Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: I utilize accountants and IT providers in my firm. Accountants help manage firm finances and ensure IOLTA compliance, and IT providers help maintain our computer and communication systems. To perform their
Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: I recently completed some work for a client and sent my client my final invoice. The client wants to pay that invoice using cryptocurrency. Is that permissible? Answer: Yes, but accepting
Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: I am an estate planning attorney. Last year three adult children came to my office. They reported their father’s health was failing and they wanted to discuss options for his estate
Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: I represent the defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit. We are close to a settlement, but my client has asked to include a clause in the settlement agreement that prevents the
ABSTRACT: A New Hampshire public prosecutor may not enter into a referral fee agreement with an active New Hampshire lawyer for matters that arose from the prosecutor’s work as a prosecutor. ANNOTATIONS: A referral fee agreement benefitting
Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: I just started a new job with a law firm in New Hampshire. At the time I received the offer of employment, my partner and I were living in New Hampshire.
ABSTRACT: In 2007, New Hampshire adopted NHRPC Rule 5.7, which applies to the provision of services that might reasonably be performed in conjunction with, and in substance are related to, the provision of legal services and that
ABSTRACT: Representing a client in a matter funded in whole or in part through donation-based crowdfunding is not unethical per se. Lawyers are encouraged to exercise substantial caution when undertaking a crowdfunded matter, however, as ethical concerns
Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: I recently learned it is very likely my client probably provided the court false and misleading information that is material to the dispute. What are my obligations with respect to these
Ethics Corner Article Dear Ethics Committee: I have heard that a lawyer can pay a witness for reasonable expenses, but where is the line between expenses and paying a witness for testimony? How do I determine what