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Conflicted Interests

by Gina Villar in Legal Services, News, Professionalism. Posted January 28, 2015

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued a per curiam order that disqualified Jones Day from representing plaintiff Celgard LLC in a patent infringement action against LG Chem Ltd. Interests

New York: Client’s Negative Review of Attorney on Social Media Does Not Justify Breach of Confidentiality

by Jennifer Felipe in News, Professionalism. Posted January 26, 2015

New York Ethics Opinion 1032 responded in the negative to an inquiry posed by a firm wanting to rebut accusations posted by a former client about the firm’s services on a lawyer-rating website. Justify

Access to Facebook Photos Trumps Right of Privacy in Florida Personal Injury Case

by Jan Jacobowitz in discovery, Facebook, News, privacy, social media, Social Media, Uncategorized. Posted January 9, 2015

Hot off the presses...In an opinion dated January 7, 2014, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeals denied the plaintiff's petition for certiorari relief to quash an order compelling discovery of her Facebook photos in a case in which she is alleging injuries as a result of a slip and fall in a Target store. Trumps

Florida Bar Repeals Guidelines on Advertising Past Results After Declared Unconstitutional

by Daniel Hentschel in Advertising Rules, First Amendment, News. Posted January 6, 2015

The Florida Bar advertising guidelines, which were revised in February 2014, stated “indoor and outdoor display and radio and television media do not lend themselves to effective communication of such information” and therefore the Bar indicated that it was not likely to approve any such ads even if the ads included the Bar’s required disclaimers.

Three Strikes! Lawyer Lacking Mindful Boundaries is Suspended for Facebook Message

by Jan Jacobowitz in Facebook, legal ethics, mindfulness, News, Professionalism, social media, Social Media. Posted December 19, 2014

A Kansas attorney has been suspended for 6 months for his inappropriate Facebook message to the unrepresented biological mother in a termination of parental rights case in which the lawyer represented the biological father.

Florida Campaign Solicitation Case heads to SCOTUS

by Andrew McCarten in First Amendment, News, Professionalism. Posted November 12, 2014

The appeal of a Tampa lawyer, who was reprimanded by the Florida Bar for directly soliciting in-person judicial campaign contributions, will be heard by the nation's highest court, with potentially wide-ranging implications on judicial elections throughout the country.

Avvo Advisor®: A Game-Changer

by Jacqueline Frisch in Legal Services, News, Services, Technology. Posted November 9, 2014

On October 23, 2014, Avvo Inc., the leading online legal marketplace, launched Avvo Advisor, a service that provides fast, on-demand legal advice by phone for a fixed rate of $39.00 for a 15-minute conversation with an attorney.

Iowa Judge Suspended for Showing Up Drunk

by Andrew McCarten in News, Professionalism. Posted November 8, 2014

In a September 2014 decision, the Supreme Court of Iowa suspended a district court judge for 30 days after being found to have arrived at the courthouse exceedingly drunk and unable to take the bench, over two years ago!

State Sanctioned Marijuana Use May Lead to Attorney Sanctions

by Janelly Crespo in News, Professionalism. Posted October 26, 2014

In its recent Advisory Opinion 14-02, the State Bar Association of North Dakota Ethics Committee opined that a lawyer licensed in North Dakota who uses medical marijuana in a state that authorizes its use, violates North Dakota Rule of Professional Conduct Rule 8.4(b). Sanctioned

Conflict of Interest Trail: From Law Clerk to Associate

by Karyn Sanchez in News, Professionalism. Posted October 24, 2014

The Texas Bar Ethics Committee in August 2014 analyzed whether the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct require a law firm to withdraw from representing a client if the law firm hires a new associate who, prior to becoming licensed to practice, was employed as a law clerk for the law firm representing the opposing party and helped provide services for the opposing party with respect to the lawsuit. conflict

[…] 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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