By Admin | Published February 13, 2012 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, corsmeier, Florida Bar, Florida Bar discipline, joseph corsmeier | Leave a comment
NY lawyer receives public censure (reprimand) for filing lawsuit after statute of limitations expired and falsely notarizing clients’ signatures in Complaint
Hello welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert which will discuss a New York appellate disciplinary opinion in which a lawyer received a public censure (reprimand) for filing a civil lawsuit after the statute of limitations had expired and falsely notarizing their signatures in the complaint. The case is: In the Matter of Read More
Read MoreFlorida Bar’s Special LRS Committee looks at restricting lawyer’s participation in for-profit lawyer referral services which also make medical referrals
Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent report in The Florida Bar News regarding proposals made to The Florida Bar’s Special Committee on Lawyer Referral Services which would restrict Florida lawyers’ participation in for-profit lawyer referral services which make other referrals. At its January 13, 2012 meeting, Read More
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court allows Alabama death row inmate whose pro bono lawyers missed deadline to appeal state court’s denial of post conviction relief
Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion which held that an Alabama inmate on death row could appeal his conviction even though his lawyers missed the filing deadline because of the departure of his pro bono lawyers from the Sullivan & Cromwell New York Read More
Read MoreFlorida Bar’s Board of Governors Defers on Whether the Use Actors to Play Judges and “Authority Figures” Violates Bar Advertising Rules
Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss two lawyer advertising issues considered the Florida Bar’s Board of Governors (BOG) at its December 2011 meeting as reported in the January 15, 2012 issue of The Florida Bar News. According to this report, the BOG discussed two advertising issues during an executive Read More
Read MoreNebraska Supreme Court opinion holds that lawyer who signs client’s settlement agreement cannot be held liable for its breach
Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert which will discuss recent Nebraska Supreme Court opinion which held that a lawyer who signs a settlement agreement under the legend, “Agreed to in Form & Substance,” was not liable for breach of the payment terms because the language and circumstances surrounding the agreement did not indicate Read More
Read MoreUtah Ethics Opinion says lawyers who allow or encourage law students to use free online research for firm work are violating ethics rules and potentially committing crime
Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss a recent Utah State Bar Ethics Opinion which concluded that, although the practice is widespread, law firms who allow their law student employees to use their free access to Westlaw, Lexis, and other research services to perform firm work are violating lawyer ethics Read More
Read MoreRedacted information on Apple’s licensing agreements and marketing studies is revealed when federal judge’s online PDF order was cut and pasted
Hello welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent federal trial court order in Apple’s patent infringement suit against Samsung Electronics which was formatted in a way that exposed redacted information, including Apple’s studies showing its customers are unlikely to switch to Samsung’s Android devices and information on Apple’s licensing agreements Read More
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