By Admin | Published December 22, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
Hello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the recent media reports of a Kansas lawyer who is apparently in trouble for allegedly knowingly allowing her client’s identical twin brother to be identified as the defendant at a preliminary hearing in a criminal case. The case is State of Kansas Read More
Read MoreHello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert blog which will discuss the report of the Illinois Disciplinary Commission recommending that an Illinois lawyer be suspended for one year for, inter alia, advertising on Craigslist for a “secretary with benefits” and sending an e-mail to an applicant for the position stating that sexual services Read More
Read MoreHello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert. This Ethics Alert will discuss the recent (October 7, 2011) Florida Courts Technology Committee (FCTC) Supplemental Comments and Plan filed with the Supreme Court of Florida indicating, inter alia, that e-filing should be implemented by the end of the year 2013 as well as a plan Read More
Read MoreHello everyone and welcome to this JACPA Ethics Alert. This Ethics Alert will discuss the recent decision of the Professional Ethics Committee of The Florida Bar (PEC) to issue an advisory opinion considering whether prosecutors can require waivers of ineffective assistance and prosecutorial misconduct claims in exchange for a plea to criminal charges. As I Read More
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