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[textbook]Traversing the Ethical Minefield Problems, Law, and Professional Responsibility by Susan R. Martyn (z-lib.org)(1) (1)

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commingling of funds, 354–356

common law, 361

contingent fees, 344–350. See also Contingent fees

duty of conflict of interest resolution, forfeiture for breach of, 277–285. See also

Forfeiture of attorneys’ fees

exception to duty of confidentiality for fee disputes, 201–205

fee agreements, 332–333

fee shifting, 360

fixed fees, 350–356. See also Fixed fees

fraud, 332–333

hourly fees, 334–344. See also Hourly fees

IOLTA programs, 350–356

legal regulation of, 332

lodestar, 360–367

Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 332

overview, 332–334

quantum meruit, 333

reasonableness, 360

retainers, 333, 352–354

statutory fees, 284–285, 360–367

on termination, 357–360

withdrawal from representation for nonpayment of fees, 369–373

Audits, 31, 86, 291, 355, 454

Autonomy, 9–11, 13

B

Banking services, 269

Bankruptcy, duty of control, 108–110

Bar admission. See Admission to bar

Bar associations, 16, 292, 442. See also American Bar Association

Bentham, Jeremy, 127

Bias, 407–409

Billing. See Attorneys’ fees

Bounds of law. See Limits of law

Brandeis, Louis, 134–135

Bribery, 211

Business planning, duty of conflict of interest resolution, 250

Business transactions with clients, duty of conflict of interest resolution, 268–276

“But for” causation, malpractice, 79–80

C

California, discipline of lawyers in, 33

564

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