Ethics Opinion 946
Topic: Payments from lawyer’s trust account to third parties at direction of client.
Topic: Payments from lawyer’s trust account to third parties at direction of client.
Topic: Disclosure of client wrongdoing.
Topic: Law firm business card of non-attorney; title of non-attorney law school graduate
Topic: Referrals of clients; notice to clients as to legal fees
Topic: Conflict of interest involving an attorney’s spouse
Topic: Use of off-site backup tapes to store a client’s confidential information; retention of files in original paper form
Topic: Maintaining confidentiality of client information as between independent lawyers sharing office space and computer
Topic: Law firm ownership of business that provides nonlegal services and pays for “leads”
Topic: Promotional gifts branded with a law firm’s logo
Topic: Designation of departing former name partner, who is taking an in-house counsel position, as “Special Counsel” on letterhead.