This program was featured in the 2009 Nuts & Bolts: Basic Litigation Skills-Essential Tools for Lawyers on January 22, 2009. William K. Mills is a founding partner of Parker Shumaker Mills LLP, and ...

A California litigation attorney recently asked me if he could represent his American friend living in France. French law can be divided into two main categories, droit privé (private law) and droit ...

Proposals by the AICPA Professional Ethics Executive Committee and the AICPA Auditing Standards Board are designed to guide CPAs when they identify or suspect a client’s or employer’s noncompliance ...

The problem of client perjury has bedeviled courts and ethicists for decades. The literal language of the current Code of Professional Responsibility 1 seemingly obligates a lawyer, in some ...

California overhauled its Rules of Professional Conduct effective November 1, 2018. This post highlights some impactful revisions for commercial litigators. However, all California lawyers should ...

The intersection of student free speech rights and professional conduct standards has become an increasingly complex legal battleground. Universities are disciplining students in professional programs ...

Preparing students for the modern workplace requires more than technical skills. Surveys of employers consistently indicate the importance of interpersonal skills such as complex communication, social ...

More than any time in recent history, ethics in science now gets as much—maybe more—media attention than results. Although most scientists always focused on ethical behavior, the community continues ...

The Trump administration targeted veteran career lawyers who managed pardon work, bankruptcy litigation and other legal issues in the latest wave of forced departures. By Devlin Barrett and William K.

Director Christopher Wray has named Stuart Platt as the assistant director of the Office of Professional Responsibility at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Mr. Platt recently served in the Office ...

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