“The 2014 ABA Legal Technology Survey found 39.4% of attorneys have generated legal business from blogging. For solo practitioners the number is 60%; for firms of 50-500 lawyers it’s 50%. Those are numbers too big to ignore. An attorney who doesn’t have a social media presence in 2015 is 28% invisible.” Yet how to effectively
The right to publish personal information, and legal obligations attendant thereto, is a global topic of discussion involving ethics and evolving legal mandates. Whether any such information, including photographs, is to be published on a public website, or in handouts to a select group of recipients, there are now legal implications not contemplated twenty years ago. In
Despite established rules and laws governing the confidentiality of attorney-client communications in most jurisdictions around the globe, some clients are requesting that their law firms execute nondisclosure agreements relating to legal representation. Are these contractual remedies necessary or advisable in an attorney-client relationship? Should an attorney execute such an agreement? In what business relationships are
In most countries, there are laws governing conflicts of interest pertaining to contracting and financial transactions with governmental entities. The level of scrutiny and enforcement varies from country to country. The issue rests upon the perception of transparency and fairness of process in the award of government contracts and deals. A recent Australia case contains
