LinkedIn: Attorneys Beware of Specialties & Expertise
More than 200 million people around the world have professional profiles on LinkedIn, and many attorneys and law firms have joined the social networking site.
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Up in Smoke: Lawyers’ Ethical Use of Marijuana?
On December 1, The State of Washington will officially implement its legalization of marijuana. Smoke
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Where Ethics and Due Process Diverge: Lawyer’s Unethical Conduct as a Juror Not Enough to Overturn Conviction but Enough for California Bar Sanctions
In an unpublished decision, the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California’s decision denying Donald McNeely’s habeas corpus petition. Ethics
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Indiana Supreme Court: Attorney’s Criticism of Judge is “Good Faith Professional Advocacy”
In Indiana, Rule 8.2(a) prohibits the making of statements that “the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to its truth or falsity concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge, adjudicatory officer or public legal officer, or of a candidate for election or appointment to judicial or legal office.”
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New York Advises as to Appropriate Time Frame for Duty to Disclose False Testimony
According to the recent New York City Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Formal Opinion 2013-2, an attorney who knows that a client or a witness has provided false information in a court proceeding must take reasonable “remedial measures” in accordance with Rule 3.3. Advises
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When in Doubt, Rule Conflict Out
Florida’s First District Court of Appeals recently held that a trial court did not depart from the essential requirements of law or Florida Rule of Professional Conduct 4-1.7(b) by disqualifying a law firm due to an “unreasonable” conflict of interest.
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Sophistication in Place of Signatures: Advance Waiver of Conflicts
The Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, affirmed the Supreme Court’s denial of J.C. Penney’s motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ counsel, Jones Day, due to a conflict of interest. Sophistication
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