For instance, one of the speakers on the call, Scott Wolfe, Jr., recently sued the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board in U.S. District Court, alleging that the state's recently amended
rules of professional conduct regarding online legal communications restrict, unduly burden, and chill the exercise of commercial speech rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments the U.S. Constitution.
Not exact matches
Thus, ER for Lawyers does not advise attorneys
regarding the use or legal effect
of the research, recommend a specific course
of action to follow or express an opinion on whether a lawyer's described or alleged
conduct constitutes a violation
of a state's
rules of professional conduct.
My job with the D.C. Bar is to provide informal guidance to D.C. lawyers
regarding their ethical duties and responsibilities under the
rules of the
professional conduct for the District
of Columbia.
The
conduct of lawyers with
regard to the preparation
of witness testimony is often regulated by the
rules of professional conduct of the jurisdiction in which that lawyer is admitted to practise.
Non-lawyer personnel can not be expected to obey and understand the
rules of professional conduct, especially in
regards to the way they interplay with casework and clients.
Also, I would note: if these duties (
of loyalty / fiduciary to clients and to other persons or the public at large) come into conflict, a lawyer's
rules of professional conduct will require following the relevant
rules regarding conflicts
of interest.
16 SB 319 / HCSFA S. B. 319 (SUB)- 1 - HOUSE SUBSTITUTE TO SENATE BILL 319 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1 To amend Title 43
of the Official Code
of Georgia Annotated, relating to professions and 2 businesses, so as to provide that
professional counseling includes diagnosing emotional and 3 mental problems and conditions; to clarify that persons licensed as
professional counselors, 4 social workers, and marriage and family therapists are not authorized to
conduct 5 psychological testing; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to provide for a 6 curriculum
of continuing education relating to diagnosing; to provide for the establishment 7
of rules and regulations
regarding testing
conducted by licensed
professional counselors; to 8 clarify that psychological testing is part
of the practice
of psychology; to provide that certain 9 licensed persons are able to perform certain tests other than psychological testing; to revise 10 definitions; to amend Code Section 37 -1-1
of the Official Code
of Georgia Annotated, 11 relating to definitions relative to the general provisions governing and regulating mental 12 health, so as to conform a cross-reference; to provide for related matters; to provide an 13 effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.