Effective June 1, 2019, Maine became the third state to adopt a disciplinary standard identical to or analogous to the anti-discrimination provision of ABA Model Rule 8.4. See 2019 Me. …
Nearly two years ago, the Louisiana Supreme Court resolved an unsettled question as to whether a prosecutor’s “ethical” duty to disclose exculpatory evidence under Louisiana Rule of Professional Conduct 3.8(d) …
The District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee has become the most recent body to propose an anti-discrimination and anti-harassment rule of professional conduct in the wake of …
In 2016, the Louisiana Supreme Court amended Rule 1.15 to provide guidance to lawyers as to the what to do with “Unidentified Funds” in a trust account. See Order Amending …
On September 10, 2018, the Idaho Supreme Court Supreme Court rejected efforts to amend the Idaho Rules of Professional Conduct to add the anti-discrimination provision now included in ABA Model …
More than thirty jurisdictions in the United States permit some type of marijuana sale and use. See Governing.com List of State Marijuana Laws in 2018 (as of March 2018). But, …
On August 6, 2018, the ABA House of Delegates adopted a resolution from its Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility to amend the lawyer-advertising provisions of the ABA …
On August 27, 2018, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected efforts to amend the Arizona Rules of Professional Conducted to “add language adopted by the ABA in Model Rule 8.4 as …
The Louisiana Supreme Court has distributed for public comment three proposed revisions to Rule XXIII governing proceedings before the Judiciary Commission. These revisions were recommended to the court by the Judiciary …
The Florida State Bar Association is considering an amendment to the state’s standards of professional conduct that would prevent the unauthorized use of a lawyer’s name in metadata or Google …
