Practical Tips for Lawyers Representing Organizations: Insights from ABA Formal Opinion 514 When advising organizations, lawyers face the unique challenge of ensuring their advice is understood as intended for the …
On July 12, 2023, the American Bar Association published Formal Opinion 507 providing guidance on office sharing arrangements with other lawyers. See ABA Formal Op. 507 (July 12, 2023). Many …
On March 1, 2023, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility Issued Formal Opinion 504 addressing ABA Model Rule 8.5, which provides for disciplinary authority and choice of …
On November 2, 2022, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 503 addressing a lawyer’s use of “Reply to All” in email communications. See ABA …
In April of 2022, the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (“APRL”) recommended changes to the unauthorized practice of law provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. See APRL, …
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has released a formal opinion addressing live, in-person lawyer solicitation. In Formal Opinion 501 (Apr. 13, 2022), the committee seeks to …
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has called for comments on possible amendments to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct concerning lawyers’ client due diligence obligations. See …
Clients do not all have the same communication methods as their lawyers. Different languages or hearing, speech, or visual disabilities can all impede a lawyer’s and a client’s ability to …
On March 10, 2021, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released Formal Opinion 498 to provide guidance on ethical issues associated with the virtual practice of law. …
In this 45-minute video, Professor Dane S. Ciolino of the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and the Louisiana Legal Ethics site discusses the principal differences between the ABA …
