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Attorneys May Respond to Negative Online Reviews

by Samantha Iglesias in Advertising, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, confidentiality, Legal Services, negative online reviews, Professionalism, Rules of Professional Conduct, Social Media. Posted February 22, 2019

In June 2018, the Florida Bar Ethics Committee voted 18-0 to approve a Florida Bar Staff Opinion that “permits an inquiring attorney to post a limited response to a negative online review that the attorney says falsely accuses her of theft.” Attorneys

New York State Bar Withdraws Proposal for ABA Best Practices for Online Legal Document Providers

by Sydney Feldman in Attorney Client Relationship, Featured, Legal Services, online legal document providers, Outsourcing, Rules of Professional Conduct, Technology. Posted February 20, 2019

The online legal services market is a worldwide, multi-billion dollar (and growing) industry, with clients increasingly turning to the Internet—rather than an attorney—for their legal needs. Withdraws

New York Bar: Non-Resident Attorneys As Business Generators Probably a No Go

by Isabella Falcon in Featured, Legal Services, News, non-resident attorneys, Outsourcing, Referral Services. Posted January 23, 2019

The New York State Bar’s Committee on Professional Ethics (“Committee”) recently issued an opinion regarding fee-splitting. Attorneys

Fee-Sharing with Non-Lawyers? California is Considering It

by Samantha Iglesias in Attorneys Fees, fee sharing with non lawyers, Legal Services, Professionalism, Referral Services, Rules of Professional Conduct. Posted January 16, 2019

The State Bar of California has convened a 23-member commission, the Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services, to consider how access to justice can be increased with technology.

“HAVE FUN IN PRISON”: Attorney’s Text Found Prejudicial to the Administration of Justice

by Chandler Culwell in Attorney Client Relationship, Attorneys Fees, confidentiality, Legal Services, Professionalism, Rules of Professional Conduct, Technology. Posted January 11, 2019

An attorney was censured by the New Jersey Supreme Courtafter the Disciplinary Review Board determined that his conduct towards a nonpaying client violated ethics rules barring both conflicts of interest and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. PRISON

Florida Bar Proposes A New Standard for Claims of Expertise in Advertisements

by Lauren Alvarez in Advertising, Legal Services, Professionalism. Posted November 17, 2018

Recently, the Florida Bar Board of Governors unanimously voted on a proposal to amendRule 4-7.14, “Potentially Misleading Advertising.”

Mississippi Bar Approves Ghostwriting

by Nico Nesenoff in Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, Ethics Opinion, ghostwriting, Legal Services. Posted July 26, 2018

The Mississippi Bar’s Ethics Committee has approved ghostwriting on “discrete aspects in a matter” without the need “to disclose either the name of the preparer or that the document was prepared by a lawyer.”

DC Circuit Upholds Corporation’s Attorney-Client Privilege in Mixed Purpose Communications

by Spencer Booth in Attorney Client Privilege I, Attorney Client Relationship, business purpose, corporations, Legal Services, work product privilege. Posted July 5, 2018

A federal appellate court has reaffirmed a major 2014 ruling that has made it easier for corporations to keep communications between executives and in-house lawyers privileged. Circuit

Failure to Disclose Material Errors to Current Clients Will Result in Ethics Violations for Lawyers

by Jonathan Portuondo in Attorney Client Relationship, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, News, Professionalism. Posted May 9, 2018

The American Bar Association recently published an opinion finding that lawyers who fail to disclose material errors relating to representation to their clients are in violation of their professional duty under Model Rule 1.4. Failure

Is This Mic On? Recording Interviews to Gain an Edge in Litigation

by Blaine Remmick in Interviews, Legal Services, News, Professionalism. Posted May 3, 2018

A California patent and trademark law firm is facing potential sanctions after it recorded and used the statements of an interviewee to bolster its complaint in a recently filed lawsuit against a trademark filing service. Recording

[…] 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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