That issue is currently under consideration by the LSBA Rules of Professional Conduct Committee. Under current Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(f)(2), a lawyer earns a fixed fee when the …
In February 2015, the ABA House of Delegates adopted a Fourth Edition of the ABA Criminal Justice Standards for the Prosecution and Defense Functions. This is the first new edition in more …
A new advisory opinion from New York addresses “[t]he ethical implications of attorney profiles on LinkedIn.” See N.Y. County Lawyers Association Professional Ethics Committee, Formal Op. 748 (Mar. 10, 2015). …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations that were made public during the month of February 2015. Louisiana Supreme Court Larry …
The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended Port Allen district judge Robin Free for thirty days for accepting an “all-expenses paid trip on a private jet to a hunting ranch in Texas” from …
On January 13, 2015, the Louisiana Supreme Court amended Rule 1.6 of the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct both to permit more disclosures of client confidential information, and to require …
On January 17, 2015, the House of Delegates of the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) adopted a resolution submitted by the association’s Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee proposing legislation that would grant certain …
On January 13, 2015, the Louisiana Supreme Court adopted a Louisiana State Bar Association recommendation to amend Rule 1.15 to require periodic reconciliations of client trust accounts. See La. Sup. Ct. Order of Jan. …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations made public during the month of January 2015. Louisiana Supreme Court Paul Eugene Gardner. …
No surprise here: In re Warren Jan Gladders, No. M.R. 27194 (Ill. 2015).
