Florida lawyer disbarred for soliciting and having sex with 2 clients while they were incarcerated
Jun 01, 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the recent Florida Supreme Court opinion disbarring a lawyer who had solicited and sex with 2 clients in they were incarcerated in j...
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California Supreme Court adopts new Bar ethics rules which (mostly) follow the ABA Model Rules
Jun 01, 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the California Supreme Court’s recent Order implementing new Bar ethics rules which are substantially patterned after the ABA Model ...
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Florida Bar’s BOG considers rules prohibiting misleading ad words and allowing credit pass through
Jun 01, 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the Board of Governor’s review of potential revisions to Florida Bar Rules 4-7.13, which would prohibit misleading words and phrases...
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Florida Supreme Court suspends two lawyers for conflicts of interest under “hot potato doctrine"
Jun 01, 2018
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida suspending two Florida lawyers for 30 days for violating Bar Rules related to conflic...
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Four south Florida lawyers arrested for illegal solicitation and kickbacks
Sep 21, 2017
This Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent arrests of four south Florida lawyers who are alleged to have improperly and illegally obtained personal injury victims as clients and referred them to ...
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New York ethics opinion finds that fees paid to Avvo for legal services violate Bar rules
Aug 11, 2017
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss recent (August 8, 2017) New York Ethics Opinion 1132 which found that lawyers in New York are prohibited from participating in AVVO’s...
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Miami-Dade Circuit Judge's Facebook “friendship” leads to motion to disqualify and appeal
Aug 04, 2017
This Ethics Alert 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 Moti...
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Florida lawyer accused of “planning” Allied Veterans scam reinstated nunc pro tunc after reversal
Jul 26, 2017
Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Order of the Florida Supreme Court reinstating the license of a lawyer who had been charged with felony crimes for alleged...
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Maine Supreme Court holds that competent expert testimony required to prove causation in legal mal
Jul 20, 2017
This Ethics Alert which will discuss the March 21, 2017 opinion of the Maine Supreme Court which held that expert testimony that is not based on supporting facts in the record was insufficient to prov...
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New Jersey joint ethics opinion finds that fees paid to Avvo for client referrals violate Bar rules.
Jun 27, 2017
This guide discuss the recent New Jersey joint ethics opinion which found that lawyers in New Jersey are prohibited from participating in client referral services provided by AVVO because the services...
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