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First Amendment

Judicial Misconduct or First Amendment Expression?

by in First Amendment, judicial canons, judicial misconduct, Social Media. Posted September 2, 2021
Georgia Judge Asserting First Amendment Rights in Defending Allegation of Ethics Violations After Controversial Facebook Post A judge in Cherokee County, Georgia, has been charged with ethics violations after posting support for the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson who made controversial comments about Robert Aaron Long, the man accused of killing eight people at three ...
Tags First Amendment Rights Judges on Facebook Judicial Misconduct
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Delaware Green Lights Remote Work in Formal Opinion 2021-1

by in ABA Opinion, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, Remote Work. Posted August 24, 2021
Delaware Lawyers: Remote Work Okay If State of Residence Agrees Last month, the Delaware State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics released Formal Opinion 2021-1, addressing whether Delaware attorneys may practice Delaware law while working remotely from another jurisdiction. The Committee held that Delaware licensed lawyers are permitted to practice Delaware law outside the state, ...
Tags ABA Opinion 495 Advisory Opinion Delaware Remote work Rule 5.5
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Client with Diminished Capacity

Clients Illegal Activity: Colorado Bar Admonishes “Willful Blindness” But Departs from ABA Op. 491 “Should Know” Standard

by in Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, Ethics Opinion. Posted August 17, 2021
Counseling Clients and Illegal Activity Under Rule 1.2          On July 10, 2021, the Colorado Bar Association Ethics Committee released a new opinion regarding Colorado Rule of Professional Conduct 1.2(d), analyzing a lawyer’s duty to inquire about a client’s illegal activity. Under 1.2(d), which sets a similar standard to Model Rule 1.2(d), lawyers “shall not ...
Tags Client Illegal Activity Colorado Bar Rule 1.2
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Cannibis

Cannabis Advice for Lawyers: New York and Georgia on Different Ends of the Spectrum

by in Advisory Opinion, Cannabis. Posted August 10, 2021
The legal landscape of medical and recreational marijuana remains fast-changing across the United States–cannabis remains illegal under federal law—and there are inconsistencies among various states’ legal ethics advice regarding whether lawyers may represent clients involved in the cannabis industry. On June 21, 2021, the Supreme Court of Georgia denied a motion to amend Rule 1.2 ...
Tags Attorney-client relationship Cannabis Ethics advice marijuana
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