Category Archives: Ethics

Issues involving compensation of a witness for travel expenses and attorney’s fees

Digest: A lawyer may arrange a client’s payment of reasonable travel expenses and legal fees of a witness if such payment is not prohibited by law and is not contingent on the witness’s testimony or the outcome of the case. … Continue reading →

Trash Talk Permitted

COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Opinion 912 (3115112) Topic:       Publishing criticism of other attorneys Digest:     The Rules of Professional Conduct do not prohibit a lawyer from hosting or participating in a blog dedicated to publishing factually accurate criticism of another lawyer’s … Continue reading →