Board circulates two issues
Fee arbitration changes
Guidelines and Minimum Standards would be amended to require fee arbitration
programs who mediate these disputes to (1) require the parties to enter
into an agreement to mediate, and (2) provide the parties with a notice
of the right to enforce the agreement. It also recommends approval of an
agreement to mediate in a notice of rights after mediation.
SOURCE: State Bar Board Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration
DEADLINE: April 28
CONTACT: Linda L. Harrington, 100 Van Ness Ave., 28th Flr., San
Francisco 94102-5238; 415/241-2020
Rule for advanced fees
Proposed new rule 4-110 (Advance Payment of Fees for Legal Services) of
the California Rules of Professional Conduct and conforming amendments
to rules 3-700 (Termination of Employment) and 4-100 (Preserving Identity
of Funds and Property of a Client) of the California Rules of Professional
Conduct.
SOURCE: State Bar Board Committee on Regulation & Discipline
DEADLINE: June 23
CONTACT: Katherine McMahon, 100 Van Ness Ave., 28th Flr., San Francisco
94102-5238; 415/241-2157
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