Anthony Lo Cicero of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP, discusses recent developments in the law of ethics as it applies to intellectual property, including such subjects as formation and termination of the client relationship, under, e.g. ABA Rules 1.16, 1.18; duties owed to current and former clients under Rules 1.7-1.9; the bases for disqualification and the ever-challenging issue of subject matter conflicts, including developments after the decision in Maling v. Finnegan Henderson, 473 Mass. 336 (2015).