The American Bar Association has issued new guidance clarifying that lawyers may be ethically required to provide former clients with important information rela ...

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion that provides guidance on when a lawyer is required to respond to requests for infor ...

Lawyers are obliged to convey information to former clients or successor counsel in “certain limited circumstances,” when ...

The problem of client perjury has bedeviled courts and ethicists for decades. The literal language of the current Code of Professional Responsibility 1 seemingly obligates a lawyer, in some ...