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Law Firms Can’t Call Nonlawyers ‘CEO’ or ‘Chief Technology Officer,’ Texas Ethics Opinion Says
June 17, 2014
Law firms operating in Texas can’t use titles such as “chief executive officer” or “chief technology officer” for nonlawyer managers, according to an ethics opinion by the Texas bar’s ethics committee. The ethics opinion says firms shouldn’t use “officer” in nonlawyer titles because the word indicates the person has the power to control either the entire law firm or significant areas of the firm’s operations. Nor can law firms use the word “principal” to describe nonlawyer...
June 17, 2014
Law firms operating in Texas can’t use titles such as “chief executive officer” or “chief technology officer” for nonlawyer managers, according to an ethics opinion by the Texas bar’s ethics committee. The ethics opinion says firms shouldn’t use “officer” in nonlawyer titles because the word indicates the person has the power to control either the entire law firm or significant areas of the firm’s operations. Nor can law firms use the word “principal” to describe nonlawyer...
Ex-MasterCard GC to Lead ADR Group
March 3, 2014
A top in-house lawyer getting a new job: priceless. Noah Hanft, currently the general counsel and chief franchise officer...
March 3, 2014
A top in-house lawyer getting a new job: priceless. Noah Hanft, currently the general counsel and chief franchise officer...
Who Is the Client in the Closely Held Corporation?
November 1, 2013
You represent a closely held corporation. Whom do you represent—the corporation or the chief operating officer who owns all the shares? Lawyers! No wonder ordinary mortals find us exasperating. Lawyers get hired and paid to worry about things no one else expects to, or much less wants to, worry about. Just imagine what your client would think if you voiced these dark-of-the-night worries: “I thought you were my friend! I thought I could rely on you to solve my problems for me, not to create...
November 1, 2013
You represent a closely held corporation. Whom do you represent—the corporation or the chief operating officer who owns all the shares? Lawyers! No wonder ordinary mortals find us exasperating. Lawyers get hired and paid to worry about things no one else expects to, or much less wants to, worry about. Just imagine what your client would think if you voiced these dark-of-the-night worries: “I thought you were my friend! I thought I could rely on you to solve my problems for me, not to create...
A Twitter Romance
May 4, 2013
Christopher is Acting Registrar at the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre, fulfilling a legal, judicial...
May 4, 2013
Christopher is Acting Registrar at the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre, fulfilling a legal, judicial...
LegalTechNY Discussion: Barriers to Social Media Adoption
March 31, 2013
At LegalTechNY, Steve Mann, chief marketing officer of the Research & Litigation Solutions business at LexisNexis,...
March 31, 2013
At LegalTechNY, Steve Mann, chief marketing officer of the Research & Litigation Solutions business at LexisNexis,...
