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New Mayer Brown partner resigns amid allegations of inappropriate conduct at last firm

March 8, 2018, 9:01 am CST

Chemerinsky: A quartet of Fourth Amendment cases to watch for

March 8, 2018, 8:00 am CST

US Treasury says money transmitter rules apply to initial coin offerings

March 8, 2018, 7:30 am CST

Religious freedom law doesn't shield funeral home that fired transgender worker, 6th Circuit says

March 8, 2018, 7:00 am CST

Techshow first-timer wins Start-Up Pitch Competition

March 7, 2018, 9:31 pm CST

Women lawyers in legal tech careers say: Don't feel you must go it alone

March 7, 2018, 5:12 pm CST

ABA urges steps 'to curb the scourge of gun violence'

March 7, 2018, 4:02 pm CST

Judge can't use electric shocks 'to enforce decorum,' Texas appeals court rules

March 7, 2018, 1:13 pm CST

Controversial Dallas judge is sued for identifying domestic violence victim at campaign event

March 7, 2018, 11:42 am CST

Stormy Daniels sues Trump, says confidentiality deal is void because he didn't sign it

March 7, 2018, 10:00 am CST

Have you ever felt you had to limit contact with a difficult client?

March 7, 2018, 9:40 am CST

Question of the Week

We want to hear from you

Have you ever felt you had to limit contact with a difficult client?

Lawyers can place limitations on their contact with difficult clients as long as the lawyer still “promptly informs and consults with the client on matters within the lawyer’s duty of communication,” the New York State Bar Association said in a recent ethics opinion.

The opinion came about after a lawyer inquired about how to handle a client who was “physically intimidating, verbally abusive, and often nonresponsive.” The blog Legal Ethics in Motion reported on the opinion.

This week, we’d like to ask you: Have you ever felt you had to limit contact with a difficult client? What were the circumstances? Did you end up withdrawing as counsel?

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week’s question: What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever heard a judge say during proceedings?

Featured answer:

Posted by umgrizz:
Judge (spontaneously): “Sustained.”
Bewildered defense attorney: “I’m sorry, your honor, was there an objection?”
Judge: “No, there wasn’t, but there should have been one. And if there had been one I would have sustained it. So, SUSTAINED! Now move on.”

In the Magazine

From the March 2018 issue

Garner on Words: Judicial Illogic

A Dickensian character's nonsensical pronouncements

On Well-Being: Voices in My Head

Learn to quiet the inner critic and its impossible demands

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Legal Ethics in Motion

Student commentary on ethical issues affecting the legal community in the digital age, exploring topics such as social media and technology.