May 2012 - Legal Ethics Advisor

South Carolina Bar Gives Opinion About “JustAnswer.com”

A recent South Carolina Bar Opinion has addressed the ethical issues arising out of the website "justanswer.com."

The Supreme Court recently heard two cases concerning ineffective legal assistance.

In case you missed it, the Florida Bar in September amended the lawyer oath to include the following: Civility

[…] of a non-binding advisory opinion, as has been the case with other jurisdictions such as, Florida, San Francisco, and Delaware, it is important to note that Ohio went a step further and amended its rule regarding […]

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Not all jurisdictions have adopted the Model Rule version of the choice of law rule; seems like there might be a different result in at least some of those states. See, e.g., NY RPC 8.5(b)(2)(i) ("If the lawyer is licensed to practice only in this state, the rules to be applied shall be the rules of this state").

Art Lachman on ABA Opinion 499 Green Lights Lawyers’ Passive Investment in Firms with NonLawyer Ownership