Entries Tagged as 'Ethics'

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Bad Faith Insurance Claims, and Attorney Ethics

Bad faith insurance claims:  U S District Judge Ralph Beistline has resolved several issues that arose where a buyer of toxic-contaminated land took an assignment against the sellers’ insurance carrier.  Beistline 1) rejected a bad faith claim (no jury could find there was a “substantial likelihood” of an excess verdict when the carrier rejected the […]

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Negotiations over Statutory Fees


Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Handbook as Contract, and Employer Representatives in Unemployment Hearings


Monday, August 10th, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Ethics, and Disruptive Behavior


Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Providence Alaska Settlement, and State Ethics Act


Monday, June 8th, 2009

Alaska Ethics: Non-refundable Fees, and Commercial Rankings of Lawyers


Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: Licensing, Work Porn, and Adverse Employment Actions


Friday, April 17th, 2009

Judge Bybee on “Severe Mental Pain”


Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Legal Ethics: Internal Investigations, and Serial Claims Against Same Employer


Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Alaska Legal Miscellanea: ADEA, Same Sex Benefits, Integration Clauses, Ineffective Assistance, and Ethics


Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Alaska Attorney General: Executive Ethics Act Applies to Post-State Employment with Municipality


Thursday, December 18th, 2008

DAlaska: Beistline Rejects Disqualification Motion as Premature


Monday, November 17th, 2008

Internal Investigation: Defense Counsel as Investigator


Monday, November 10th, 2008

Alaska Employment Law Section Meeting on Troopergate: The State Ethics Act


Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Petumenos, Van Flein, and Feldman Will Discuss Troopergate at Employment Law Section Meeting


Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Another Ethics Act Complaint Against Palin


Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Ethics: Does Plaintiff’s Attorney “Represent” the Subrogated Insurer?


Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

How the Alaska Personnel Board Administers the State Ethics Act


Thursday, September 4th, 2008

The Alaska Personnel Board


Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Alaska AG: Ethical and Confidentiality Concerns for State-Owned or Subsidized Cell Phones and PDAs


Monday, July 14th, 2008

Regulation of Ethical Behavior During Arbitrations


Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Ethics: Lawyer’s Duty to Retain Hard Copies of Client’s Documents


Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

ELS Materials: Ethical Restrictions on Defense Counsel Contact with Members of Certified Class in Pre-Opt-Out Period


Friday, December 7th, 2007

(More) Things I Just Learned


Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Miscellanea: Ethics and In Limine Orders


Friday, November 16th, 2007

U. S. House Acts to Protect Attorney-Client Privilege


Friday, November 9th, 2007

Legal Miscellanea


Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Alaska Supreme Court: Friday’s Opinions


Friday, October 19th, 2007

Legal Miscellanea


Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Ethical Issues in Negotiation of Attorney Fees with Adverse Party


Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Licensing of Out-of-State Lawyers and Alaska Arbitrations


Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

“Moral Turpitude” and Licensed Professions in Alaska


Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

DAlaska: No Legislator Duty to Disclose Employment Negotiations


Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Miscellanea


Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Amendments to the State Ethics Act