American Bar Association Issues New Ethical Guidance for Lawyers, Firms to Consider When Lawyers Go Elsewhere
December 04, 2019
December 04, 2019
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 4 -- The American Bar Association issued the following news release:
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released guidance today exploring ethical obligations for lawyers when they change firms.
Formal Opinion 489 acknowledges that a lawyer has the right to switch firms and notes that ethics rules do not allow non-competition clauses in partnership, member, shareholder or employment agreements . . .
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released guidance today exploring ethical obligations for lawyers when they change firms.
Formal Opinion 489 acknowledges that a lawyer has the right to switch firms and notes that ethics rules do not allow non-competition clauses in partnership, member, shareholder or employment agreements . . .