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Posted Feb 17 2010 by Gregory Luce in Commentary, Ethics, Featured with 0 Comments

The Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility has been busy with its opinions in the last year, amending two prior opinions, proposing and approving two new opinions, and proposing a third new opinion that is currently open for comment. The two relatively new opinions cover the use of the term “& Associates” in a firm’s …

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Social Media v. Professional Responsibility?

Posted Jan 14 2010 by Andrea Hable in Ethics, Featured, Judiciary, Social Media with 0 Comments

The MSBA has a presence on the three most popular social media services and also established a site limited to members of the Minnesota legal profession: Follow the MSBA on Twitter. (updated less frequently in January while Greg is in Italy.) Join the MSBA group on Linkedin. Network, discuss, and connect with other Minnesota attorneys. We’re up …

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Top 10 Top 10s

Posted Jan 8 2010 by Andrea Hable in Blogging, Commentary, Ethics, Featured, Practice Management, Social Media, Technology with 0 Comments

I found myself fascinated with all the year-end reviews and predictions of the past few weeks. Here are my favorites. Although not all ten and not all numbered, I hope it helps you reflect on the old year, prepare for the new year, or at least provide a few good laughs. 1. New York Times …

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Ethical Duty to Report Your Own Malpractice – A Proposed Opinion

Posted Jul 10 2009 by Gregory Luce in Ethics with 2 Comments

The Minnesota Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board has proposed the adoption of  Opinion No. 21 [opens as PDF], which deals with a lawyer’s duty to report his or her own malpractice to the lawyer’s client. The proposed opinion states: A lawyer who knows that the lawyer’s conduct could reasonably be expected to be the basis for …

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