Above the Law columnist Elie Mystal asks: should nasty commenting trigger an ethics probe? Absolutely not. Moreover, as a vocal blogger often critical of ethics regulators and a practicing attorney dependent upon my law license for my livelihood, the fact that a law professor, of all people, would pursue this kind of action against
January 2014
Meet the PrioriLegal Founders: January 2014 MyShingle Commingle
As you know, I’ve written about the pros and cons of the new generation of online platforms that seek to match lawyers with small business clients. See here and here. The founders of one of these new companies, PrioriLegal.com, Basha Frost Rubin and Mirra Levitt will be in Washington D.C. and I’ll be hosting…
Delaware’s Bonafide Office Requirement Is Bonafide Hypocrisy & Bonafide Short-Sighted
You might say that recently sanctioned Delaware attorney Fred Barakat didn’t set his sights high enough. Suspended for two years for several disciplinary violations including representing clients from his Pennsylvania home without a bonafide office in Delaware, Barakat could have been a paragon rather than a pariah had he founded an #AltLaw operation instead…