Sentences with phrase «professional ethics opinions»

The Florida Bar Association has recently published a professional ethics opinion on the duty of lawyers to «sanitize», i.e. erase the memory of, storage media such as printers, copiers, scanners and fax machines.

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It is surprising, however, that qualified professional engineers who supposedly comply with a code of ethics which includes the requirement of competence should express opinions about a subject which they do not understand.

The author writes about newly released ethics opinions, revisions to rules of professional conduct and about representing lawyers facing ethics cases.

Cornelius reports on a recent opinion by the Philadelphia Bar Association's Professional Guidance Committee that addressed an ethics inquiry by an attorney regarding the propriety of asking a third party to «friend» a witness to access information in her Facebook or MySpace account.

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.

These ratings attest to a lawyer's professional legal ability and ethics and are based on the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary.

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.

The full book contains additional updated information and state - by - state ethics opinions, including case studies from attorneys engaged in virtual law practice and elawyering as well as advice from practice management advisors, IT & security professionals, and marketing and business professionals among others.

In California, that post would violate the Rules of Professional Conduct, according to a recent ethics opinion issued by the -LSB-...]

As many of you are already aware, the ABA's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released an ethics opinion on legal outsourcing this week.

Our firm has received the highest rating (AV ®) from Martindale - Hubbell, which rates lawyers» legal abilities and professional ethics based upon confidential opinions from other lawyers and judges.

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.

I'd like to see an ethics committee write a disciplinary opinion saying, «We find that the inappropriate content of the holiday card violated Rule 7.2 of the Rules of Professional Conduct.

[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:

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.

A number of state ethics opinions have addressed professional responsibility issues related to attorneys» use of various technologies.

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 Opinion 201601, the Committee on Professional ethics offered a well - reasoned opinion in favor of allowing lawyers the mobility and convenience of practicing law from a virtual laOpinion 201601, the Committee on Professional ethics offered a well - reasoned opinion in favor of allowing lawyers the mobility and convenience of practicing law from a virtual laopinion in favor of allowing lawyers the mobility and convenience of practicing law from a virtual law firm.

Martindale's peer review ratings play an integral role in service to the legal community — they attest to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics, and reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and Judiciary.

This rating «attests to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics, and reflects the confidential opinions of the Bar and the Judiciary.»

In the absence of a formal ethics opinion, lawyers in Louisiana will need to rely on the Rules of Professional Conduct (PDF), issued by the Louisiana Supreme Court.

The Program provides them with information about professional responsibility law, legal precedent, bar association ethics opinions, law review articles and practical guidelines.

Since 2000, Micah has presented the Pennsylvania Bar Association's annual marketing ethics program (as part of its three times per year «Ethics Potpourri» programming in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), changing the focus each year to address ethics topics that have included an analysis of U.S. Supreme Court cases, advertising ethics opinions across the country, lawyer rankings and ratings, use of social media, blogs, traditional marketing approaches and missteps, internet marketing, solicitation, multi-jurisdictional practices, and state - by - state advertising requirements as they relate to everything from pre-approvals, language limitations, disciplinary actions, and the myriad of ways a law firm can (often unknowingly) violate the Rules of Professional Conduct.

www.abanet.org/cpr Provides resources in legal ethics including the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and headnote summaries of recent formal ethics opinions issued by the ABA.

At OLPR, Eric investigated and prosecuted allegations of attorneys» violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct, provided hundreds of advisory opinions to Minnesota lawyers, supervised the Trust Account Overdraft Notification Program, wrote articles for Minnesota Lawyer, and presented numerous seminars on ethics issues.

Now, a new ethics opinion by the New York City Bar Association's Committee on Professional Ethics («NYCBA») offers guidance on what lawyers should do after client files are inadvertently destroyed.

«The United States Attorneys for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky (United States) have moved this Court to review the merits of Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) Ethics Opinion E-435, an ethics advisory opinion, which finds the use of ineffective - assistance - of - counsel (IAC) waivers in plea agreements violates our Rules of Professional COpinion E-435, an ethics advisory opinion, which finds the use of ineffective - assistance - of - counsel (IAC) waivers in plea agreements violates our Rules of Professional Copinion, which finds the use of ineffective - assistance - of - counsel (IAC) waivers in plea agreements violates our Rules of Professional Conduct.

Dozens of law firms have benefitted from Micah's reputation as one of the leading ethics lawyers in the country as it relates to law marketing and advertising ethics issues, specifically addressing the Rules of Professional Conduct, ethics opinions and related issues in all of the firm's jurisdictions.

The Florida Bar Board of Governors» professional ethics committee is the latest, having released its opinion in late January.

Disagreeing with other ethics committees, the Alabama State Disciplinary Commission recently issued an opinion finding that «[t] he use of daily deal websites, such as Groupon, violates or potentially violates a number of rules of professional conduct.»

Now, a new ethics Opinion by the New York City Bar's Committee on Professional Ethics has held that New York attorneys may use the street address of a VLO as the «principal law office address» for the purposes of Rule 7.1 (h) of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct - even if most of the lawyer's work is done at another location.

Professional references will give more of an honest opinion and will be more likely to give them the information they want to hear about your skills and work ethic.