A disgruntled lawyer dissatisfied with a trial judge’s ruling appealed from what he characterized as a “disgraceful order,” that reflected the trial court’s “succubustic adoption of the defense position, and …
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 …
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 …
On November 27, 2017, the LSBA Rules of Professional Conduct Committee reported that it would make “no recommendation” regarding the adoption of a rule prohibiting discrimination and harassment in conduct …
On September 8, 2017, the Louisiana Attorney General’s office weighed in on the constitutionality of a proposed anti-discrimination amendment to the Louisiana Rules of Professsional Conduct. In July 2017, the Louisiana …
Colorado lawyer Robert Brent Wareham admitted to violating the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct by threatening his client’s son with foster care unless the boy “started behaving.” Wareham elaborated: “You …
On July 19, 2017, the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Rules of Professional Conduct Committee began accepting written comments on the adoption of a new anti-discrimination standard of professional conduct. A …
This Iowa State Bar Association addressed this question in a recent ethics opinion. See Iowa Ethics Op. 14-02 (Oct. 24, 2014).1 The committee noted that making unfounded allegations of misconduct is …
