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- Opinion 388: Attorneys’ Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Client Matters
- Opinion 387: 担任哥伦比亚地区法院诉讼案件的当地靠谱的滚球平台
- Opinion 386: Aggregate Settlements
- Opinion 385: Advising Clients About Communications with Represented Opponents
- Opinion 384: 在通知前任靠谱的滚球平台之前，为某些在押人员的利益接受法律费用的限制
- Opinion 383: Disclosure of Client Confidences or Secrets in Compliance With the Outside Counsel Guidelines of Another Client; Advance Agreement to Withdraw from Representation in the Event of a “Midstream” Conflict
- Opinion 382: Lawyer-Directors Representing Entity-Clients
- Opinion 381: Responding to Third-Party Subpoena
- Opinion 380: Conflict of Interest Issues Related to Witnesses
- Opinion 379: Attorneys’ Charging Liens and Client Confidentiality
- Opinion 378: Acceptance of Cryptocurrency as Payment for Legal Fees
- Opinion 377: Duties When a Lawyer is Impaired
- Opinion 376: Mandatory Arbitration Provisions in Fee Agreements
- Opinion 375: Ethical Considerations of Crowdfunding
- Opinion 374: Ethical Obligations Regarding Prospective Client Information
- Opinion 373: Court-Ordered Representation of Clients in Criminal Domestic Violence Matters Who Are Party to Parallel Civil Protection Order Proceedings
- Opinion 372: Ethical Considerations in Law Firm Dissolutions
- Opinion 371: Social Media II: Use of Social Media in Providing Legal Services
- Opinion 370: Social Media I: Marketing and Personal Use
- Opinion 369: Sharing of Legal Fees With a Lawyer Referral Service
- Opinion 368: 靠谱的滚球平台雇佣协议——对离职靠谱的滚球平台与原事务所竞争的限制
- Opinion 367: 寻求与与客户不利的实体或个人合作的靠谱的滚球平台代表客户, or Adversary’s Lawyer; Clarification of Opinion 210
- Opinion 366: Ethical Issues that Commonly Arise in Private Adoption Matters
- Opinion 365: Conflict of Interest Analysis for Government Agency Lawyer Defending Agency from Furlough-Related Employment Complaints While Pursuing Her Own Furlough-Related Employment Complaint
- Opinion 364: 前客户无效协助靠谱的滚球平台索赔时的保密义务
- Opinion 363: In-House Lawyer’s Disclosure or Use of Employer/Client’s Confidences or Secrets in Claim Against Employer/Client for Employment Discrimination or Retaliatory Discharge
- Opinion 362: Non–lawyer Ownership of Discovery Service Vendors
- Opinion 361: Lawyer’s Acceptance of Compensation From Non–Lawyer Entity for Referring Client to Such Entity; Opinion 245 Overruled in Part
- Opinion 360: Contact With Non-Party Treating Physician Witness
- Opinion 359: 哥伦比亚特区失踪客户信托账户款项的处理
- Opinion 358: Subpoenaing Witness When Lawyer for Congressional Committee Has Been Advised that Witness Will Decline to Answer Any Questions on Claim of Privilege; Legal Ethics Opinion 31 Revisited.
- Opinion 357: Former Client Records Maintained in Electronic Form
- Opinion 356: Absence of Conflict of Interest When Lawyer Cannot Identify Affected Clients and Nature of Conflict; Applicability of “Thrust Upon” Exception Where Lawyer Cannot Seek Informed Consent.
- Opinion 354: Providing Financial Assistance to Immigration Clients Through Lawyer’s Execution of Affidavit of Support on Form I-864 as a Joint Sponsor
- Opinion 353: Whether a lawyer representing a client with diminished capacity can seek the appointment of a substitute surrogate decision-maker when the current surrogate decision-maker is making decisions for the client against the advice of the lawyer
- Opinion 352: 临时合同靠谱的滚球平台和聘请他们的事务所的专业责任义务
- Opinion 351: Sharing Legal Fees with Clients
- Opinion 350: Whether a Lawyer is Obliged to Surrender to a Former Client Work-Product Procured Through the Former Client’s Factual Misrepresentations
- Opinion 349: 与参加联合辩护小组的筛选靠谱的滚球平台有关联的靠谱的滚球平台的利益冲突
- Opinion 348: Accepting Credit Cards for Payment of Legal Fees
- Opinion 347: Reverse Contingent Fees
- Opinion 346: 触发对潜在客户保密义务的必要要素
- Opinion 345: Reimbursement of Interest Charges Incurred When a Lawyer Uses The Firm's Line of Credit to Advance the Costs of the Representation
- Opinion 344: 靠谱的滚球平台从事不被视为涉及法律执业的游说活动的利益冲突
- Opinion 343: “实质关系”测试在靠谱的滚球平台仅参与新事务的离散方面时的应用
- Opinion 342: 参与以互联网为基础的靠谱的滚球平台转介服务，并须缴付费用
- Opinion 341: Review and Use of Metadata in Electronic Documents
- Opinion 340: Contacts with Government Officials In Litigated Matters
- Opinion 339: Threat of Criminal Referral In Civil Debt Collection Matter
- Opinion 338: Whether A Law Firm May Retain the Name of a Partner Who Becomes Both “Of Counsel” to that Law Firm and a Partner in a Different Law Firm Also Bearing His Name
- Opinion 337: Lawyer as Expert Witness
- Opinion 336: 靠谱的滚球平台作为法院指定的无行为能力个人监护人的受托角色
- Opinion 335: Whether a Lawyer May, as Part of a Settlement Agreement, 禁止对方靠谱的滚球平台公开披露有关案件的信息
- Opinion 334: Agreement Between Lawyer and Media Representatives
- Opinion 333: Surrendering Entire Client File Upon Termination of Representation
- Opinion 332: Firm Names for Solo Practitioners
- Opinion 331: Contact With In-House Counsel Of A Represented Entity
- Opinion 330: Unbundling Legal Services
- Opinion 329: 非营利性组织费用安排与所委托的靠谱的滚球平台
- Opinion 328: Personal Representation of Constituents of an Organization, Including Individuals Who Participate in an Organization’s Governance
- Opinion 327: Joint Representation: Confidentiality of Information Revisited
- Opinion 326: Referral of Person Adverse to a Client to Another Lawyer
- Opinion 325: Agreement to Distribute Former Firm Profits to Partners From Former Firm Only as Long as They Continue to Practice in New Merged Firm: Rule 5.6(a)
- Opinion 324: Disclosure of Deceased Client’s Files
- Opinion 323: 作为公务的一部分，受雇于政府机构的靠谱的滚球平台所作的虚假陈述
- Opinion 322: Whether a Nonlawyer Employed by a Law Firm May Be Partly Compensated by a Percentage of the Profits of the Cases on Which He Works
- Opinion 321: Communications Between Domestic Violence Petitioner and Counsel for Respondent in a Privately Litigated Proceeding for Criminal Contempt
- Opinion 320: Jury Nullification Arguments by Criminal Defense Counsel
- Opinion 319: Purchase by a Lawyer of a Legal Claim From a Nonlawyer
- Opinion 318: Disclosure of Privileged Material by Third Party
- Opinion 317: Repudiation of Conflict of Interest Waivers
- Opinion 316: 靠谱的滚球平台参与网络聊天室与寻求法律信息的网民交流
- Opinion 315: Personal and Substantial Participation in Prior Litigation
- Opinion 314: Whether a Nonlawyer Union Employee May Supervise a Union Attorney
- Opinion 313: Whether a Lawyer May Continue to Represent a Client When That Lawyer Represented the Same Client in the Same Matter While Serving as a Public Officer or Employee
- Opinion 312: 当靠谱的滚球平台寻求加入一家新公司时，可能适当提供的信息以检查冲突
- Opinion 311: Choice-of-Law Rules for Professional Conduct in Non-Judicial Proceedings
- Opinion 310: Propriety Of Lawyer Charging Interest When the Client Fails to Pay Fees
- Opinion 309: Advance Waivers of Conflicts of Interest
- Opinion 308: 靠谱的滚球平台离开私人工作进入政府服务的道德约束
- Opinion 307: Participation in Government Program Requiring Payment of Percentage of Fee
- Opinion 306: Practicing Law While Simultaneously Selling Insurance
- Opinion 305: Ethical Considerations Arising From Representation of Trade Association
- Opinion 304: 员工管理公司对靠谱的滚球平台事务所人力资源职能的管理
- Opinion 303: Sharing Office Space and Services by Unaffiliated Lawyers
- Opinion 302: 通过基于互联网的网页征求原告的集体诉讼或获得法律工作
- Opinion 301: Conflict of Interest: Simultaneous Representation of Two Plaintiffs Against a Common Defendant in Separate but Related Lawsuits
- Opinion 300: Acceptance of Ownership Interest in Lieu of Legal Fees
- Opinion 299: Duty of Confidentiality to a Corporate Client That Has Ceased Operations
- Opinion 298: Sale or Assignment of Accounts Receivable to a Collection Agency
- Opinion 297: 靠谱的滚球平台在政府任职期间负责的协商规则制定程序中委托人的代理
- Opinion 296: Joint Representation: Confidentiality of Information
- Opinion 295: 在虐待和忽视儿童案件中，作为诉讼监护人的靠谱的滚球平台对通讯的限制
- Opinion 294: Sale of Law Practice by Retiring Lawyer
- Opinion 293: Disposition of Property of Clients and Others Where Ownership Is in Dispute
- Opinion 292: Conflict of Interest: “Thrust Upon” Conflict
- Opinion 291: Contracts with Temporary Lawyers: Restrictions on Subsequent Employment
- Opinion 290: 向保险公司和外部审计机构披露受保护信息
- Opinion 289: “Cause” Litigation by a Non-Profit Foundation Run by Non-Lawyers; Prospectively Restricting Clients’ Right to Waive Attorneys’ Fees or Agree to a Confidential Settlement
- Opinion 288: Compliance with Subpoena from Congressional Subcommittee to Produce Lawyer’s Files Containing Client Confidences or Secrets
- Opinion 287: Ex Parte Contact With Former Employees of Party-Opponents
- Opinion 286: Contingent Referral Fees
- Opinion 285: Nonlawyer Former Government Employee Working for a Lawyer
- Opinion 284: Advising and Billing Clients for Temporary Lawyers
- Opinion 283: Disposition of Closed Client Files
- Opinion 282: 靠谱的滚球平台雇用有义务举报虐待儿童的社工的责任
- Opinion 281: Transmission of Confidential Information by Electronic Mail
- Opinion 280: 代表客户的靠谱的滚球平台与当地政府委员会成员之间的直接沟通
- Opinion 279: Availability of Screening as Cure for Imputed Disqualification
- Opinion 278: Partnership With Foreign Lawyer
- Opinion 277: Retention by Former Law Firm of Withdrawing Partner’s Name
- Opinion 276: Lawyer Mediator Must Conduct Conflicts Check
- Opinion 275: Receipt of Confidential Information Bars Subsequent Representation of Another Client in the Same or a Substantially Related Matter Unless Screen Can Be Erected
- Opinion 274: Government Agency Attorneys May Participate in a Public Meeting at Which Claimants Who Are Represented by Counsel Are Present
- Opinion 273: 靠谱的滚球平台从一家私人靠谱的滚球平台事务所跳槽到另一家私人靠谱的滚球平台事务所的道德考量
- Opinion 272: Conflict of Interests: “Hot Potato”
- Opinion 271: Inactive Members: Business Cards and Letterhead
- Opinion 270: 下级靠谱的滚球平台离职后是否必须提醒委托人并报告上级靠谱的滚球平台的不当行为
- Opinion 269: 公司靠谱的滚球平台澄清公司内部调查角色的义务
- Opinion 268: 私人靠谱的滚球平台自愿向国防部提供法律援助的利益冲突问题.C. Corporation Counsel; Reconsideration of Opinion 92
- Opinion 267: 计费惯例的披露：基于时间和“靠谱的滚球平台费”的计费
- Opinion 266: Withdrawal From Representation Requiring Court Approval; Withdrawal Conditioned on Disclosure of Client’s Whereabouts
- Opinion 265: Positional Conflicts of Interest in Simultaneous Representation of Clients Whose Positions on Matters of Law Conflict With Other Clients’ Positions on Those Issues in Unrelated Matters
- Opinion 264: Refunds of Special Retainers; Commingling of Such Funds with the General Funds of the Law Firm Upon Receipt
- Opinion 263: Contacts With Persons Represented by Counsel; Application of Rule 8.4(g) to Criminal Contempt Proceedings
- Opinion 262: Application of Rule 1.5(d)在错误令状中收到或有费用
- Opinion 261: Emergency Room Referrals by a Law School Clinical Program
- Opinion 260: Agreements Limiting the Professional Liability of Lawyers to Former Clients
- Opinion 259: Conflict Issues in Representations Involving Estates
- Opinion 258: Application of Rule 4.2(a) to Lawyers as Parties Proceeding Pro Se
- Opinion 257: 检察官起诉刑事辩护靠谱的滚球平台的公开义务
- Opinion 256: Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Material to Opposing Counsel
- Opinion 255: Use of Former Firm Lawyer on a Contract Basis
- Opinion 254: Use of Abbreviations by Limited Liability Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Professional Limited Liability Companies
- Opinion 253: Referral Fee Arrangement Between Law Firms and Insurance Companies
- Opinion 252: Obligations of a Lawyer Appointed Guardian ad Litem in a Child Abuse and Neglect Proceeding With Respect to Potential Tort Claims of the Child
- Opinion 251: 客户和第三人索赔的结算收益的保管
- Opinion 250: 有义务在未付费用时将前客户的资料转交给新靠谱的滚球平台
- Opinion 249: Lawyer Advertising
- Opinion 248: Whether Lawyer May Represent Multiple Plaintiffs Claiming Employment Discrimination in Selection of Other Person for Position They Sought
- Opinion 247: Whether Settlement Lawyer Selected by Real Estate Purchaser Has a Sufficient Lawyer-Client Relationship With Seller to Warrant Disqualification; Conflict of Interest if Adverse Party Formerly Was Represented by a Firm to Whom Lawyer Is “Of Counsel”
- Opinion 246: A Lawyer’s Obligation to Report Another Lawyer’s Misconduct
- Opinion 245: Payment of Referral Fee to a Lawyer for Recommendation of Registered Agent
- Opinion 244: Inclusion of Name of Nonlawyer Partner in Firm Name
- Opinion 243: Joint Representation in Divorce Cases
- Opinion 242: 靠谱的滚球平台持有客户提供的可能属于第三方财产的文件的道德义务
- Opinion 241: 对离职靠谱的滚球平台从事法律执业的罚款.C. Area
- Opinion 240: Ethical Obligations of D.C. 代表社会保障法第IV-D条案件的监护父母的公司法律顾问靠谱的滚球平台
- Opinion 239: Attorney-Client Relationship Between a Lawyer and Her Firm; Reporting of Professional Misconduct
- Opinion 238: Written Fee Agreements
- Opinion 237: 利益冲突：证人在不相关事件中的先前代理
- Opinion 236: Divulging Client Confidences and Secrets in a Bankruptcy Proceeding in Order to Collect Fees Is Permitted in Limited Circumstances
- Opinion 235: Registered Limited Liability Partnership/Limited Liability Company
- Opinion 234: Defense Counsel's Duties When Client Insists On Testifying Falsely
- Opinion 233: Payment of “Success Fees” to Nonlawyer Consultants
- Opinion 232: Multiple Clients/Criminal Matter
- Opinion 231: Lawyer as Legislator
- Opinion 230: Assertion of Retaining Liens; Preservation of Confidences and Secrets of Trust Client in Dispute Between Former Co-trustee and Successor Trust
- Opinion 229: Surreptitious Tape Recording by Attorney
- Opinion 228: Lawyer-Witness Participation in Pre-Trial Proceedings
- Opinion 227: Migratory Paralegals and Lawyers/Imputed Disqualification/Screening
- Opinion 226: 私人执业靠谱的滚球平台作为内部法律顾问和房地产经纪人提供服务
- Opinion 225: Prepaid Legal Services
- Opinion 224: Misleading Firm Name
- Opinion 223: Nondisclosure of Protected Information to Funding Agency
- Opinion 222: Attorney's Obligation Under Rule 9.1 Does Not Apply To Lawful Acts Outside The District Of Columbia
- Opinion 221: Law Firm Employment Agreement
- Opinion 220: Threats to File Disciplinary Charges
- Opinion 219: Conflict of Ethical Obligations
- Opinion 218: 聘雇协议规定对费用纠纷进行强制仲裁并非不道德
- Opinion 217: Multiple Representation; Intermediation
- Opinion 216: 少数股权公司对公司股东的诉讼代理
- Opinion 215: Communication With Potential Client Currently Represented by Other Counsel
- Opinion 214: Disclosure to Internal Revenue Service of Name of Client Paying Fee in Cash
- Opinion 213: Defense Counsel’s Obligation to Inform Court of Adverse Evidence
- Opinion 212: Representation by Law Firm Adverse to Former Client in a Substantially Related Matter After Lawyers Who Represented Former Client Have Left the Law Firm
- Opinion 211: Fee Agreements; Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
- Opinion 210: 寻求助理靠谱的滚球平台职位的刑事被告代理靠谱的滚球平台.S. Attorney
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