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Tag: 8.4(g)

Recent Cases

Pennsylvania Lawyer Askes SCOTUS to Consider Attorney Bias Rule

On January 31, 2024, Zachary Greenberg, a Pennsylvania lawyer, asked the United States Supreme Court to hear his case challenging a rule prohibiting lawyers from knowingly engaging “in conduct constituting …

Rule Making

Idaho Supreme Court Again Rejects Anti-Harassment Amendment to Rules

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 …

Discipline

Using Profanity at Home Is Not Grounds for Lawyer Discipline

A lawyer’s use of the word “n*****” inside of her home may be undignified, but it is not grounds for lawyer discipline according to a recent recommendation of a Louisiana …

Recent Cases

New Jersey Publicly Censures Lawyer for Sending Graphic Sexual Email to Former Client

On November 1, 2021, the New Jersey Supreme Court censured lawyer Kevin Regan for failing to treat litigants with courtesy and for engaging in professional conduct involving discrimination. In the …

Rule Making

Pennsylvania Adopts Lawyer Anti-Discrimination Rule

Pennsylvania is the latest state to adopt a disciplinary standard identical to or analogous to the anti-discrimination provisions of ABA Model Rule 8.4. See Pa. R. Prof. Conduct 8.4(g). After …

Ethics Opinions

ABA Issues Formal Opinion on Application of Anti-Discrimination Model Rule 8.4(g)

On July 15, 2020, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 493 to provide guidance on the purpose, scope, and application of Model Rule 8.4(g). …

Recent Cases

Is it Worse to Call Opposing Counsel a “Slut” or a “Slug”?

An odd question, but one that a New York court recently considered in a lawyer disciplinary proceeding. See In re Eliot Bloom, No. 2017-11411 (N.Y. App. Div. Dec. 18 2019).1 …

Rule Making

New Mexico Adopts Lawyer Anti-Discrimination Rule

Effective December 1, 2019, New Mexico became the sixth state to adopt a disciplinary standard identical to or analogous to the anti-discrimination provision of ABA Model Rule 8.4. See N.M. …

Recent Cases

Lawyer Disciplined for Racial Discrimination

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reprimanded a lawyer for violating the anti-discrimination provisions of Rule 8.4(g) in a medical malpractice case against an Asian optometrist. See In re Farmer, …

Rule Making

Maine Becomes Third State to Adopt ABA Anti-Discrimination Rule

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. …

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