At least
some of the ethics opinions that have so far addressed this issue indicate that part of the vetting process should include the provider's viability as a company.
NCN freelance lawyers also get access to Freelance Freedom, a collection
of ethics opinions from across the country relevant to freelance lawyering, and a sample services agreement they can use.
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.
There is a growing body
of ethics opinions that specifically relate to advertising on Google.
Several
of the ethics opinions have talked about the idea that it's ok to go out and get outside help when you don't have the competence yourself.
[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:
The final NC ethics opinion joins a growing body
of both ethics opinions and reports with a simple take - away: cloud computing is an acceptable technology to use in a law firm, but do your homework, as the protective provisions granted to your data will vary substantially across cloud computing vendors.
Your firm will be in violation
of this ethics opinion if it is published as written and your firm uses any of the following products:
This could result in hundreds of attorneys and firms being in violation
of this ethics opinion.
Historically, through a slew
of ethics opinions and court challenges, nobody has ever been able to show any data that suggest people have been harmed by lawyer advertising — accurate, misleading or otherwise.
There is also a summary listing
of the ethics opinions in this issue from the ABA and other states and entities.
It's the latest in a weird collection
of ethics opinions trying to figure out what is direct solicitation and what isn't.
The South Carolina Bar Ethics Advisory Committee provides the full text
of all ethics opinions since 1990 online.
This portion of the training will conclude with a brief talk about (a)
some of the ethics opinions from the ABA and various states about Collaborative Practice, (b) some of the proposals for creating new ethics rules applicable to Collaborative Practice; and (c) whether in light of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act and the ABA ethics opinion approving the use of CP perhaps no new rules are needed.
Not exact matches
Whether it is noise, work
ethic, cleanliness, or appropriateness, every generation and person in the space can and times will have a different
opinion of what is annoying and should be considered as acceptable.
My «
opinion» is, like any other issues
of ethics or morality, which some will «pidgeon - hole» this topic into, is....
But, in my
opinion, the western Christianity has a serious problem on the field
of ethics (and not only on the field
of sexual
ethics).
As a result our influence is ebbing from public life and we are increasingly finding ourselves at odds with popular culture and political
opinion in areas
of morality such as bioethics, right to life, family and sexual
ethics.
The
opinions expressed do not, however, purport to represent the positions
of the Clinton administration, the task force or the
ethics advisory group.
The spectrum
of evangelical
opinion concerning social
ethics which these periodicals define could perhaps be sharpened by further explication
of the positions
of representative individual Christians.
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.
In my
opinion this world would be a lot better off if religion did nt exist and we all lived our lives by a simple and clear code
of ethics.
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.
He rightly notes the the impact
of the media, especially television, in shaping
opinion on the issue
of sexual
ethics, and yet he reveals more than he realizes when he declares:
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:
I am
of the
opinion that a lesser player with a better team
ethic would improve the team overall.
Regardless
of your
opinions of Alisher Usmanov, regardless
of the rights and wrongs
of his business
ethics and regardless
of if we would have suffered due to the Russian economic trouble at present this fact tells you all you need to know about what's wrong with our club.
Funny enough, the «college»
of midwives
of BC doesn't have an
opinion on the
ethics of that behaviour.
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.
The
ethics panel in its advisory
opinion returned with a previously used definition
of who can use the state aircraft when on official business.
«I'm confident
of the fact that we handled everything legally and ethically; that we did the things I wish more people would do in public service, we sought guidance from an
ethics board,» de Blasio said at an unrelated Queens press conference, adding that he sought legal advice from lawyers and
opinions from the Conflicts
of Interest Board.
McArdle said Skelos,
of Nassau County, did not seek an
opinion about the arrangement from the legislative
ethics commission.
On a conference call, Finnerty said, after Kelly first explained that Lisa Percoco was the wife
of a Cuomo aide, he immediately said «there's nothing illegal about it» and «we have an
ethics opinion; we've had the lawyers look at it.»
The chair
of the city's
ethics board said this week she provided a written
opinion dismissing conflict
of interest allegations
On
ethics, Cuomo proposed requiring state lawmakers to seek an advisory
opinion on any outside income and closing an election - law loophole that allows companies to skirt contribution maximums by forming an unlimited number
of subsidiaries to channel donations.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman declined to defend the
ethics agency, since the
opinion was adopted without the unanimous support
of commissioners.
He helped her write an
opinion piece in June for City & State, an online publication, decrying the lack
of state
ethics reform.
Richard Azzopardi, the governor's spokesman, said the executive branch seeks information from JCOPE routinely about matters such as completing financial disclosure filings, conflicts
of interest, pre-government employment,
ethics training and how to comply with JCOPE's
opinions.
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.
In some instances
ethics boards have had complaints or advisory
opinions to investigate, but there are no records on file
of any business conducted.
After months
of pressure from Percoco, the government says, and after Kelly falsely told other CPV executives that he had obtained an «
ethics opinion» from the governor's office approving the arrangement, the company began to pay Percoco's wife $ 7,500 per month to teach fourth graders at elementary schools in New Jersey about a nearby power plant the company was developing.
Philosophy and
ethics have long been neglected in schools, and it's tremendously encouraging to know that the Welsh Government is
of exactly the same
opinion.
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.
The
ethics officials informed Woodstock Times that, pursuant to an
opinion from Robert Freeman, executive director
of the state Committee on Open Government, the board would vote to conduct the hearing in an executive session that would be closed to the public, including the press.
An
ethics opinion on public officers seeking outside employment states that public officers can not take gifts from contractors and lobbyists, and the definition
of a gift is broad.
After coming off a successful 2011 session that featured the passage
of a property tax cap,
ethics reform and same sex marriage, though, public
opinion is starting to slowly turnaround.
The Comptroller's report included a lengthy chart showing the legislature's inaction on
ethics reform, criticizing the fact that, among other things, the budget «intentionally omits» measures such as requiring advisory
opinions on legislators» outside income, closing the LLC loophole in corporate political contributions, and extending the Freedom
of Information Law (FOIL) to cover the Legislature.
In judging this essentially private act
of giving and receiving there is no room for public
opinion to be confused with
ethics.