American Legal Ethics
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American Legal Ethics is an exclusive feature of the Oregon State Bar Litigation Section. Watch for a new article every month, only on the OSB Litigation Section website. All rights reserved.
March 2006
Are the Electronic Files on Your Computer Yours, or Your Client’s?
By Peter Jarvis, Rene Holmes, Allison D. Rhodes and David Elkanich
January 2006
District of Columbia Opinion Clarifies "Who is an Attorney" Within RPC 4.2
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich, Rene Holmes and Allison D. Rhodes
November 2005
"Thrust-Upon" Conflicts Do Not Always Require Disqualification
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
September 2005
More Help With Oregon's RPCs Is At Hand
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
July 2005
The Real Deal on Zeal, Part II
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
May 2005
The Real Deal on Zeal, Part I
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
February 2005
Conflicts in Ethics Law: In re Summer and New Oregon RPC 8.5(b)
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
January 2005
Some Gifts Are Too Good To Be True: The Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Documents
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
December 2004
Reporting Misconduct when Lawyers aren't Lawyering
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
November 2004
Changing Our Vocabulary, the Effect of the Oregon RPCs
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
October 2004
Decide Now
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
September 2004
Olympic-Size Gold for the CAO
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
August 2004
Is Communicating the Right Thing to do?
By Peter Jarvis, David Elkanich and Rene Holmes
July 2004
Getting Real with Neil
By Peter R. Jarvis, David J. Elkanich and Rene C. Holmes
June 2004
Hello, My Name Is . . .
By Peter R. Jarvis and David Elkanich
February 2004
Diversity and the State of our Union
By Peter R. Jarvis and David Elkanich
October 2003
The Best Defense Is a Good Defense, or, What to Do About Possible Claims if There May Be No Internal Privilege and Related Issues
By Peter R. Jarvis
September 2003
Confession Is Good for the Soul of the Firm
By Thomas L. Browne
July 2003
Why be a Lawyer?
By Peter R. Jarvis
June 2003
Up the Ladder or Up the Creek?
By Peter R. Jarvis
May 2003
Client Dishonesty 101
By Peter R. Jarvis
December 2002
American Legal Ethics: Sanctions for Discovery Negligence?
By Peter R. Jarvis
October-November 2002
American Legal Ethics: Two Views of Professionalism
By Peter R. Jarvis
September 2002
American Legal Ethics: Alert Defensive Lawyering
By Peter R. Jarvis
August 2002
American Legal Ethics: Attorney-Client and Accountant Privilege
By Peter R. Jarvis
July 2002
American Legal Ethics: A Look Back and Forward
By Peter R. Jarvis
June 2002
Inside Oregon Ethics: Morals of the Marketplace
By Peter R. Jarvis
May 2002
Inside Oregon Ethics: Law as a Human Endeavor
By Peter R. Jarvis
April 2002
Inside Oregon Ethics:Top Ten Ethics List
By Peter R. Jarvis
March 2002
Inside Oregon Ethics: If It's Broke, Fix It: Part III
By Peter R. Jarvis
February 2002
Inside Oregon Ethics: If It's Broke, Fix It: Part II
By Peter R. Jarvis
January 2002
Inside Oregon Ethics: Gatti To Go!
By Peter R. Jarvis
December 2001
Inside Oregon Ethics: If It Is Broke, Fix It (Part 1)
By Peter R. Jarvis
November 2001
Inside Oregon Ethics: Does the Bar Discriminate Against Small-Firm Lawyers and Solo Practitioners?
By Peter R. Jarvis
October 2001
Inside Oregon Ethics: The DRs and the RPCs
By Peter R. Jarvis
September 2001
Inside Oregon Ethics: Loose Lips Sink Ethical Ships!
By Peter R. Jarvis
August 2001
Inside Oregon Ethics: Unsolicited Nonclient E-mail
By Peter R. Jarvis
July 2001
Inside Oregon Ethics: Quo Warranto?
By Peter R. Jarvis
June 2001
Inside Oregon Ethics: The Law of Unauthorized Practice - Some Straight Talk on a Twisted Issue
By Peter R. Jarvis
May 2001
Ethics Q & A: An Analysis of the Gatti Problem and the Need for Resolution
By Peter R. Jarvis
April 2001
Ethics Q & A: PRIVILEGE AND E-MAIL
By Peter R. Jarvis
March 2001
Ethics Q & A: CONFESSIONS OF A FORMER ETHICS OPINION WRITER
By Peter R. Jarvis
February 2001
Ethics Q & A: Gatti Is Important
By Peter R. Jarvis
January 2001
Ethics Q & A
By Peter R. Jarvis