Topic:
“Opinion describes reasonable procedures for a computer-based conflicts checking system.”
From the Opinion:
“Every law firm must make its own determination as to what conflict checking procedures are reasonable, taking into account such variables as the size of the law firm, the type of practice, the cost of maintaining conflict checking records over a period of time, and the risk of failing to discover an existing conflict of interest. Regardless of the amount of time that conflict checking information is maintained, lawyers have a duty to avoid any known conflicts and to address conflicts made known to them by opposing or third parties.”
The full text is available at http://www.ncbar.com…