TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. PROPOSED RULE AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION

A. RPC 1.6 Duty of Confidentiality: Permitted Disclosure to Prevent Client Suicide

B. Rule 1:21-1(a): Bricks-and-Mortar Offices in the Modern Digital Age

C. Implementing DeNike v. Cupo : Joint Recommendations of PRRC and ACEA to Amend Canon 3(C)(1) of Code of Judicial Conduct, Guidelines on the Practice of Law by Retired Judges, Rule 1:12-1, and RPC 3.5.

D. Implementing In re Boggia : Joint Recommendations of PRRC and ACEA to Amend Canon 7 of the Code of Judicial Conduct and RPC 5.1 to Ban Political Contributions by Firms with Municipal Judges

E. RPC 5.5/Multijurisdictional Practice: Clarifying Amendment to “Association” Exception: Non-New Jersey Attorney Limited to “Occasional” Practice and Must “Designate and Disclose” to All Parties in Interest the Identity of the “Responsible” New Jersey Lawyer

II. PROPOSED RULE AMENDMENTS CONSIDERED BUT NOT RECOMMENDED.

A. Rule 2:15-20: Grievant Confidentiality in Judicial Disciplinary Proceedings

B. Misconduct by Part-Time Municipal Court Judges: “Dual Discipline” as Judges and as Attorneys

III. NON-RULE RECOMMENDATIONS.

A. ACJC Form Language on Confidentiality in Communications to Grievants

B. RPC 1.8(g): The Aggregate Settlement Rule

IV. OUT-OF-CYCLE ACTIVITY

A. RPC 1.6: Considering a Wrongful-Incarceration Exception to Client Confidentiality.

V. HELD MATTERS

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