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Illinois Supreme Court Announces Policy on Artificial Intelligence

Last year, the Illinois Judicial Conference Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (IJC) was created to develop recommendations for how the Illinois Judicial Branch should regulate and use artificial intelligence (AI) in the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama Medical Cannabis Update: August 10 Appears to Be the Day

In a court hearing yesterday in the Montgomery County Circuit Court, it appeared that the staff of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission was prepared to move forward announcing licensees at its meeting on Thursday and that...more

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The Georgia Supreme Court Should Reconsider Allowing Lawyers to Represent Clients Following Georgia Law

There may be no area of the law where it is more important to have legal counsel than in the United States cannabis industry. The cannabis industry has developed within the context of conflicting and evolving federal and...more

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ABA Relaxes Rule 4.2 When a Lawyer Hits ‘Reply All’: Will Oregon and Washington Follow Suit?

The American Bar Association (ABA) has issued its second formal opinion concerning Model Rule 4.2 in as many months. The so-called “no-contact rule” prohibits a lawyer from having contact with a represented party about the...more

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Ohio State Board of Professional Conduct Says Lawyers Can Hold Crypto in Escrow

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Get those cold storage crypto wallets ready, Ohio lawyers! The Ohio Board of Professional Conduct issued an advisory opinion allowing lawyers to accept and hold cryptocurrency in escrow when related to the representation of a...more

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Lawyer Discipline for Discriminatory Speech - A Pennsylvania Decision Raises Questions About Maryland Rule 19-308.4(e)

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A federal judge has held that Pennsylvania’s Rule 8.4(g),1 which subjects lawyers to professional discipline for engaging in discriminatory conduct, violates both the free speech clause of the First Amendment and the due...more

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Ohio Board of Professional Conduct Advises Judges May Provide Letters of Recommendation Under Certain Circumstances

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Ohio judges may provide letters of recommendation for individuals so long as the letters are based on the judges’ personal, firsthand knowledge of the individuals and the letters are not an abuse of the prestige of their...more

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New Opinion Warns Against Practicing Law Under Nationally Franchised Common Trade Name Owned by Non-Lawyers

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On October 1, 2021, the Ohio Board of Professional Conduct (the “Board”) issued Advisory Opinion 2021-10 advising that lawyers may not practice under a common trade name that is franchised nationally. The Board considered an...more

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The Other Rules of Professional Conduct

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In October 2019, the Maryland State Bar Association’s Committee on Ethics published an opinion discussing a Maryland attorney’s duty to report the unauthorized practice of law by a non-Maryland attorney. A footnote to the...more

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Analysis: Calif. Attorney-Officials Must Heed AGs Ethics Warning - BB&K's Gary Schons Writes in Law360 About Opinion on Ethics and...

The California attorney general recently issued an opinion addressing both the attorney ethics and legal conflicts implications posed when an attorney who serves as an elected public official — in the case at hand, a city...more

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