Law of lawyering; new ALI restatement for attorneys could affect malpractice liability, ABA model ethics code
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The first American Law Institute Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers was approved at the ALI's annual meeting in May 1998 and covers more than ethics, including the state disciplinary rules, a summary of the law which forms the basis for judicial remedies such as malpractice liability, fee forfeiture and lawyer disqualification, covering also provisions discouraging strict barriers to interstate practice. The ALI treatise goes further than the ABA model ethics rules in allowing disclosure of confidential information.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1998
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Pondering 'pay-to-play'; ABA scrutinizes link between campaign contributions and legal work
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An ABA task force will consider whether lawyers' political contributions to government officials who give out legal work should be limited.The practice is popularly known as 'pay-to-play,' and it is impossible to know how much such contributions influence who receives legal work, and reforms considered include barring attorneys from government finance work for two years after they make a contribution.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1997
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