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“Chatting” or Texting with Clients During Their Testimony Led 2 Attorneys to No More Chatting or Texting with Any Clients

by Jan Jacobowitz in Attorney Mistake, Attorney Suspension, discipline, legal ethics, Technology, texting. Posted March 3, 2022

Arizona Attorney Suspended for Coaching Client During Virtual Cross-Examination Florida Attorney Suspended for Texting Client During a Telephonic Deposition By Jan L. Jacobowitz and Lauren Maier Chatting, texting, and suspensions, Oh My! There seems to be no number of times that is too many to remind lawyers that the legal ethics rules continue to apply ...

What Should a Lawyer Do When a Mistake is Made? The ABA Issues New Guidance

by Franco Della Torre in Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, Attorney Mistake, Professionalism, Rules of Professional Conduct. Posted January 14, 2019

Last year, the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released Formal Opinion 481, which addressed a lawyer’s duty to inform current and former clients of the lawyer’s material error. Mistake

[…] 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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