AMcLaughlin, Author at Legal Ethics Advisor

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Transitioning Firms? ABA Provides Guidance in Op. 489

by AMcLaughlin in ABA, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship. Posted May 19, 2020

The American Bar Association (“ABA”) Standing Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently released Ethics Advisory Opinion 489 to offer guidance on the ethical obligations that arise when lawyers lateral from one firm to another. Transitioning

JUDICIAL RECUSAL DUE TO PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS — ABA PROVIDES ETHICAL GUIDANCE

by AMcLaughlin in ABA Opinion, formal opinion, judicial disqualification, judicial ethics, judicial recusal, legal ethics, Uncategorized. Posted October 22, 2019

The American Bar Association (“ABA”) recently issued an opinion providing guidance on when judges should recuse themselves due to personal relationships with lawyers or involved parties. JUDICIAL

[…] 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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