December 20, 2013 - Legal Ethics Advisor

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Utah: A Lawyer’s Options When a Client with Diminished Capacity Refuses to Act

by Paige Comparato in Professionalism. Posted December 20, 2013

Utah Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3 and 1.14 (identical to ABA Model Rules 1.3 and 1.14) require lawyers to act diligently and to maintain to the best of the lawyer’s ability a normal client-lawyer relationship.

[…] 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 […]

Remote Lawyering: New Jersey and Ohio On Board - Legal Ethics Advisor on Remote Work: San Francisco Bar Association Advice in Ethics Opinion 2021-1
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

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