Lawyers' Professional Liability in Colorado - Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions, Third Edition Out of Stock

 

Managing Editor: Michael Mihm
Publisher: CLE in Colorado, Inc.
Page Count: 1,502 pages
Trim Size: 7.5 x 10-inch format
Format: soft cover, two volumes with CD-ROM
 
 
 
Lawyers' Professional Liability in Colorado: Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions, focuses on issues relevant to every practicing lawyer in Colorado: professionalism, ethics, the client-lawyer relationship, professional liability insurance, the grievance process and attorney discipline, defenses, technology and the practice of law, fees, debt collections, trends in legal malpractice, and numerous special topics unique to particular practice areas, as well as many other issues.
 
This 2013 edition is now in softcover and includes substantive updates to most of the 45 chapters in the book, as well as to the Subject Index. This book represents thousands of hours of hard work by many lawyers who are among the best in their fields of practice. As part of our commitment to help lawyers keep abreast of professional liability and ethics issues, we have made some significant changes to the 2013 edition. In addition to changing the formatting - moving from three-ring binders to softcover volumes - we have added three new chapters, each of which relates to the intersection of technology and media with the practice of law.
 
 
 
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS:
 
Trends in Legal Malpractice Litigation: Features important legal malpractice cases from the past year and is fully updated for 2013
 
THREE NEW CHAPTERS:
 
Social Media and Professional Responsibility - Addresses the ethical and risk management concerns that arise from using social media in the practice of law (Including Facebook, Twitter, blawgs, and listservs)
 
A Lawyers' Relationship with the Press and Media  -A discussion of the practical and ethics issues that arise for lawyers when attempting to protect a client in the caldron of media coverage.
 
Technology and Duty of Confidentiality - A review of the issues that arise when lawyers' Rule 1.6 obligations of client confidentiality intersect with cloud computing, lost smartphones and other portable devices, and risks inherent in other new technologies.
 
 
The book is a valuable preventive tool and indispensable guide to practicing Colorado law “by the book.
LAWYERS' PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY IN COLORADO:
Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions, Second Edition
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
For a detailed Table of Contents with sub-chapters, please click here.
 
 
Chapter 1 PROFESSIONALISM
Chapter 2 THE CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP
Chapter 3 ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS
Chapter 4 PRIVILEGES AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Chapter 5 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Chapter 6 CHOICE OF LAWFIRM ENTITY
Chapter 7 LAWYER ADVERTISING
Chapter 8 RISK MANAGEMENT
Chapter 9 MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE OF LAW
Chapter 10 ALTERNATIVE LAWYER RELATIONSHIPS
Chapter 11 TECHNOLOGYAND THE PRACTICE OF LAW
Chapter 12 PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
Chapter 13 COLLECTING FEES
Chapter 14 APPEALS
Chapter 15 BANKRUPTCY
Chapter 16 CIVILAND PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
Chapter 17 PROFESSIONAL DEFENSE OF THE ACCUSED
Chapter 18 CREDITORS' RIGHTS AND DEBT COLLECTION
Chapter 19 EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
Chapter 20 ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE
Chapter 21 DIMINISHED-CAPACITY CLIENTS
Chapter 22 FAMILY LAW
Chapter 23 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Chapter 24 TRANSACTIONS AND CLOSELY HELD BUSINESSES
Chapter 25 LIABILITY UNDER THE FEDERAL SARBANES-OXLEYACT
Chapter 26 TAXATION
Chapter 27 THE CLAIM OR LAWSUIT
Chapter 28 COMMON LAWLEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS BY CLIENTS
Chapter 29 STATUTORY LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
Chapter 30 LIABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES
Chapter 31 DAMAGES FOR INJURIES OR LOSSES CAUSED BY LEGAL MALPRACTICE
Chapter 32 DEFENSES TO LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
Chapter 33 VICARIOUS LIABILITY
Chapter 34 COLORADO ATTORNEY REGULATION: ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 35 COLORADO ATTORNEY REGULATION: SUMMARYADJUDICATIONS, COLLATERAL AND DISABILITY PROCEEDINGS, AND REINSTATEMENT AND READMISSION
Chapter 36 TRENDS IN LEGAL MALPRACTICE LITIGATION
Chapter 37 CLASS ACTION LAWYERS' PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Chapter 38 INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE
Chapter 39 INTERVIEWING AND PREPARING WITNESSES
Chapter 40 JOINT DEFENSE AGREEMENTS
Chapter 41 DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNSEL
Chapter 42 WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 43 SOCIAL MEDIA AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
Chapter 44 A LAWYER’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESS AND MEDIA
Chapter 45 TECHNOLOGY AND DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
SUBJECT INDEX
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LAWYERS' PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY IN COLORADO:
Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions, Second Edition
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
For a detailed Table of Contents with sub-chapters, please click here.
 
 
Chapter 1 PROFESSIONALISM
Chapter 2 THE CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP
Chapter 3 ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS
Chapter 4 PRIVILEGES AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Chapter 5 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Chapter 6 CHOICE OF LAWFIRM ENTITY
Chapter 7 LAWYER ADVERTISING
Chapter 8 RISK MANAGEMENT
Chapter 9 MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PRACTICE OF LAW
Chapter 10 ALTERNATIVE LAWYER RELATIONSHIPS
Chapter 11 TECHNOLOGYAND THE PRACTICE OF LAW
Chapter 12 PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE
Chapter 13 COLLECTING FEES
Chapter 14 APPEALS
Chapter 15 BANKRUPTCY
Chapter 16 CIVILAND PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
Chapter 17 PROFESSIONAL DEFENSE OF THE ACCUSED
Chapter 18 CREDITORS' RIGHTS AND DEBT COLLECTION
Chapter 19 EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
Chapter 20 ESTATE PLANNING AND PROBATE
Chapter 21 DIMINISHED-CAPACITY CLIENTS
Chapter 22 FAMILY LAW
Chapter 23 REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Chapter 24 TRANSACTIONS AND CLOSELY HELD BUSINESSES
Chapter 25 LIABILITY UNDER THE FEDERAL SARBANES-OXLEYACT
Chapter 26 TAXATION
Chapter 27 THE CLAIM OR LAWSUIT
Chapter 28 COMMON LAWLEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS BY CLIENTS
Chapter 29 STATUTORY LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
Chapter 30 LIABILITY TO THIRD PARTIES
Chapter 31 DAMAGES FOR INJURIES OR LOSSES CAUSED BY LEGAL MALPRACTICE
Chapter 32 DEFENSES TO LEGAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
Chapter 33 VICARIOUS LIABILITY
Chapter 34 COLORADO ATTORNEY REGULATION: ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE
Chapter 35 COLORADO ATTORNEY REGULATION: SUMMARYADJUDICATIONS, COLLATERAL AND DISABILITY PROCEEDINGS, AND REINSTATEMENT AND READMISSION
Chapter 36 TRENDS IN LEGAL MALPRACTICE LITIGATION
Chapter 37 CLASS ACTION LAWYERS' PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Chapter 38 INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE
Chapter 39 INTERVIEWING AND PREPARING WITNESSES
Chapter 40 JOINT DEFENSE AGREEMENTS
Chapter 41 DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNSEL
Chapter 42 WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 43 SOCIAL MEDIA AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
Chapter 44 A LAWYER’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESS AND MEDIA
Chapter 45 TECHNOLOGY AND DUTY OF CONFIDENTIALITY
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
SUBJECT INDEX
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