Published On - March 16, 2025

Nathan Crystal and Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Tidbits of ethics

Ethical Challenges in Virtual Law Practice: Addressing Unauthorized Practice, Choice of Law, Supervision, and Risk Management

The Shift to Remote Legal Practice Virtual legal practice is no longer a temporary adjustment—it is a lasting shift in how law is practiced. While remote work offers convenience and flexibility, it also introduces complex ethical and legal challenges. We address some of those below. Unauthorized P...
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Published On - May 22, 2020

Nathan Crystal and Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Covid-19 resources, Tidbits of ethics

Some ethical, malpractice and professional implications of Covid19 crisis for lawyers. Part IV: financial instability during or after the pandemic

This is the fourth of a series of blogs dealing with possible ethics and malpractice implications of Covid19 (see here, here, and here for the previous blogs).  This pandemic is potentially triggering an increased exposure to ethics complaints and malpractice. Here we deal with financial instabilit...
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Published On - May 7, 2020

Nathan Crystal and Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Covid-19 resources, Tidbits of ethics

Some ethical (and malpractice) implications of Covid19 crisis for lawyers. Part III: Family obligations during the pandemic

It is common knowledge that the practice of law is not the profession that you choose if you want to have a good work/life balance.  In a program organized by the ABA, What Women Want: Strategies for Law Practice Leaders (now on demand on the ABA website), the speakers reported a statistic: At law ...
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Published On - April 28, 2020

Nathan Crystal and Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Tidbits of ethics

Some ethical (and malpractice) implications of the Covid19 crisis for lawyers. Part II: physical and/or mental illness during the pandemic

This is the second blog a series dedicated to the ethical and malpractice implications of the covid19 crisis for lawyers. In the first blog we dealt with some of the ethical and malpractice issues deriving from working from home under the duties of confidentiality, competence, and supervision. We de...
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Published On - April 25, 2020

Nathan Crystal and Francesca Giannoni-Crystal Tidbits of ethics

Some ethical (and malpractice) implications of Covid19 crisis for lawyers. Part I: Working from home: confidentiality, competence, and supervision

The implications of the covid19 crisis are already imposing. It is expected that the situation will get worst before getting better. Law firms are no exception. Working under the lockdown is certainly causing disruption to the usual way in which lawyers practice law; it also has ethical implications...
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