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The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors approves guidelines for advertising past results which prohibit past results on billboards and TV and radio advertisements

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the Guidelines for Advertising Past Results which were approved by the Florida Bar’s Board of Governors (BOG) on December 13, 2013 (and revised on 1/17/14) as well as the decision of the Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising to disapprove 15 and 30 second television advertisements Read More

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2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 18,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many Read More

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Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising issues proposed advisory opinion which cautions lawyers against using “hidden text” or another firm’s name in a website page “metatag”

Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Advertising issues proposed advisory opinion which cautions lawyers against using “hidden text” or another firm’s name in a website page “metatag”.

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Florida 4th DCA affirms $2 million dollar punitive damages award against Florida law firm in legal malpractice/breach of fiduciary duty lawsuit

Hello and welcome to this Ethics Alert blog  which will discuss the recent opinion of Florida 4th District Court of Appeal affirming a $2 million dollar punitive damages award against a Florida law firm.  The case is Young v. Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. — So.3d —, 2012 WL 1859108 (Fla. 4 DCA May 23, 2012) Read More

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Florida Bar referee recommends 1-year suspension for former state prosecutor who sent hundreds of texts and made calls to the presiding judge during murder trial

Florida Bar referee recommends 1-year suspension for former state prosecutor who sent hundreds of texts and made calls to the presiding judge during murder trial.

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Former Maricopa County Arizona Attorney and deputy are disbarred for “dishonesty” and “abuse of power”

Former Maricopa County Arizona Attorney and deputy are disbarred for “dishonesty” and “abuse of power”.

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Wyoming lawyer receives public reprimand for using client to finalize a divorce settlement agreement with represented spouse

Hello and Happy Groundhog Day!  Welcome to this edition of the JACPA Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Wyoming Supreme Court disciplinary opinion which approved the Wyoming Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation that a lawyer receive a public censure (reprimand) for using his client to finalize a divorce settlement agreement with the Read More

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Federal District Court says associate in Kentucky office of Winters and Yonker can’t sue for firing him after refusing to take part in suspect referral scheme

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent opinion of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky which held that a law firm associate has no wrongful discharge claim against the Kentucky office of Winters & Yonker for allegedly firing him for refusing to take part Read More

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Federal 9th Circuit Opinion says Arizona federal prosecutor should be investigated and potentially disciplined for “falsified version” of defendant’s prior sworn testimony in cross examination

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert and blog which will discuss recent Federal 9th Circuit opinion which found that an Arizona federal prosecutor “presented a falsified version” of the defendant’s prior testimony in a drug smuggling trial to make it appear that she had previously lied under oath.  The case is U.S. v. Read More

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Florida Supreme Court Affirms 4th DCA Opinion Quashing Trial Court Order Compelling Discovery of Privileged Information and Documents in Bad Faith Case

Hello and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert and blog which will discuss recent Florida Supreme Court per curiam opinion affirms the 4th DCA’s quashing of lower court order permitting discovery of privileged attorney/client communications between defendants and their attorneys in a bad faith lawsuit.  The case is Genovese v. Provident Life and Accident Ins. Read More

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