The New Jersey Supreme Court invites comments on a Report and Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics regarding the continued viability of the common law retaining lien as it relates to RPC 1.16(d). The recommendation of the Committee is to amend RPC 1.16 so as to specifically prohibit the use of a retaining lien. A copy of the Committee’s Report and Recommendation is attached.
Any comments on the Committee Report and Recommendation should be sent by January 31, 2013 to the Secretary, Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, Administrative Office of the Courts, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, P.O. Box 037, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625-0037. Comments may also be submitted via Internet e-mail to the following address: [email protected].
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