Letter to the Editor

Re: "Law firm mergers/screening"

Dear Editor:

I was a member of the Nevada Ethics 2000 Committee and the Committee's principal spokesman on (and advocate for) the screening issue. Nevada now has a rule of professional conduct [1.10(e)] which permits screening where the personally disqualified lawyer did not (at his/her former firm) have a substantial role in or primary responsibility for the matter causing the disqualification. This eases the restrictions on lateral hiring, while leaving mergers unchanged. I think the rule is unique to Nevada.

Sincerely,
Dennis L. Kennedy
Bailey Merrill, LLP
Las Vegas, Nevada

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