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A Guide to Lawyer Trust vs Operating Accounts

PDC Flow

This means keeping funds separate through different lawyer trust accounts and operating accounts. It’s essential to have strict financial management practices and payment software that can handle multiple lawyer trust and operating accounts. IOLTA IOLTA stands for Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts.

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Daily Digest – December 3. Judge Rules Plaintiff in Hunstein Copycat Lacks Standing; Ohio Anti-Robocall Bill Signed Into Law

Account Recovery

JUDGE RULES PLAINTIFF LACKS STANDING IN HUNSTEIN COPYCAT CASE, REMANDS IT BACK TO STATE COURT This is one of those cases where I feel like I need to make the “I’m not a lawyerdisclaimer because, to me, this looks like one of those “good news, bad news” type of cases, but there might be … The post Daily Digest – December 3.

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Judge Rules Plaintiff Lacks Standing in Hunstein Copycat Case, Remands it Back to State Court

Account Recovery

This is one of those cases where I feel like I need to make the “I’m not a lawyerdisclaimer because, to me, this looks like one of those “good news, bad news” type of cases, but there might be sides to this that I am not seeing.

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Non-Lawyers Given Go Ahead to Help Defend New York Debt Collection Lawsuits

FFGN COLLECT NY

The court has refused to prevent non-lawyers from the New York-based nonprofit Upsolve from offering legal advice to help consumers defend debt collection lawsuits. This goes against well-settled rules relating to legal advice that only a lawyer can dispel legal advice. But to allow non-lawyers to offer legal advice?

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“Traps for the Unwary” Updated

McLane

As a member of the New Lawyers’ Committee of the New Hampshire Bar Association, I had the opportunity to revise the Probate section of the Committee’s publication “Traps for the Unwary”. Aptly titled, the publication attempts to identify some of the “traps” into which both new and experienced lawyers may fall.

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Respect the Process: Clients Desire to Know How It All Works

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

One of the chief reasons for that is that lawyers are unwilling to respond to what clients most want to know. Because clients choose lawyers based not only on their general expertise, but also based on their specific expertise in particular niche practice areas, they want to know more about the legal process that effects their claim.

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Searching For The Meaning Of “Meaningful Involvement”

FDCPA Defense

When, if ever, should collection law firms include disclaimers on their collection letters, indicating that no attorney of the firm has reviewed the particular circumstances of the debtor’s file? If the requirement for “meaningful involvement” is truly meaningful, can it safely be disclaimed away? at 365; see also Jones v. 3d 523 (D.C.