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Ethics Watch: New Jersey Proposal Addresses Sexual Relations with Clients

The New Jersey Supreme Court is considering whether to adopt the American Bar Association (ABA) Model Rule of Professional Conduct that prohibits lawyers from starting a sexual rel...

Alabama State Bar Issues AI Ethics Guidance for Lawyers: Key Questions and Practical Answers

Legal Ethics Roundup: ABA Opines Gov Lawyers Must Report Unlawful Conduct, Toronto Lawyer Suspended Over AI, Senate Bill...

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: ABA Opines Gov Lawyers...

Inside Quinn Emanuel's Court-Required Ethics Training

The law firm was sanctioned this past May and ordered to create ethics education courses after a judge found it committed ethical violations during a pharmaceutical advertising tri...

NJ Supreme Court bars lawyers from dating clients

New Jersey Supreme Court adopts ethics rule barring lawyers from starting sexual relationships with clients they represent, effective Sept. 1. The post NJ Supreme Court bars lawyer...

Ethics Watch: AI Work Product Protection for Unrepresented Individuals, Not for Lawyers

Two federal court decisions in February started a framework for work product limitations to discovery of artificial intelligence (AI) materials, protecting, at most, self-represent...

Alabama Bar Draws a Clear Ethics Line on Lawyers’ AI Use

The Alabama State Bar has issued formal ethics guidance on lawyers’ use of artificial intelligence, offering one of the clearest signals yet that AI is no longer just a technology...

Alabama Bar Draws a Clear Ethics Line on Lawyers’ AI Use

The Alabama State Bar has issued formal ethics guidance on lawyers’ use of artificial intelligence, offering one of the clearest signals yet that AI is no longer just a technology...

Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyer ‘Negligence’ For Not Using AI, Cameras At SCOTUS, Law School Laptop Ban & More

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: Lawyer ‘Negligence’ Fo...

Legal Ethics Roundup: SCOTUS Justices Testify About Enforceable Ethics, 20 AGs Want Clark Discipline Challenge Dismissed...

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: SCOTUS Justices Testif...

Law Firm Sues Ex-Client for Libel, Judge Lays Out Firm Owner's Disciplinary Record

From Lento Law Group PC v. Estrada, decided last week by Judge Mia Roberts Perez (E.D. Pa.): This case involves… The post Law Firm Sues Ex-Client for Libel, Judge Lays Out Firm Own...

Lawyers have a noble and challenging profession: Ashok Bhan

Law is not merely a means of earning a livelihood, but also an instrument through which justice is pursued, rights are protected, and constitutional values are strengthened. The wo...

Ethical Dilemma | AI Recording and Transcribing Tools

AI recording and transcription platforms can save lawyers time, but they also raise ethical concerns. Lawyers must understand the technology, obtain informed client consent, protec...

AI "Combines the Illusion of Thorough Review and Analysis with the Temptations of Speed and Low Cost"

"Attorneys now have the power to violate Rule 11 in embarrassing ways within minutes."

Navigating the Attorney’s Duty of Competence in the Age of AI

Navigating the Attorney’s Duty of Competence in the Age of AIby David Pemberton Reading Time — 6 minutes July 19, 2026...

Lawyers continue to grapple with AI ethical issues

Lawyers continue to navigate ethical issues around generative AI use, guided by existing ABA Model Rules and evolving state regulations. The post Lawyers continue to grapple with A...

The Government Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct- Standards and Practices

Legal Ethics Roundup: The ‘Unethical’ DOJ, A Biglaw Firm’s Court-Required Ethics Training, ‘Bending The Knee’ To Trump &...

Your tour of all things related to lawyer and judicial ethics, with University of Houston law professor Renee Knake Jefferson. The post Legal Ethics Roundup: The ‘Unethical’ DOJ, A...

New Jersey Has A Message For Lawyers: Don’t Sleep With Your Clients

The state supreme court embraced a bright-line ethics rule despite concerns from the state bar. The post New Jersey Has A Message For Lawyers: Don’t Sleep With Your Clients appeare...

Nevada Supreme Court Overrules Caselaw on Post-Trial Contingency Fee Awards

Advocate Cannot Use Confidential Information Against Former Client: Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules that client confidentiality survives legal representation and cannot be breached even if a former client becomes an adversary.

NYCBA Cautions Against Recording Nonclient Calls

New York City attorneys who have been granted permission may ethically use artificial intelligence to record, transcribe and summarize conversations with nonclients, according to t...

Ala. State Bar Sets Guidance For Atty AI Use, Billing

The Alabama State Bar has released a formal opinion to guide attorneys on the ethical use of artificial intelligence, cautioning lawyers to be transparent with their clients about...

Defenders Have 'Ethical Duty' To Use AI, NACDL Paper Says

Horror stories abound about lawyers getting punished for filing briefs riddled with artificial-intelligence hallucinations. But in a report released Thursday, the nation's biggest...