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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

QUESTION: I’m a solo practitioner with a general practice handling everything from real estate transactions to family law. While most of my billing comes from traditional hourly rates for matters, I have always used flat fees for certain client demands such as residential real estate transactions and basic estate planning.

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My Clear Add-On Winner for Workplace Efficiency

Attorney at Work

Just as you might lay out a project on your desk, expanding the on-screen space on your desktop provides more real estate to focus on the webpages, documents and platforms that enable you to do your job successfully. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Spread It Out, More.

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Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter, Vol. 5, No. 9

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

the rule of confidentiality? In its answer, the Nebraska Supreme Court begins with a general discussion of the importance of lawyers maintaining confidentiality of client information. The lawyers’ questions arose from a seeming conflict between this rule and Nebraska ethics rule 3-501.6

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July/Aug. 2024 > Discipline & Other Notices

WA Bar News

THESE NOTICES OF THE IMPOSITION OF DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS AND ACTIONS are published pursuant to Rule 3.5(c) c) of the Washington Supreme Court Rules for Enforcement of Lawyer Conduct.

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10 AI-Assisted Legal Tech Vendors Delivering Reliable Productivity to Law Firms

RPC Strategies

eDiscovery Assistant Keeping up with the growing body of e-discovery caselaw, court rules, and checklists becomes easy with what eDiscovery Assistant calls its “knowledge-center.” The interactive technology also permits you to query your data through conversational AI, enabling access to specific data with a few keystrokes.

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Why Are Mediation Skills Essential for Modern Lawyers?

Destination Articles Blog

Furthermore, many state and local court rules now integrate provisions that encourage or mandate mediation, particularly in family law, real estate, and small business disputes.

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Reckoning: The Duty to Correct Under RPC 3.3

WA Bar News

a)(1) for failing to correct a statement made to a court that he had the original documents confirming a real estate transaction, when, as it turned out, he did not. 9 Here, however, well focus on the ethics rule. on meritorious claims and contentions, and court rules, such as CR 11(a) governing pleading standards.