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ABA Provides Guidance for Prosecutors Negotiating Misdemeanor Plea Agreements

by Ten Stallings in Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, Ethics Opinion, misdemeanor pleas, prosecutors, Uncategorized. Posted June 17, 2019

In May 2019, The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released Formal Opinion 486, addressing a prosecutor’s obligations when negotiating a plea agreement for a misdemeanor charge with an unrepresented individual. Prosecutors

[…] 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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