Monthly Archives: March 2020

Florida Bar Board of Governors reverses advertising opinion and finds that solicitation rules apply to targeted social media

Posted on March 13, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Florida Bar Board of Governors (BOG)  reversal of a Florida Bar advertising committee opinion that found that targeted social media advertisements were not subject to the solicitation … Continue reading →

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New York removes current mental health and impairment question from NY Bar admission application

Posted on March 10, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent decision by New York to eliminate the current mental health question regarding current mental, emotional, psychiatric, nervous or behavioral disorder or condition, or alcohol, drug or other … Continue reading →

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Florida Bar Ethics Committee votes to publish proposed opinion providing guidance in responding to negative online reviews

Posted on March 9, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent vote by the Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) to publish a proposed ethics advisory opinion providing guidance to lawyers in responding to negative online reviews and … Continue reading →

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Advanced Registered Paralegal program allowing limited practice sent to Bar Rules Committee for review

Posted on March 4, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will update the status of the Advanced Florida Registered Paralegal designation as part of the Florida Registered Paralegal Program in Chapter 20, the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. As I previously … Continue reading →

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Proposed North Carolina Bar ethics opinion states that lawyers may only make “restrained” responses to negative online reviews

Posted on March 2, 2020 by jcorsmeier

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss recent proposed North Carolina Bar 2020 Formal Ethics Opinion 1, which states that lawyers are prohibited from revealing confidential information in response to a negative online post; however, the … Continue reading →

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