ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct: Current Reports Index-Summary

UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW

– Estate-planning firm, marginal role of lawyers (Ind.), 316
– Foreign legal consultant holding self out as N.Y. lawyer, disbarment (N.Y. App. Div.), 266
– India, foreign firms, satellite offices, 17
– Insurance firms, use of own staff lawyers to defend insureds (Ill. App. Ct.), 495; law, text, 495
– Mont. proposal (Mont.), 297; complaints against out-of-state lawyers, 298
– Nonlawyer businesses

– – Paralegal allowed to run law practice out of office, suspension (Mass.), 581
– – Prosecution of misdemeanors (S.C.), 551
– – Real estate conveyancing and title insurance services (1st Cir.), 404
– – Research center within lawyer's office, reprimand (Okla.), 614

– Outsourcing legal services, 449; steps to fulfill supervisory duties, 449
– Private party action, state finding (Fla.), 315
– Reinstatement, maintaining bankruptcy office in state where not licensed (Okla.), 386
– Suspended lawyers

– – Hiring independent contractor do to work for solo practice (Kan.), 537
– – Performing business tasks for corporate employers, reinstatement (Okla.), 644

– Transfer of case hinging on application of state law (W.D. Mo.), 496

UTAH

– Admission to bar, law school accreditation requirement, out-of-state lawyer with lengthy exemplary record (Utah), 125
– Conflicts of interest

– – Imputed disqualification, fast screening after opponent notice re possible conflict (D. Utah), 712; state rule on lateral moves, 712
– – Intellectual property, advance waiver application to subsequent clients (D. Utah), 598; waiver, text, 599

– Malpractice

– – Concurrent adverse representation, inference that secrets were disclosed (Utah), 370
– – Statutes of limitations, failure to timely file suit, client attempt to pursue underlying claim (Utah), 716