Ethics & confidentiality
Conflict checks, client consent, confidentiality, privilege, and responsible delegation.
Confidentiality and conflict checks when you share a case
Bringing in a colleague means letting someone new see privileged material. How to do that without breaching the duties that define the profession.
Ethics & confidentiality
8 articlesHow to run a conflict check before instructing local counsel
A step-by-step approach to conflicts before sharing names, documents, privileged facts, or strategic information.
Client consent when delegating legal work to another lawyer
How to explain lawyer-to-lawyer delegation to clients, when consent may be needed, and what should be recorded.
The cross-border engagement note: what to agree before local counsel starts
A short engagement note can prevent most lawyer-to-lawyer delegation problems. Here is what should be agreed before work begins.
LawyerGo is not a law firm: what the platform does and does not do
Trust starts with clear boundaries. LawyerGo helps verified lawyers connect and manage tasks, but it does not provide legal advice or act as counsel.
Client consent and conflict checks are not legal footnotes. They are brand trust.
For a lawyer-to-lawyer platform, professional responsibility language should be part of the product promise, not hidden at the bottom of the terms.
Legal translation is not local legal advice
Translation can help lawyers understand documents, but local legal meaning may still require admitted counsel with jurisdiction-specific knowledge.
How to update a client after a local counsel task is completed
The client update should translate local counsel’s work into outcome, record, risk, and next steps.