When I raised the issue several months ago of whether we had ethical obligations to inanimate objects — including corporations — many people took the time to write to me and tell me that it didn’t ...

All lawyers understand that they have an ethical obligation to protect client confidential information from prying eyes, whether in a locked file cabinet, on a cloud storage device, or passing through ...

New Jersey lawyers have a longstanding ethical obligation to make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of information relating to the representation of a client.

Liens reduce client recovery, are based on duties owed to third parties rather than clients, and the issues can be complicated. Lien cases also feature prominently in ethics cases and state bar ethics ...

In October 2025, the ABA released Formal Opinion 518, providing guidance for attorneys serving as mediators. Here are some tips for lawyers navigating their ethical obligations when acting as ...

The landscape of legal practice has significantly changed due to the proliferation of third-party litigation funding, a financial mechanism that provides capital to plaintiffs, including patent owners ...

The first Interior secretary under the Trump administration did not comply with his ethics obligations, a watchdog found recently. Ryan Zinke—who served as secretary of the Interior from March 2017 ...

IN A very general sense, ethics is the name give to our concern for good behavior. We feel an obligation to consider not only our own personal well-being but also that of others and of human society ...