Technology

Chatting and texting

“Chatting” or Texting with Clients During Their Testimony Led 2 Attorneys to No More Chatting or Texting with Any Clients

by in Attorney Mistake, Attorney Suspension, discipline, legal ethics, Technology, texting. Posted March 3, 2022
Arizona Attorney Suspended for Coaching Client During Virtual Cross-Examination Florida Attorney Suspended for Texting Client During a Telephonic Deposition By Jan L. Jacobowitz and Lauren Maier Chatting, texting, and suspensions, Oh My! There seems to be no number of times that is too many to remind lawyers that the legal ethics rules continue to apply ...
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remote work

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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Diversity

Florida Legal Ethics Update: From Questioning Diversity Quotas to Proposals for a Regulatory Sandbox and More

by in Access to Justice, Attorney Advertising, CLE requirements, legal ethics, Legal Services, negative online reviews, regulatory sandbox, Rule 5.4 Professional Independence of a Lawyer, Technology, UPL. Posted July 12, 2021
Florida CLE Diversity Controversy The Florida Supreme Court attracted national attention when it recently sua sponte changed the CLE programming requirements such that The Florida Bar cannot approve CLE programming and Florida lawyers cannot receive CLE credits for attendance at any program for which there was a diversity requirement or quota pertaining to the selection ...
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Meeting

ABA’S Full House: 2019 Annual Meeting in San francisco Results in Mass Resolution Adoption

by in Advertising Rules, Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, Attorneys Fees, Ethics Opinion, Featured, Marijuana, News, Professionalism, Technology. Posted February 22, 2021
On On August 8, 2019, the American Bar Association (“ABA”) held its annual meeting, during which the ABA House of Delegates met with an outlook of nearly 60 resolutions to be decided upon. After two days of deliberation, which included revising and amending the proposed resolutions, 50 were adopted.
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