If a lawyer is a defendant to a lawsuit and their defense primarily rests on privileged information, what the lawyer is permitted to disclose often depends on what the lawyer is accused of and by whom ...

Law firms hiring lateral lawyers should be careful that they are not conflicting themselves out in the process. This is because a lateral lawyer’s conflicts are imputed to the new firm under the Rules ...

A judge in Island County Superior Court denied a defense attorney’s motion to disqualify the elected county prosecutor from participating in a case against a woman facing charges for allegedly ...

September 19, 2025 - Everyone knows the baseline rule: an attorney cannot, and should not, coach a witness on the record during a deposition or influence the witness to change testimony. A deposition ...

A new ABA ethics opinion says attorneys must narrowly limit disclosures to courts when seeking to withdraw from a case.

Attorneys owe a fiduciary duty of loyalty and good faith to their clients, among others, which requires them to act solely for the client’s benefit. If an attorney violates this duty by engaging in ...