Lawyers are known to be zealous advocates, agents of social change and rarely hide their opinions, opting instead for open debate. These characteristics are hallmarks of successful attorneys, but when do these behaviors shift from skillfully riding the ethical wave to getting caught in the undertow of a breaking wave?

In this article – originally presented at DRI’s 2022 Asbestos Medicine Seminar – co-authors David Marshall, Jennifer Watson, and Caroline Tinsley address several ethical issues that are lurking just beneath the surface. First, they discuss two new ethical issues that have arisen with the COVID-19 pandemic: (1) remote work; and (2) remote depositions. Additionally, they address two areas that lawyers likely don’t give enough consideration in terms of ethics: (1) the potential conflict of interest issues that arise within asbestos litigation specifically; and (2) voicing personal opinions on social media accounts.

Read the article below.