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- privilege prohibition of inquiries into lawyer/doctor referral relationships
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- Proposed Florida Bar Advisory Opinion 24-1 provides guidance regarding lawyers’ use of generative artificial intelligence (AI)
- Proposed Florida Bar ethics opinion 20-1- response to negative online reviews
- proposed Florida Bar Rules
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- Rule 4-5.8 amendment to comment 2018
- Rule 8.4(h) conduct adversely affecting fitness to practice
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- Snitch rule
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- TIKD antitrust lawsuit Florida Bar motion for sanctions
- TIKD Florida Bar petition w Florida Supreme Court re UPL
- TIKD motion for sanctions
- TIKD Unlicensed Practice of Law Florida
- TIKD US DOJ Statement of Interest
- U.S. District Court Judge enjoins Pennsylvania from enforcing Bar rule with broad lawyer anti-discrimination prohibitions
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- UPL, unauthorized practice of law, unlicensed practice of law, U.S. Constitution professional speech
- USSC North Carolina dental antitrust case
- Utah pilot program permitting non-traditional legal services, including non-lawyer firm ownership
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- Virginia Ethics Opinion duties related to impaired lawyers
- Virginia revised advertising rules 2017
- Washington DC rules related to non-lawyer firm ownership and sharing fees
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- Washington LLLT sunset elimination 2020
- West Virginia lawyer’s license is annulled and suspended for, inter alia, billing over 24 hours of time multiple times
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New Jersey Supreme Court dismisses charges against lawyer alleged to have engaged in improper Facebook access in 2008
Hello and welcome to this update of my April 16, 2016 Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent New Jersey Supreme opinion dismissing a complaint alleging that a lawyer improperly accessed an opposing party’s Facebook page in 2008. The style … Continue reading
Posted in joe corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, Lawyer ethics Facebook, Lawyer improper access to opposing party Facebook, New Jersey opionion lawyer attempting to contact opposng party on Facebook, Uncategorized
Tagged Attorney ethics, corsmeier, corsmeier lawyer ethics, ethics for lawyers, joe corsmeier, joseph corsmeier, lawyer ethics, Lawyer improper access to opposing party Facebook, New Jersey opinion lawyer Facebook attempt to contact opposing party
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Florida Supreme Court hears oral argument in case where judge found that Facebook “friendship” with lawyer was not disqualifying
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert update which will discuss the recent oral argument which was held by the Florida Supreme Court in a matter wherein a Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge denied a motion to disqualify a lawyer … Continue reading
Posted in Judge disqualification, Judge disqualification Facebook friends with lawyer, judge disqualification Facebook friends with lawyer Florida Supreme Court, Judicial Ethics Facebook and LinkedIn, Lawyer ethics Facebook, Motion to Disqualify Facebook friends, Uncategorized
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Texas Ethics Opinion 671 prohibits anonymous contact with unnamed internet defamer to obtain information for deposition
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent Texas Ethics Opinion 671 which states that lawyers, and their agents, may not anonymously contact an unnamed online alleged defamer in order to obtain jurisdictional or identifying information … Continue reading
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Florida Supreme Court stays lower court case where judge found that Facebook “friendship” with lawyer was not disqualifying
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert update which will discuss the recent (12/7/17) Order of the Florida Supreme Court granting the Herssein law firm’s Motion to Stay the lower court proceeding wherein Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge denied a … Continue reading
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Miami-Dade Circuit Judge’s Facebook “friendship” with Florida lawyer and former judge leads to motion to disqualify and appeal
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent denial of a Motion to Disqualify a Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge who was “friends” with opposing counsel on Facebook as well as the pending appeal. The case … Continue reading
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Florida lawyer arrested and disbarred for disparaging statements and accusations of judicial witchcraft
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court Order disbarring a lawyer for making disparaging statements and accusations regarding the judiciary and accusing judges of witchcraft. The lawyer was also recently arrested … Continue reading →