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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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). …
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 …
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. …
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, …
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. …
