In an era where digital communication dominates professional relationships, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has drawn a clear line in the sand: digital flirtation between attorneys and clients is now officially considered …
Utah and Arizona have emerged as pioneers in modernizing legal service delivery and ownership structures. Utah’s Regulatory Sandbox, authorized by its Supreme Court in 2020, established a controlled environment for …
My new Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics article is out. Here is a link: Dane S. Ciolino, Harmonizing Legal Ethics Rules with Advocacy Norms, 36 Geo. J. of Legal Ethics …
On May 17, 2023, Utah joined several other states to include language about the mental, physical, and emotional health of lawyers within its comments to Rule 01.01 of the Utah …
On May 12, 2023, the Louisiana Supreme Court amended Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct Rule 1.10 pertaining to the imputation of conflicts when lawyers are associated in a firm. The …
Louisiana is moving forward with attempts to require the disclosure of litigation finance agreements. If enacted, SB196 would require that parties in litigation disclose litigation finance agreements where a funder …
On January 20, 2023, the Idaho Supreme Court again rejected efforts to amend the Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct to add an anti-discrimination provision modeled on the ABA Model Rule …
The LSBA Rules of Professional Conduct Committee has proposed that the LSBA recommend to the Louisiana Supreme Court to amend Rule 1.10 of the Rules of Professional Conduct. The rule …
The Louisiana Legislature recently enacted La. Rev. Stat. 9:5605.2, which provides that “[i]n any action for damages by a client against an attorney, the client’s recovery against the attorney shall …
The Louisiana Supreme Court recently amended Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15(d) to clarify a lawyer’s duty with respect to the interests of third parties in funds or other property …
