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Commission on Ethics Seeks Comments on Online Client Development Tools

Lawyers will benefit from more guidance on how to use new client-development tools in a manner that is consistent with the profession’s core values.

PCAOB Issues Concept Release on Alternatives for Auditor's Reporting Model

Changes to the model will increase the transparency of financial reporting and its usefulness to the investing public.

Extending the Statute of Limitations on Professional Malpractice Claims in Georgia

The Newell case questions the limitations period for legal malpractice claims where an attorney has provided services pursuant to a engagement letter or fee agreement.

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Ethical and Liability Risks Posed by Lawyers' Use of Social Media

By Merri A. Baldwin

The increasing use of social media to grow legal practices has led to concerns about ethical violations and liability.

New York Reaffirms the Vitality of In Pari Delicto

By Kenneth Y. Turnbull and J. Emmett Murphy

Third parties may be able to assert a fraud claim free from imputation-based defenses, but they may not recover in negligence against those professionals.

Class Certification Requirements in 10b-5 Cases

By Scott B. Schreiber, Kavita Kumar Puri, and Robert Alexander Schwartz

What does it take to certify a securities fraud class? Three circuits have varying views on the prudential and equitable concerns invoked by securities fraud class certifications.

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