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Duty to Disclose When Outsourcing Legal Work to Freelance Attorneys – Ethical Series, Part 6

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. Law firms looking to hire a freelance attorney often ask if they are ethically required to inform their clients that legal…

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Outsourcing to a Contract Attorney and the Duty of Confidentiality – Ethical Series, Part 5

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. A question often arises regarding the ethical duty of confidentiality when a law firm turns over confidential client information in conjunction…

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California Addresses Ethics Behind Contract Attorneys in OCBA Formal Opinion

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. In California, the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) recently published Formal Opinion 2014-1 in which it addressed hiring attorneys using in-state,…

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Billing Clients for Outsourced Legal Support – Ethics Series, Part 4

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. Law Firms want to know how to appropriately bill their clients when using a contract attorney. The Model Rules of Professional…

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The Duty to Clear Conflicts – Ethics Series, Part 3

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. Overflow Legal Network has found that one of the first concerns that arise when law firms engage OLN freelance attorneys is…

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Supervising a Freelance Attorney – Ethics Series, Part 2

Written by Desiree Nordstrom. Law firms must consider the ethical ramifications that are actuated when they contract with a freelance attorney. The American Bar Association’s…

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Using an Out of State Freelance Attorney – Ethics Series, Part 1

Written by Desiree Nordstrom When communicating with a law firm that wants to contract with OLN’s freelance attorneys, a question that often arises is whether…

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