Law Practice
Aug. 8, 2012
ABA adopts new ethics standard for client conflicts
The American Bar Association adopted changes to its model ethics rules that will allow a lawyer who changes firms to disclose minimal information about a previous client when the new firm is running a conflicts check.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The American Bar Association adopted changes to its model ethics rules Monday that will allow a lawyer who changes firms to disclose minimal information about a previous client when the new firm is running a conflicts check.
The new rule was one of several proposed by the special Ethics 20/20 commission that the ABA House of Delegates adopted during the association's annual meeting ending t...
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