableness of attorneys' fee award (Pa.), 37
– Consulting firm securing personal injury clients for fee, lawyer participation (Phila. Op.), 672
– Contract lawyer, duty to law firm's client (Phila. Op.), 407
– Corporate attorney-client privilege waiver, in-house legal communications (Pa.), 93; text of statute, 93
– Death sentence after murder conviction, disbarment (Pa.), 505
– Division of fees with D.C. firm with nonlawyer partner (Phila. Op.), 556
– Law firms, virtual office as primary workspace (Pa. Op.), 606
– Leaked e-mails, flawed response, sanction (W.D. Pa.), 127
– Malpractice

– – Affiliate loss, corporate client suit against outside counsel (W.D. Pa.), 466
– – Takeover attempt of client, helping corporate competitor (E.D. Pa.), 490

– Sale of law firm, sharing client specifics with potential buyer (Pa. Op.), 609
– Solicitation via social media (Phila. Op.), 432
– State suit against defendant, standing to challenge firm hired on contingent fee basis to prosecute (Pa.), 533

PERJURY

– Client lies

– – Deposition testimony (New York County Op.), 200
– – Invocation of candor rule, lawyer's knowledge of client intent (Conn.), 338
– – Remedy (N.Y. Op.), 199

PERSONAL INJURY

– Arbitration of fee disputes, Md. firm representing D.C. client (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), 636
– Billing for outsourced services (Ohio Sup. Ct. Op.), 12
– Consulting firm securing clients for fee, lawyer participation (Phila. Op.), 672
– Continued representation of client with malpractice claim, suspension (Kan.), 293
– Fee-sharing agreements

– – Enforceability of agreement not in conformity with ethics rule (8th Cir.), 422
– – Post-settlement fee award to client over firm named in agreement (2d Cir.), 130

– National law firm, branch office staffed by in-state lawyer (R.I.), 62
– Settlement, lawyer promise to indemnify third party against debts (Tenn. Op.), 641

PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS

– Attorney-client privilege

See ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE

– Inadvertent disclosure

– – Civil procedure rule (Fla.), 589; text, 589
– – Unauthorized person, Insights, 623

– Judicial proceedings privilege, malpractice, posting documents on internet (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), 309
– Litigation privilege

– – Filing lis pendens notice (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), 197
– – Malpractice

See MALPRACTICE, subheading: Litigation privilege

– Patent infringement action, sharing documents for possible litigation financing (D. Del.), 430
– Work product protections

See WORK PRODUCT

PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION

See ADMISSION TO THE BAR

PRO SE REPRESENTATION

– Client self-representation

– – Assistance, disclosure to court (Mich. informal Op.), 383; opinions of other jurisdictions, 384
– – Ghostwriting lawyers, disclosure of presence (N.Y. County Op.), 290
– – Hiding work done for bankruptcy filers, convictions (7th Cir.), 534

– Lawyer self-representation

– – Anti-contact rule violation, suspension (N.D.), 615
– – Attorney's fees incurred during fee collection suit (Haw. Ct. App.), 554

PROBATE MATTERS

See WILLS AND ESTATES

PROCEDURE

– Default judgment, complainant failure to specify damages (Cal. Ct. App.), 98
– In-house counsel, wrongful termination, counterclaim re fiduciary duty breach (N.Y. App. Div.), 67
– Inadvertent disclosure rule (Fla.), 589; text, 589
– Noncomplying pleading, conspiracy suit (Cal. Ct. App.), 197
– SLAPPs, protections against

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 4364

PROPERTY OF CLIENT

See CLIENT FUNDS AND PROPERTY

PROSECUTORS

– Defamation and false light claims, expert testimony re ethics standards (Wash. Ct. App.), 97
– Disclosure duty

– – (Ohio), 137
– – Panelist discussion, 359; ethics advice, 360

– Dismissing case against own client, disbarment (La.), 205
– Disqualification

– – Homicide case, representing accused after signing search warrants (Ga.), 464
– – Immediate appeal (S.C.), 339
– – Victim's mother's role in bringing rape charges (Colo.), 697

– Immunity, fabricating evidence (U.S., dism), 44
– Interviewing suspect represented in other matter (Ill.), 196
– Intimate relationship between criminal defense lawyer and appellate prosecutor, informing client (Mass.), 197
– Misconduct, Cal. treatment, report, 651
– Opinion work product, discovery in civil suit (Ky.), 336
– Subpoena issued to defense counsel, court approval (Kan.), 425
– Withdrawal as counsel for criminal clients untimely, suspension (La.), 204
– Withholding evidence, improper closing arguments, and violations of court order, suspension (Cal. Bar Ct. Review Dep't), 136

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