We are posting Chuck's 2016 "Benchslaps" column here in connection with a rash of recent judicial orders and opinions lambasting litigation attorneys for not being sufficiently civil or reasonable in the current time of pandemic. Read the column here.
Chuck's new column in Minnesota Lawyer on lawyer ethics and risk management in the pandemic has sparked substantial discussion in the legal ethics community over the past week. Read the column here. Minnesota Lawyer
Chuck's most recent article discusses a new insurance policy covering judicial disciplinary expense and why a judge would need counsel for disciplinary investigations. Read more...
Chuck's newest Minnesota Lawyer column discusses trending legal ethics and risk management issues raised by two recent blockbuster news stories. Read on... [with linked footnotes] or Newspaper Version.
On May 30, 2019, Chuck moderated a major program on #MeToo in the Law Firm for the American Bar Association's National Conference on Professional Responsibility in Vancouver, British Columbia. A panel of national experts discussed a number of cutting-edge issues. A report on the program, recently featured in Law360, is here.
The January 2019 issue of Westlaw Journal-Professional Liability republished Chuck's July 2018 "Rat Rule" article [Rule 8.3: Reporting other lawyers] to a national audience. Read the article.
Chuck's newest Minnesota Lawyer column explores the relationship between the legal malpractice standard of care and risk management strategies law firms can and should adopt. Read the article.
In December 2018, Westlaw Journal republished Chuck's March 2018 #MeToo in the Law Firm article to a national audience, with some new comments about recent developments. Read the article here. 26 No. 08 WJHTH 09 (December 11, 2018) Westlaw Journal Health Law, Expert Analysis
Chuck's newest article for Minnesota Lawyer explores recent developments indicating that the #MeToo Movement has rocked the legal profession like nothing else in recent memory. Read the article.
Chuck's most recent column in Minnesota Lawyer discusses the ABA's new ethics rules for lawyer advertising. Read his article here.