Monthly Archives: July 2021

Suspension

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Giuliani’s New York Law License Suspension

by in Attorney Suspension. Posted July 16, 2021
Giuliani Interim Suspension I did not rush out of the gate to discuss the extremely well publicized (See, for example, NPR, CNN, NYT, and Forbes) interim suspension of Rudy Giuliani’s New York law license or the reciprocal interim suspension imposed the District of Columbia. There has been so much coverage that I found it interesting ...
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Social Media

More Social Media Trouble in the Legal Profession: South Carolina Orders 6 Month Suspension for Incendiary Facebook Posts

by in Attorney Suspension, Social Media. Posted July 14, 2021
Social media update… A(nother) lawyer recently made the news for a suspension based on controversial Facebook posts. The South Carolina Supreme Court decision suspending the lawyer for six months based upon twelve offensive posts on Facebook found that the lawyer’s conduct brought the legal profession into disrepute and violated both the letter and spirit of ...
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Diversity

Florida Legal Ethics Update: From Questioning Diversity Quotas to Proposals for a Regulatory Sandbox and More

by in Access to Justice, Attorney Advertising, CLE requirements, legal ethics, Legal Services, negative online reviews, regulatory sandbox, Rule 5.4 Professional Independence of a Lawyer, Technology, UPL. Posted July 12, 2021
Florida CLE Diversity Controversy The Florida Supreme Court attracted national attention when it recently sua sponte changed the CLE programming requirements such that The Florida Bar cannot approve CLE programming and Florida lawyers cannot receive CLE credits for attendance at any program for which there was a diversity requirement or quota pertaining to the selection ...
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