Ethics

An in-house lawyer from Bear Stearns was permitted to serve as an expert against his former employer.    . . . .    The debate continues over whether NY state lawmakers who are also lawyers should be required to disclose the names of clients.    . . . .    The Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers has decided to award its inaugural Charles W. Kettlewell Legal Ethics Advisor Award to the ABA's Jeanne Gray.  Congratulations to Jeanne Gray and to the family of Chuck Kettlewell.  (nod to Legal Profession Blog)    . . . .    Over at Faculty Lounge, Roger Dennis discusses the politics of the movement to require law schools to measure outputs.    . . . .      You may recall the suit against a lawyer who posted a video on Youtube as a means to finding potential class action clients.  When the defendant sued the lawyer, he filed an anti-SLAPP motion to strike.  The motion was denied.  Article here.