Ethical Pitfalls for Partners when Changing Firms
NALSC podcast featuring Tina Solis, a partner at Nixon Peabody and NALSC collaborator, who advises law firm partners on the legal and ethical aspects of making a lateral move; Tina covers a range of considerations that can help partners avoid pitfalls, starting at minute mark 11:20.
Best Practices and Enforceability of Notice Provisions
Nixon Peabody’s Tina Solis and Christina Kurow discuss best practices for handling notice provisions and ABA Opinion 489 on the enforceability of notice periods.
E-mail Best Practices in Advance of Lateral Move
Hilary Gerzhoy addresses causes for suits over partner departures (notifying clients, soliciting associates, taking propriety information, including billing rates and hours of former partners) and e-mail best practices in advance of a move, to avoid potentially embarrassing discovery.