The Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee approves Advisory Opinion 12-3 approving cloud computing with caveats on confidentiality and other issues

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent approval by the Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) of Proposed Advisory Opinion (PAO) 12-3 on cloud computing with the deletion of language related to disclosure to the client and obtaining informed consent. The revised Proposed Advisory Opinion 12-3 is online here: PAO Read More

Florida Bar’s Board of Governors approves Advisory Opinions related to waivers of ineffective assistance and prosecutorial misconduct and permitting lawyers to authorize non-lawyers to use E-Portal credentials

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog Update which will discuss the approval of Ethics Opinions 12-1 and 12-2 by the Florida Bar Board of Governors of The Florida Bar at its meeting on December 7, 2012. Advisory Opinion 12-1 can also be viewed online at https://www.floridabar.org/tfb/TFBETOpin.nsf/b2b76d49e9fd64a5852570050067a7af/6a2611d9cdcc8db485257ad00070e3fb!OpenDocument and Advisory Opinion 12-2 can be Read More

Proposed Florida Bar Ethics Opinion states that lawyers may authorize non-lawyer staff to complete the certification and e-file court documents using the lawyer’s credentials

By Admin | Published October 26, 2012 | Posted in Florida Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, joe corsmeier, Lawyer Ethics and Professionalism, Lawyer ethics opinions, Lawyer supervision of non-lawyers | Tagged Tags: Attorney Ethics, confidentiality, corsmeier, Florida Bar, joseph corsmeier, lawyer confidentiality | Leave a comment

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss proposed Florida Bar Ethics Advisory Opinion 12-2 which was unanimously approved by The Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) at its meeting on September 21, 2012. The proposed advisory opinion states that lawyers may authorize non-lawyer staff to use their credentials to electronically Read More

Florida Supreme Court suspends Winters and Yonker for misconduct in leaving Mulholland law firm, including theft for removal of Mulholland firm’s client files

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent disciplinary opinion of the Supreme Court of Florida suspending Florida lawyer William Winters from practice for 91 days and Mark Yonker for 60 days. The consolidated case is The Florida Bar vs. William Henry Winters and Marc Edward Yonkers, Case SC10-1333 Read More

Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 93-3 states that fees designated as “non-refundable” may be excessive and prohibited under certain circumstances

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 93-2, which discusses, inter alia, the propriety and effect of the designation of a fee as “non-refundable”. As I reported in a recent Ethics Alert, the Rules Committee of the Florida Bar’s Board of Governors voted not to move forward Read More

Update: Florida Bar’s Board of Governors directs Professional Ethics Committee to prepare opinion on cloud computing

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will provide an update on the status of the potential ethics advisory opinion on cloud computing and the recent decision of the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar (BOG) to direct Professional Ethics Committee (PEC) to prepare an ethics opinion on protecting client confidences when lawyers Read More

Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee requests Board of Governors to direct it to prepare ethics opinion on cloud computing

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent request of the Professional Ethics Committee of The Florida Bar (PEC) to request that the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar (BOG) direct it to prepare an ethics opinion on protecting client confidences when lawyers want to store records via third Read More