The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has put out for public comment proposed amendments to ethics rules aimed at protecting lawyers who represent those in the state’s newly legalized medical marijuana industry.

The proposed changes were hailed by lawyers in the space who say the amendments will go a long way in lifting the cloud of confusion over whether attorneys could ethically advise clients to enter into an industry that remains illegal at the ­federal level.

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