February 2023 LEMR Feature Article: Awash in a Sea of Technology Author: Dr. Michael H. Hoeflich This article is featured in Volume 4, Number 2 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. When I went to work for a Wall Street law firm in 1978, I was impressed by the technology available to lawyers and staff. […]
Contents FEATURE ARTICLE: Do Lawyers Have a “Duty to Google”? NEW AUTHORITY: Pronoun Redux ETHICS & MALPRACTICE RESEARCH TIP: New Articles from The Current Index of Legal Periodicals BLAST FROM THE PAST: Excerpt from The Moral, Social, and Professional Duties of Attorneys and Solicitors (1870) EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich PUBLISHED BY: Joseph, Hollander & […]
January 2023 LEMR FEATURE ARTICLE Do Lawyers Have a “Duty to Google”? This article is featured in Volume 4, Number 1 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. Over the past several years, we have discussed in this column several ethical challenges Google poses for lawyers. Google and its software and devices have become ubiquitous in our society. […]
January 2023 LEMR NEW AUTHORITY Pronoun Redux This article is featured in Volume 4, Number 1 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. The discussion as to the use of personal pronouns to reflect gender identities is one that is ongoing in the United States. It has also become an issue for law firms and […]
Contents FEATURE ARTICLE: The Implications of Long COVID for Legal Practice NEW AUTHORITY: Judges in Church ETHICS & MALPRACTICE RESEARCH TIP: New Articles from The Current Index of Legal Periodicals BLAST FROM THE PAST: Excerpt from “Attorney and Client” in James Payn’s “Bred in the Bone” (1870) EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich PUBLISHED BY: Joseph, […]
December 2022 LEMR Article This article is featured in Volume 3, Number 12 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. In July 2022, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee issued an extremely interesting opinion. A Maryland judge’s church had asked the judge to give a “historical presentation” on the United States Supreme Court decision in Dobbs […]