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AVOIDING ETHICS VIOLTATIONS IN TRUST ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT - PART II

This course is PART II of AVOIDING ETHICS VIOLATIONS IN TRUST ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT if you have taken the first course, this course will introduce new developments in the use and management of trust accounts of which we want to make you aware of.

If this is the first course of the series that you are taking, you will not only learn about the latest developments but will learn the basics of trust account management.

The cascade of recent failures has put quite a scare into lawyers who hold large sums of their clients' money in their firm's trust account. We will be delving into what FDIC-insured meant yesterday and what it means today. In addition, there is an interesting recent Supreme Court decision relative to fee disputes that we'll take a look at.