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5.958 documents for Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

- Pennsylvania Issues Ethics Opinion On Virtual Law Office
The Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued an opinion last week on the ethical obligations of maintaining a virtual law office in the state. In Opinion 2010-200, the Committee concluded that virtual law practice is permitted in Pennsylvania.
- Lawyers USA
- October 11, 2010
- Commentary: The Ethics of Virtual Law Offices, Take Two
Can a law firm ethically maintain a virtual law office? The Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility answered that very question in its recent opinion entitled "Ethical Obligations on Maintaining a Virtual Office for the Practice of Law in Pennsylvania" (FEO 2010- 200). The short answer: Yes, Pennsylvania attorneys can maintain a virtual law office while still meeting their ethical obligations as attorneys.
- Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
- November 12, 2010
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Legal Assistants, 4th Ed.
ISBN: 0735529043 TITLE: Ethics and professional responsibility for legal assistants, 4th ed. AUTHOR: Cannon, Therese A. PUBLISHER: Aspen Publishers, I...
- Reference and Research Book News
- Vol. 19 Nbr. 2, May 2004

- Mickens v. Taylor, 535 U.S. 162 (2002)
... filed a brief for the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation as amicus curiae urging affirmance. ...: Conflicts of Interest and the Professional Responsibilities of the Defense Attorney, 62 Minn...., is not to enforce the Canons of Legal Ethics, but to apply needed prophylaxis in situations whe... standards of professional responsibility would have precluded him from doing so, remain una...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Managing Risk Wisely in Your Law Firm
Anthony Davis, a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in New York, advises lawyers and law firms on professional responsibility and legal ethics, particularly in the area of risk management. He recently spoke with Lawyers USA about the policies and procedures a well-run firm needs. I don't talk about avoiding all risk, because that's not possible," said Davis, the co-author of "Risk Management: Survival Tools for Law Firms," available from the American Bar Association. "But you can plan for and manage the risks that are inherent in a law practice.
- Lawyers USA
- February 17, 2009
- Raful to Step Down As Touro Law Dean On Long Island
Come next July, Touro Law Center will have a new dean leading its law school. Lawrence Raful, who has served as dean of the school for the past seven years, recently sent a letter to Touro President Alan Kadish, announcing he would be stepping down from his position as of June 30, 2012.

...He currently teaches one class in legal ethics each semester, but will become a full- time... academic area of legal ethics and professional responsibility," Raful wrote. "The state of New Yo...
- Long Island Business News
- July 07, 2011
- The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: beginning to examine the implications for Canadian lawyers' professional responsibilities.
...For the self-governing legal profession, the primary responsibility for ensurin... spotlights principles of professional ethics which are implicated by the Convention and identif...
- Health Law Review
- Vol. 20 Nbr. 2, March 2012
- New Media, Technology and the Law (January 2011)
... that the operator "acted as 'moderator,' 'legal owner, copyright holder, webmaster/IT person and c... State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics opined. The Committee specified that an att... on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Opinion No. 2010-200 (assessing the ethical issu...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- United States Law Articles in English
- New Media, Technology and the Law (January 2011).
... that the operator "acted as 'moderator,' 'legal owner, copyright holder, webmaster/IT person and c... State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics opined. The Committee specified that an att... on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Opinion No. 2010-200 (assessing the ethical issue...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2011, January 2011
- Mining Buried Electronic Data: Increasing Criminal And Civil Case Concerns.
... metadata, the ABA's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, in an opinion iss... Pennsylvania Bar Association Committee on Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently op...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2008, March 2008