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Canon:
Opinion #: 659
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: July 2016
May a Texas lawyer represent one insured in settling a claim and later represent that client’s insurance company in defending another insured’s claim that arises out of the same incident?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 658
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: July 2016
May a Texas lawyer bill clients for expenses paid to a third party in an amount that is greater than the amount that the third party charged the lawyer? May Texas lawyers charge for the expenses paid to a third-party vendor that is owned by a member of their law firm?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 657
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: May 2016
What documents and information must be delivered by a lawyer to a former client convicted of a criminal offense when requested by that former client? Who bears the costs of delivering the documents and information to the former client? In what form must the documents and information be delivered?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 656
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee For The State Bar of texas
Date: May 2016
Under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct may a lawyer, as a part of becoming a member of a law firm, enter into an agreement with the law firm that provides that the lawyer is restricted or prohibited from providing legal services to clients of the law firm after the lawyer’s work with the law firm ends?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 655
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee For The State Bar of texas
Date: May 2016
Is it permissible under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct for a lawyer to sell accounts receivable owing by the lawyer’s clients to a collection company?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 654
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: March 2016
Under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, may a lawyer encourage members of the public to visit her law office by offering to provide free information such as warrant checks and bail bond information that may be of interest to the public?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 653
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: January 2016
May a lawyer who is a party in a legal matter but who does not represent any other party in the matter communicate concerning the matter directly with a represented adverse party without the consent of the adverse party’s lawyer?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 652
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: January 2016
May a lawyer use a collection agency to collect past due attorney’s fees without violating the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct? May a lawyer report nonpaying clients to a credit bureau without violating the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 651
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: November 2015
f a law firm’s web site provides email links for prospective clients to use to contact the firm or its lawyers, is the law firm required to include a warning notice informing persons who use the email link that, unless the sender ultimately becomes a client of the law firm, any confidential information transmitted in the email will not be treated as confidential by the law firm and may be used against the person sending the information?
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Canon:
Opinion #: 650
Cite: The Professional Ethics Committee for the State Bar of Texas
Date: May 2015
Must a law firm withdraw from representing a client in a lawsuit when the law firm hires an employee who is not a lawyer, paralegal or secretary but who was previously employed by the law firm that represents the opposing party in the lawsuit?
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