Monthly Archives: January 2013

1/31/13 Florida Supreme Court opinion adopts and implements all of The Florida Bar’s proposed comprehensive advertising rules with one minor exception

Posted on January 31, 2013 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Breaking News Ethics Alert blog to advise that the Supreme Court of Florida issued a split opinion today (January 31, 2013) adopting all of The Florida Bar’s proposed comprehensive revisions to the Bar advertising … Continue reading →

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The Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee approves Advisory Opinion 12-3 approving cloud computing with caveats on confidentiality and other issues

Posted on January 29, 2013 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent approval by the Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) of Proposed Advisory Opinion (PAO) 12-3 on cloud computing with the deletion of language related to disclosure to the … Continue reading →

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West Virginia lawyer receives 30 day suspension for failing to move to correct sentencing order after repeated requests and promises to do so and after being admonished 5 previous times for similar misconduct

Posted on January 23, 2013 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss a recent West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opinion imposing a 30 day suspension on a lawyer who failed to communicate with a client on multiple occasions, failed … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin Supreme Court imposes one year suspension on lawyer for greatly inflating his billable hours to qualify for almost $50,000.00 in law firm bonuses

Posted on January 9, 2013 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Wisconsin Supreme Court opinion imposing a one year suspension a lawyer who inflated his billable hours to qualify for bonuses from his law firm.  The case is: … Continue reading →

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Dodd-Frank unlimited lawyer IOTA funds FDIC deposit insurance provision apparently was not renewed by Congress and expired on 12/31/12 and only trust funds up to $250,000.00 per client ledger will be insured

Posted on January 7, 2013 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog to advise everyone of the apparent expiration on December 31, 2012 of the Dodd-Frank Deposit FDIC Insurance provision which provided for the unlimited deposit insurance coverage for Interest on Lawyer Trust … Continue reading →

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lllinois Hearing Board recommends disbarment for former Florida lawyer convicted of Florida felony crimes and federal crimes of tampering with and threatening witnesses who were members of his family

Posted on January 7, 2013 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone!  Happy 2013 and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss recent Illinois Disciplinary Hearing Board Report and Recommendation that a lawyer be disbarred after his conviction of multiple Florida criminal acts and for his federal conviction … Continue reading →

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