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When May a Lawyer Have an Intimate Relationship With a Constituent of an Organizational Client?
Rule 1.8(j) unequivocally prohibits a lawyer from having sexual relations with a client unless a consensual sexual relationship between them existed prior to the attorney-client relationship. Comment 17 to the rule explains that the lawyer-client relationship is a fiduciary one, involving the need for the highest trust and confidence of the client.Proposed HSR Changes Require More Info, Will Screen Transactions for Labor Market Effects
In June, the FTC unveiled a proposal that will require parties to provide significantly more information and data in premerger filings.View more book results for the query "Stinson LLP"
Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs
Robins Kaplan partner Michael Collyard secured pre- and post-judgment interest on a $564 million jury verdict he won last year against BMO Harris Bank stemming from one the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.Stinson Expands Into Southeast With New Tampa Office
"People from Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kansas City and from the middle of the country, they move to the west coast of Florida when they come to Florida," said Marc Weintraub, a partner at the Am Law 200 firm. "It's the right place to be for the connectivity that Stinson has with its Midwestern client base."Disclosure of Client Document Concealment Learned Post-Settlement
Arguably, the concealment of relevant information in order to induce a settlement is a fraud and, in some circumstances, also a crime.Why Is Big Law Growing When Demand Is Dropping?
Many firms are "relying on some natural attrition, and it's not coming along as fast as they'd like," Wells Fargo's Owen Burman said.The Tricky Matter of Gifts and Hospitality to Judges
From a lawyer's perspective, they are covered by ABA Model Rule 3.5(a), the current version of which prohibits a lawyer from seeking to "influence" a judge by means "prohibited by law." In addition, some authorities read Rule 3.5 in conjunction with ABA Model Judicial Code Rule 3.13(B), permitting judges only to accept "ordinary social hospitality" and "items with little intrinsic value."State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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