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Florida Bar Tech Tips for Practice in the Digital Courtroom

by Jan Jacobowitz in law firms, Remote Work, Technology. Posted February 5, 2021

The Florida Bar updated its Best Practices Guide for Professional Electronic Communication to include guidance for both attorneys and judges engaged in electronic hearings or proceedings.

A Switch to AI Could Help Law Firms Keep Talent in an Already Competitive Market

by Alec Withee in law firms. Posted October 4, 2020

Law firms are always striving to find new ways to set themselves apart from their competition in an effort to both attract and retain the best talent. The next key to achieve this end may be artificial intelligence. Switch

COVID-19 Impact and The Move to Online Platforms

by Fahad Al Ashban in law firms. Posted September 13, 2020

In a five-day International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference, attendees from law firms and technology companies stressed that the legal profession’s future is uncertain, due to COVID-19. Impact

Permission to Practice: The Scope of a Recent Law School Graduate’s Work

by Camila Rivero-Fernandez in Bar Opinions, Ethics Opinion, law firms, practicing without a license. Posted June 2, 2020

In these unprecedented times, when law-school graduates face bar exam delays due to measures taken in response to COVID-19, law firms employing recent graduates may wonder: what work can they do? Practice

Virginia: Conflict of Interest & Importance of Public Confidence Precludes Law Firm From Lobbying General Assembly

by William Golden in Conflict of Interest, Ethics Opinion, law firms, legal ethics, Legal Services, lobbyists. Posted December 6, 2016

The Virginia State Bar recently opined that lawyer-legislator status creates a conflict of interest such that not only is the lawyer precluded from lobbying the legislative body of which he is a member, but so too are all the other members of the consulting firm of which he is a member and law firm that owns the consulting firm.

[…] 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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