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Remote Work: San Francisco Bar Association Advice in Ethics Opinion 2021-1

by in Remote Work, Rules of Professional Conduct. Posted September 21, 2021
The Remote Work Discussion Continues The Bar Association of San Francisco recently released Ethics Opinion 2021-1, addressing whether lawyers who practice law remotely from another jurisdiction where they are not licensed are engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. The Opinion comes on the heels of the State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional ...
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Care to Comment? California Issues Interim Formal Opinion 20-0004 on Remote Work

by in Advisory Opinion, Remote Work, Rules of Professional Conduct, Technology. Posted August 13, 2021
California Formal Opinion Interim No. 20-0004 on Remote Work Yesterday, the the State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct posted Formal Opinion No. 20-0004 on remote work for comment. The opinion acknowledges the increase of attorneys remotely working driven both by technology and external circumstances that include Covid-19 and natural disasters ...
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New York Lawyer Rental Office Business for Lawyers Ok’d By NYSBA 1223

by in Advertising, Advertising Rules, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Advertising, Rules of Professional Conduct. Posted June 4, 2021
When New York Lawyers are Your Renters Rather than Your Clients As the pandemic winds down and folks return to work, there is a lot of discussion about the work place—remote, in person, or hybrid—and the nature of a post COVID work space. In New York one lawyer recently submitted an inquiry to the New ...
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California May Join Utah in the Sandbox: Working Group Empowered to Explore Innovation in the Delivery of Legal Services

by in Attorneys Fees, regulatory sandbox, Rule 5.4 Professional Independence of a Lawyer, Rules of Professional Conduct. Posted May 18, 2020
Last week the California State Bar Board of Trustees voted to move forward with the exploration of a regulatory sandbox approach.
Tags California Regulatory Reform Collaboration with NonLawyers Sharing fees with nonlawyers
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Ethics

Federal Judiciary Adopts Ethics Rules Explicitly Barring Sexual Harassment & Creating a Reporting Obligation for Misconduct

by in judges, Rules of Professional Conduct, sexual harassment, Uncategorized. Posted May 6, 2019
On March 12th, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the federal judiciary’s national policymaking body, adopted new ethics rules that make clear that sexual harassment is banned, further providing that judges and judicial employees have an affirmative obligation to report if they know of such misconduct.
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