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Tips for Complying with ABA and State Rules On Attorney Advertising

If legal marketing professionals are looking for the absolutely clear and consistent rules about attorney advertising that every firm can or should follow, know that the search is futile because the states not only modified the rules but called them by other names including codes, guidelines, standards, oaths, principles, pillars or tenets.
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Law.com

Illinois Prosecutors May Drop Criminal Charges Against Tom Girardi

"We're considering whether we proceed at all with the trial against Mr. Girardi," Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey Rubenstein told U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland, in Chicago, at a status conference Thursday.
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Legaltech News

K&L Gates Partners With AltaClaro to Offer Gen AI Supervisory Course for Firm Partners and Managers

Expanding on past successes with AltaClaro's prompt engineering training, the firm's new course aims to give law firm leaders the necessary skills to professionally and ethically oversee the use of generative AI in legal practice.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-226

(1) If a judge is currently disqualified in matters involving an attorney, he/she may not appoint that attorney as assigned counsel or attorney for the child during any such disqualification period. (2) A judge who is not disqualified from matters involving an attorney must exercise his/her discretion impartially when deciding whether to appoint the attorney, with an eye to avoiding even the appearance of any improper motivation.
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New York Law Journal

Lawyers Have a Civic Duty To Be Vocal

"To the mind of this author, the civic duty of a lawyer goes beyond understanding the underpinnings of a democratic system of government and advocating for clients on a case-by-case basis. Instead, I submit that the civic duty of a lawyer includes the need to engage in a dialogue—a civil dialogue—about what is happening in the world around us."
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Commit Yourself to Act': Actionable Guidance for Ethical Dilemmas

"Lawyers need not be a tortured Prince Hamlet, strutting back and forth, agonizing over an ethical dilemma," writes columnist Michael P. Maslanka.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-225: Is It Unethical For a Judge to Wear a Flag Pin On Their Robe During Proceedings?

The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics responds to a written inquiry from one of New York state's approximately 3,600 judges and justices.
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Daily Report Online

Atlanta Judge in Hot Seat: Misconduct Probe Moves Forward

"[A] pre-hearing conference will take place shortly after October 21, 2024," read a scheduling order penned by Judge Brian Rickman as the new Presiding Officer of the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-224

Although a part-time judge may not serve on a school board, he/she may accept appointment as a community representative to certain advisory committees established by the school board for the local school district: (1) the judge may serve on the district-wide safety team, provided that its work focuses on policies and procedures to promote safety in the schools, and does not involve law enforcement or investigatory functions, and (2) the judge may serve on a citizens finance committee which advises the superintendent and budget officer on annual budget development, capital improvement projects, and the like.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Matt's Corner: Hot Jurisprudential Topics

Can you clarify some appellate decisions that have resulted in confusing precedent?
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