Sentences with phrase «formal committee opinion»

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology along with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine published a formal committee opinion on this in 2013:

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Sen. Brad Hoylman of Manhattan has asked the state Committee on Open Government for a formal opinion on the Senate's adoption this week of chamber rules that bar the use of cellphones as recording devices — a prohibition that Hoylman strongly suspects is a violation of state Open Meetings Law.

The Environment Committee has recently adopted their formal opinion on the file and called for higher ambition for the future energy efficiency law.

Last May, the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility built on existing guidance concerning confidentiality with Formal Opinion 477R.

According to The State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct Formal Opinion NO. 2012 - 186, posts by attorneys on social media websites are subject to professional responsibility rules governing attorney advertising if they constitute a «communication» within the meaning of rules.

In August 2011, the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 11 - 459 relating to a lawyer's duty to protect the confidentiality of electronic communications with clients.

California Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct Formal Opinion 2015 - 193 recognizes that even if e-discovery is relatively new, the duty of competence is not, and in today's technological world, every case has the potential to involve e-discovery.

Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Formal Opinion 2011 - 200 recognes the dramatic rise in the use of technology in the profession and lists in detail the legal ethics implications of technology.

First, on August 5, 2010, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released Formal Opinion 10 - 457 on Lawyer Websites.

ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility Formal Opinion 10 - 547: Lawyer Websites September 30 By The American Bar Association «Many lawyers and law firms have established websites as a means of communicating with the public.

In the Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct Formal Opinion No. 2015 - 193, California makes it abundantly clear that a lawyer who does not understand how electronically stored information is managed and retrieved for litigation purposes needs to get assistance before embarking on discovery in just about any matter.

I not only have every legal marketing ethics rule memorized, I constantly stay abreast to formal opinions and nonbinding informal advisory opinions by the Missouri Supreme Court Advisory Committee & Legal Ethics Counsel.

A prime example is Formal Opinion 462, in which the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility concluded that a judge may use social media so long as that use complies with the Code of Judicial Conduct.

State Bar of Arizona, Opinion No. 09 - 04, «Confidentiality; Maintaining Client Files; Electronic Storage; Internet» (Formal Opinion of the Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct)(December 2009).

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.

Additional examples of opinions covering cloud services are Pennsylvania Bar Association, Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Formal Opinion 2011 - 200, «Ethical Obligations for Attorneys Using Cloud Computing / Software as a Service While Fulfilling the Duties of Confidentiality and Preservation of Client Property» (November, 2011) and North Carolina State Bar 2011 Formal Ethics Opinion 6, «Subscribing to Software as a Service While Fulfilling the Duties of Confidentiality and Preservation of Client Property» (January, 2012).

The New York City Bar Association's Formal Opinion 2012 - 2 and the New York County Lawyers» Association Committee on Professional Ethics Formal Opinion 743 addressed this issue, along with citing a number of actual cases where it has been a problem.

In Formal Opinion 466, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility stated that any communication to a juror that requests access to information not made public is considered a prohibited ex parte communication under Model Rule 3.5 (b).

In Formal Opinion 477, the Ethics Committee went one step further, concluding that «a lawyer may be required to take special security precautions to protect against the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of client information when required by an agreement with the client or by law, or when the nature of the information requires a higher degree of security.»

The State Bar of Arizona Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct recently issued Formal Ethics Opinion 16 - 01 regarding «of counsel» relationships.

Recognizing that «[e] ven the best lawyers may err,» the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has issued a formal opinion addressing when a lawyer must inform a client...

[42](Later, on August 19, 2013, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued Formal Opinion 464, which clarifies that a lawyer subject to Model Rule 5.4 may share fees with a law firm practicing in a jurisdiction that permits nonlawyer ownership, even if those fees might be distributed to a nonlawyer, provided that there is no interference with the lawyer's independent professional judgment).

The following is the question posed of the ethics committee in Proposed 2011 Formal Ethics Opinion 6 — Subscribing to Software as a Service While Fulfilling the Duties of Confidentiality and Preservation of Client Property:

This Formal Advisory Opinion is intended to provide judges with broad guidance regarding one of the Ethics Committee's most frequent areas of inquiry.

In Revised Formal Opinion 31 (1988), the CBA's Committee on Professional Ethics addressed the limits on a Connecticut law firm's common law right to a «retaining» lien — to secure fees — on the file of a contingency fee client who has discharged the firm in favor of another firm.

Because this Formal Advisory Opinion does not address the specific facts of a particular case, a judge does not receive the benefit of the «rule of reliance» by reviewing the Committee's general advice.

The California State Bar Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) Proposed Formal Opinion Interim No. 08 - 0002 (Confidentiality and Technology), while still not final, also speaks to lawyer use of the cloud.

Judge's Use of Electronic Social Networking Media (American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Formal Opinion 462) February / février 2013.

The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released its Formal Opinion 11 - 459 in August 2011 regarding a lawyers» «Duty to Protect the Confidentiality of E-mail Communications with One's Client.»

The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility's Formal Opinion 92 - 369 on Disposition of Deceased Sole Practitioners» Client Files and Property (December 7, 1992) dictates that all solo attorneys have a plan in place in the event of their death or incapacitation.

The Pennsylvania Bar Association's Committee On Legal Ethics And Professional Responsibility has just released Formal Opinion 2011 - 200, Ethical Obligations For Attorneys Using Cloud Computing / Software As A Service While Fulfilling The Duties Of Confidentiality And Preservation Of Client Property

The committee responds to ethics questions from judges and court staff with informal and formal advisory opinions.