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Four Things That Suck But Are Ethical

February 21, 2013 by C. Hank Peters 2 Comments

Lawyers like to complain a lot about sucky things, particularly sucky things that are unethical.

Filed Under: Big Legal Brain, Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Big Legal Brain, ethics, fax machines, gl11, legal marketing, unethical

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Should I Lie About My Credits?

January 6, 2012 by Ex-Bitter Leave a Comment

Does everybody lie about their CLE credits? Should I just do whatever everyone else does and lie about mine?

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, CLE, ethics, gl11

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Bitter Brief 31: Pimping Out an Expert, the Sugarland Suit, and Discipline in Seeking Paralegal Services

December 1, 2011 by Bitter Brief 3 Comments

Kimber and Mark discuss the hard life of a pimp, plus the Sugarland lawsuit and disciplinary action over seeking a paralegal. And more!

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Bitter Brief, ethics, judges, lawsuits, paralegals

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Coupons for Lawyers

October 19, 2011 by Gianna Scatchell 4 Comments

Would you consider offering steeply discounted legal services on a deal site geared toward saving lawyers money while generating local business?

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: ethics, Groupon, legal marketing

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I've Got Two Law Jobs in the Bush

August 26, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 2 Comments

If I get an offer from the second firm, I’m bailing on the first one in a heartbeat. Is this unethical?

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, ethics, gl11, job interviews, jobs, law jobs

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Dishing Out Legal Advice on Q&A Sites

August 17, 2011 by Gianna Scatchell 8 Comments

Anyone making mad money getting paid from dishing out legal advice on lawyer Q&A sites?

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: ethics, legal advice, legal market, legal questions

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I Have a Case of Crabs

April 25, 2011 by Ex-Bitter 7 Comments

I am a third-year associate who, after getting off to a rocky start, knows the ropes fairly well now at a mid-size firm (about 200 lawyers). But I’m stumped on how to handle a potential ethical lapse. The firm has a client that is a regional seafood distributor, among other things. I was involved in…

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, biglaw, ethics, gl11, STDs

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Bitter News, 10-5-09

October 5, 2009 by Bitter Newsroom 2 Comments

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom that will need the next 60 days to break a Gourmet habit: • Here’s a lead story that includes ‘sodomy’ but not ‘Polanski.’ Whore-ay!  “[Herman] Thomas, former Alabama Circuit Court judge, stands accused of sodomy, kidnapping, sex abuse, extortion, assault and ethics violations.” His begins trial today, with jury selection…

Filed Under: Lawyer, News & Views Tagged With: ethics, referrals, sodomy, supreme court, Twitter

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I Want to Report an Unethical Lawyer

December 5, 2008 by Ex-Bitter 17 Comments

I think this scum should be reported to the State Ethics Commission. I’d do it myself, but I don’t have first-hand knowledge.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Advice from an Ex-Bitter, ethics

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