Robert Klasfeld, Author at Legal Ethics Advisor

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Judge Censured After Representing Daughter in Family Law Court

by Robert Klasfeld in judicial ethics. Posted March 17, 2020

A City Court Judge was recently censured by the New York state Commission on Judicial Conduct for serving as his daughter's lawyer on three occasions in Albany Family Court. Daughter

Judicial “Climate” in DC Impacted By Stormy Reply to All

by Robert Klasfeld in judicial ethics, legal ethics, reply-all, Technology, Uncategorized. Posted December 19, 2019

This fall the District of Columbia Federal Court Judges provided another cautionary example of the dangers of using reply to all when responding to an email. 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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