April 12, 2011
PL 305--Legal Ethics
In class tonight, Tuesday 4/12, I distributed one handout, a news article about a Bangor lawyer who took money from his client trust account, and also overcharged a client. I went over Board v. Lord disciplinary decision about a lawyer who took unfair advantage when drawing up a will for a client, and also Ethics Opinion #198, regarding the rule against splitting a fee with a non-lawyer. We then went through the five Maine cases regarding attorney fees, and the textbook cases through the Bass case on p. 316. The assignment for next Tuesday is to read Chapter 8 of the text, and to read as well MRPC 1.1, 1.3, and 1.4, with accompanying Comments and Reporter's Notes.
In class tonight, Tuesday 4/12, I distributed one handout, a news article about a Bangor lawyer who took money from his client trust account, and also overcharged a client. I went over Board v. Lord disciplinary decision about a lawyer who took unfair advantage when drawing up a will for a client, and also Ethics Opinion #198, regarding the rule against splitting a fee with a non-lawyer. We then went through the five Maine cases regarding attorney fees, and the textbook cases through the Bass case on p. 316. The assignment for next Tuesday is to read Chapter 8 of the text, and to read as well MRPC 1.1, 1.3, and 1.4, with accompanying Comments and Reporter's Notes.
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