Justices revisit the solicitation question
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The US Supreme Court ruled in Edenfield v. Fane on what regulations states can impose on accountants' direct solicitation of clients and the ruling may impact attorney solicitation. The court held Florida's blanket ban on accountants' solicitation of clients to be a violation of the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech. The case's relevance for lawyers lies in the ruling's discussion of Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Ass'n, which the court construes along with Edenfield to allow a prophylactic ban on in-person solicitation of especially vulnerable clients.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Privilege shields suspect
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A New York appellate court has held in D'Alession v Gilbergo that confidentiality can extend to protecting a client's name when doing so shields the client from criminal prosecution. Vincent Fiorito was killed by a hit-and-run driver whose identity an attorney later learned in confidential communication. After a lower court ruled that the public interest was best served by revealing the client's identity, the appellate court overturned the ruling on the grounds that confidentiality had greater public importance.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1995
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Legal malpractice: timing is everything
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The statute of limitations should be considered for assessing a legal malpractice claim, and there is not nationwide uniformity for such limits. Jurisdictions differ on when a statute of limitations begins to take effect, with some areas using an exhaustion test and others requiring a start of harmful results. Discovery of injury can also be presumed, as in Richardson v Denend.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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