Sentences with phrase «for ethics opinions»

According to Newsday, the Grand Jury commented on my asking for ethics opinions on the actions of Legislator Ed Romaine and former Chief Deputy County Executive Paul Sabatino.

This seems rather far afield for an ethics opinion, particularly as that bcc is often a convenient way to keep your client apprised of what you are doing (and a regular cc gives your client's email address to opposing counsel, which you also do not want.)

Not exact matches

Stoicism is doubtless the most developed expression of this ethics of the present; the present, for Stoicism, is the unique time of salvation; the past and the future are equally discredited; in one stroke, hope is rejected for the same reason as fear, as a disturbance, an agitation, which proceeds from a revocable opinion concerning imminent evils or coming goods.

For example, it is the opinion of not a few biblical scholars that the love commandments in the Fourth Gospel and the epistles of John, so often quoted to stress the universality of the Christian ethic, were originally understood as applying only within the Christian community, and as in the Old Testament «Love your neighbor» meant «Love your fellow Israelite,» so the corresponding «new commandment» was taken to mean, «Love your fellow Christian.

If there is to be a universal reconciliation between all creation and Jesus (which is something God hopes for), and we should all hope for, then we ought to reject that goofy notion that good and bad are some sort of mere perspective, somehow relative to mere opinion, and reject the inchoate notion of seeking balance between opposite qualities in regard to ethics.

For decades Western theology was represented by the opinion that ancient Buddhism was nothing more than an atheistic world view and ethic which led to the nothingness of Nirvana, (Heiler, op.

In 2007, for example, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) published an ethics - committee opinion denying its members the right of conscience against abortion:

We need sanchez today in my opinion not only for the obvious talent but the work ethic this game is made for him, also by winning we open up a 5point gap with spuds to go to anfield and us at home to Leicester next week.

An opinion from the ethics and lobbying regulators at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found Lee would not have to reimburse the state for rides on state aircraft as long as it is being used for state business.

3) Inaccuracy: The County Executive sought ethics opinions about Legislator Ed Romaine and Chief Deputy Paul Sabatino for political reasons.

Prosecutors contend there was in fact no ethics opinion or legal clearance, and Finnerty said when he asked for backup documentations from Kelly he was told it was «not going to be shared with me.»

He helped her write an opinion piece in June for City & State, an online publication, decrying the lack of state ethics reform.

The consultant firm that has been deeply critical of an advisory opinion from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics called on Monday for the resignation of the lobbying and ethics watchdog's chairman.

The Rensselaer County ethics board handled complaints and advisory opinions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 — including a May 2014 opinion requested by former County Legislature Chairman Republican Martin Reid, who wanted to work for the county - funded Commission on Economic Opportunity while remaining on the legislature.

Schopf is not facing any penalties for ethics code violations because he proactively asked the board for its opinion on the matter.

Nassau's lame - duck Board of Ethics has rebuffed District Attorney Madeline Singas» request for an opinion on the legality of partisan governmental mailings even as the county attorney acknowledged this week that the board's current membership does not conform with Nassau's revised ethics code.

In judging this essentially private act of giving and receiving there is no room for public opinion to be confused with ethics.

Some of the gaps in Chapter 3 on ethical issues raised by climate change policy - making include: (1) ethics of decision - making in the face of scientific uncertainty, (2) whether action or non-action of other nations affects a nation's responsibility for climate change, (3) how to spend limited funds on climate change adaptation, (4) when politicians may rely on their own uninformed opinion about climate change science, and (5) who is responsible to for climate refugees and what are their responsibilities.

In fact, it is my opinion that Steyn on Mann should be included as a mandatory textbook for anyone studying ethics of science or history of science, and wondering how not to be taken in by flimflam artists masquerading as scientists.

North Carolina quickly put the kibosh on plans for advertising legal services on Groupon, stating in a proposed ethics opinion that the site's fee «is a percentage of the amount actually paid to the lawyer and appears to constitute revenue sharing with a nonlawyer.»

(At least three ethics opinions banned cellphones for communicating with clients.1 None of these opinions contemplate the storage or accessing of large volumes of data with a smartphone.

For example, the ABA Journal discusses the recent work of Suffolk University law professor Andrew Perlman, who references sociological studies on group behavior to explain lawyers» tendency to discard their independent judgment and conform to group opinion when confronted with ambiguous questions, such as those involving ethics.

He said no, and that, if anything, the opinions have brought about further progress, in that they have been a catalyst for constructive conversations between Avvo and state ethics bodies.

Many states have also imposed rules requiring maintaining records for six years after representation ceases, or have published ethics opinions requiring retention and safekeeping.

When I wrote about the proposed opinion last February, I called it a harbinger, writing, «It is only a matter of time before ethics bodies across the nation call for competence in e-discovery.»

For example, in 2012, the DC Bar wrote an ethics opinion discussing the ethical implications of lawyers in relationship with discovery service vendors owned by non-lawyers.

California's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) has been working on an ethics opinion on the applicability to attorney advertising rules to blogs for a while now, and after receiving public comments on its draft opinion, it released a revised draft and opened up a new 90 - day public comment period.

Florida actually does have an ethic opinion on that which basically they kind of punt it a little bit and said, «You just have to do due diligence,» so I'm using an appropriate pro type account for a business and so I definitely paid for my Dropbox storage and I've made sure that I have all the additional security features turned on.

When one takes a step back from the Philly opinion and looks at it in the context of the larger legal issue, it becomes clearer that while it is certainly possible for a lawyer to violate an ethics rule while using social media, it is the lawyer's conduct, not the medium, that will likely be at the heart of the issue.

The North Carolina State Bar recently published for comment a proposed legal ethics opinion approving lawyers» use of cloud computing and Software - as - a-Service.

An ever - increasing body of ethics opinions and reports on the suitability of cloud computing for lawyers aim to provide guidance that may appear deceptively straightforward.

Draft ethics opinions on cloud computing and other technologies, such as the North Carolina Bar Association's Proposed Formal Ethics Opinion on cloud computing, reference the need for a broadly recognized set of best practices relating to technology; prior to ILTSO, no such document existed.

But if a respected Miami lawyer can be indicted for writing a legal opinion — which many Florida lawyers believe to have been written in good faith — on a drug - money question, then surely government lawyers can and should have to undergo, at minimum, an ethics investigation for selling out themselves, the legal profession, and American politico - legal values in order to tell Bush and Cheney that they could torture prisoners to their hearts» content.

The path he set out on would be littered with various lawsuits, including a class action shortly after launch, ethics opinions that put into question the company's services and ultimately an acquisition by Internet Brands for an undisclosed sum, which closed earlier this year.

However, it also has the right to have those ethics opinions ignored by everyone because they aren't freely available for review and comment.

To date, Avvo Legal Services, which connects consumers to attorneys for a flat fee and takes a portion for advertising, has been knocked by at least five state ethics opinions saying that lawyers who engage with the platform are running afoul of rules regarding fee - sharing with nonlawyers and the unlicensed practice of law.

California's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) has been working on an ethics opinion on the applicability to attorney advertising rules to blogs for a while now, and after receiving public comments on its draft opinion.

With the caveats above about how all the states have their own rules and ethics opinions, here is a sample starting point for drafting your own document retention and destruction policy.

It seems that the issue arised in California because we have a fresh opinion from their ethics committee where they confirm what we all knew: should a client ask for his file, he has the right to get everything in electronic format...

[4] For example, New York Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion 842 «Using an outside online storage provider to store client confidential information» (September, 2010), consistent with the general requirements of the ethics opinions above, concludes:

A 2011 Pennsylvania opinion (included in Appendix E) analyzes ethics requirements for attorneys» use of cloud computing, a form of outsourcing.

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An early ethics opinion on this subject, State Bar of Arizona, Opinion No. 05 - 04, «Formal Opinion of the Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct» (July 2005), provides a well - reasoned explanation of these duties for electronic files and communicopinion on this subject, State Bar of Arizona, Opinion No. 05 - 04, «Formal Opinion of the Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct» (July 2005), provides a well - reasoned explanation of these duties for electronic files and communicOpinion No. 05 - 04, «Formal Opinion of the Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct» (July 2005), provides a well - reasoned explanation of these duties for electronic files and communicOpinion of the Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct» (July 2005), provides a well - reasoned explanation of these duties for electronic files and communications.

The opinion contains a detailed analysis of the ethics requirements for attorneys» use of technology and their application to the technology covered in the opinion, including a detailed discussion of factors an attorney should consider before using a specific technology.

In addition to Kentucky ethics opinions, the site searches the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, The American Legal Ethics Library at Cornell University, LegalEthics.com, Freivogel on Conflicts and the legal ethics site Hricik.com.

In addition to issues of quality, Bruce Green has noted that ethics opinions have also come under criticism for dealing with «trivial subjects» and for lacking persuasive value with courts (with respect to this later point, however, Green notes that there is some disagreement in the literature as to whether this is actually true).

For each investment, a thorough ethics review and ethics advisory opinion is generated.

Eight advisory opinions were issued, and the staff authored three ethics guides on the subjects of succession planning for lawyers and law firms, the ethical obligations of lawyers who are changing law firms, and considerations for lawyers who are leaving the practice of law to take judicial office.

Client portal use for communication and collaboration is on the rise as well (which isn't surprising in light of the ABA's recent ethics opinion that encourages lawyers to avoid unsecure email when sending certain types of confidential client information and suggests lawyers consider using encrypted methods of communication, including secure, web - based client portals).

«The opinion is contrary to the view of some legal ethics authorities, which have found it ethically impermissible as a matter of honesty for lawyers to search documents they receive from other lawyers for metadata or to use what they find.