FisherBroyles Partner Anthony Davis article “Terminating the Attorney-Client Relationship – A New Take on the “Hot Potato” Doctrine” published in the New York Law Journal.
Apr 29, 2025
Anthony E. Davis and co-author Janis M. Meyer discuss how Formal Opinion 516 of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility explicitly redraws the line, at least for purposes of the rules of Professional Conduct, as to when and why lawyers and law firms can terminate existing clients in favor of anticipated new business.
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