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Florida Supreme Court adopts new statewide practice rules addressing the use of artificial intelligence in legal proceedings

Hello everyone, and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss the Florida Supreme Court’s recent opinion adopting uniform statewide practice rules addressing lawyer and pro se litigant’s use of artificial intelligence in legal proceedings. The Court’s opinion is In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of General Practice and Judicial Administration Rule 2.515, No. SC2026-0673, and the opinion…

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ABA Formal Opinion 522 provides guidance on a lawyer’s duty to disclose grounds for judicial disqualification

Hello everyone, and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss ABA Formal Opinion 522, which provides guidance on a lawyer’s duty to disclose grounds for judicial disqualification. ABA Formal Opinion 522 is here: Formal Opinion 522 The opinion states that a lawyer’s role as an officer of the court requires the disclosure of information related to grounds for judicial disqualification to…

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ABA Formal Opinion 522 provides guidance on a lawyer’s duty to disclose grounds for judicial disqualification

Hello everyone, and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss ABA Formal Opinion 522, which provides guidance on a lawyer’s duty to disclose grounds for judicial disqualification. ABA Formal Opinion 522 is here: Formal Opinion 522 The opinion states that a lawyer’s role as an officer of the court requires the disclosure of information related to grounds for judicial disqualification to…

ABA Formal Opinion 516 addresses “material adverse effects” which prevent permissive withdrawal under Model Rule 1.16(b)(1)

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent ABA Formal Opinion 516, which addresses the “material adverse effects” which prevent permissive withdrawal under Model Rule 1.16(b)(1). Formal Opinion 516 is here: Click to access aba-formal-opinion-516.pdf According to the ABA opinion summary: ABA Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.16(b)(1) permits a lawyer to…

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Washington Supreme Court authorizes pilot program allowing nonlawyers to provide legal services

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent Washington Supreme Court authorization of a pilot program which will allow nonlawyers and nonlawyer entities to provide legal services. The December 5, 2024 Supreme Court Order is here: https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicUpload/Supreme%20Court%20Orders/Order%2025700-B-721.pdf According to the Order, the pilot…

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Florida Supreme Court amends Florida Registered Paralegal Rule creating option to become FRP with work experience attestation from employing/supervising lawyer

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss Florida Supreme Court Rule 20-3.1 amendment which creates a work experience option to become a Florida Registered Paralegal (FRP) with “an attestation of paralegal work experience from an employing or supervising attorney.” The amendments were approved by the Court in May 2024 in In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating The Florida…

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Florida Supreme Court opinion declines to remove the word “zealous” and its variations from Florida Bar Rules

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert update, which will discuss recent Florida Supreme Court opinion which rejected a Bar proposal to remove “Z words” – “zeal,” “zealous,” and “zealously,” from the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. The opinion, In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, SC2024-0032, was published on August 29, 2024, and is here: SC2024-0032 Opinion…

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Texas Supreme Court approves new program permitting licensed paraprofessionals to provide legal services in certain areas of the law

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent Texas Supreme Court opinion that permits licensed non-lawyer paraprofessionals to provide limited legal services to low-income individuals in certain areas of the law. The opinion was published on August 6, 2024, and is here: https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1458990/249050.pdf. The new rules will allow licensed…

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ABA Formal Opinion 512 provides guidance regarding a lawyer’s use of generative artificial intelligence tools (GAI)

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent ABA Formal Opinion 512, which provides information and guidance regarding lawyers’ use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI). The opinion was published on July 29, 2024 and is here: aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf (americanbar.org). The opinion reviews and discusses the lawyer’s ethical implications and obligations…

ABA Formal Opinion 512 provides guidance regarding a lawyer’s use of generative artificial intelligence tools (GAI)

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert, which will discuss recent ABA Formal Opinion 512, which provides information and guidance regarding lawyers use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI). The opinion was published on July 29, 2024 and is here: aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf (americanbar.org). The opinion reviews and discusses the lawyer’s ethical implications and obligations…

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ABA Formal Opinion 511 provides guidance regarding providing information about client matters on a listserv

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss recent ABA Formal Opinion 511, which discusses and provides information and guidance regarding lawyers providing client information on a listserv. ABA Formal Opinion 511 is here: Formal Opinion 511 (americanbar.org) According to the lengthy ABA opinion: (ABA Model) Rule 1.6, Confidentiality, prohibits a lawyer from posting…

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Massachusetts lawyer reprimanded after accidentally copying opposing counsel email to lawyer with plan to avoid judge's call

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Massachusetts Board of Overseers Order imposing a reprimand on a lawyer who sent an email to another lawyer to evade a judge’s and accidentally copied opposing counsel. The case is Massachusetts Bar Counsel v. Cosentino, Public Reprimand No. 2024-1. The Board Report and Order are here:…

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Massachusetts lawyer reprimanded after accidentally copying opposing counsel email to lawyer with plan to avoid judge's call

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Massachusetts Board of Overseers Order imposing a reprimand on a lawyer who sent an email to another lawyer to evade a judge’s and accidentally copied opposing counsel. The case is Massachusetts Bar Counsel v. Cosentino, Public Reprimand No. 2024-1. The Board Report and Order are here:…

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Georgia Supreme Court disbars lawyer who missed statutory filing deadline and created a false email and text to cover it up

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Georgia Supreme Court opinion disbarring a lawyer who missed statutory filing deadline and falsified email to cover it up. The case is In the Matter of Andrea Jo Anne David-Vega, Case No: S24Y0099 and the opinion is here: https://www.gasupreme.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/s24y0099.pdf According to the opinion,…

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Florida Middle District Federal Judge suspends Florida lawyer for filing false cases created by artificial intelligence

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Florida Middle District Senior Judge’s Opinion and Order suspending a Florida lawyer from practicing before that court for one (1) year for filing false cases created by artificial intelligence. The case is In Re: Thomas Grant Neusom, Case No: 2:24-mc-2-JES and the March 8, 2024 Opinion and Order is here:…

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Florida Middle District Federal Judge suspends Florida lawyer for filing false cases created by artificial intelligence

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the recent Florida Middle District Senior Judge’s Opinion and Order suspending a Florida lawyer from practicing before that court for one (1) year for filing false cases created by artificial intelligence. The case is In Re: Thomas Grant Neusom, Case No: 2:24-mc-2-JES and the March 8, 2024 Opinion and Order is here:…

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The Florida Bar offers Florida lawyers free IOTA trust accounting software through NOTA software

Hello everyone and welcome to this Ethics Alert which will discuss the Florida Bar’s offer of free IOTA trust accounting software through NOTA. The link to the Bar’s website with information and access to the NOTA software is here: www.trustnota.com/TheFloridaBar As Florida lawyers who maintain IOTA trust accounts well know, the complexities and redundancies of the Bar trust account rules…

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