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March Virginia Supreme Court Wrestles with Commercial Speech, Confidentiality, and Law Blogs Top Ten – Worldwide Edition Stop on Red (Flags) Duquesne’s Lewis Joins Board; Bevilacqua, Lawrence Take Chairs Libhart Takes IOLTA Reins The Portal Will Open Soon The Disciplinary Board Gets Social February ABA Goes Global Bona Fide Again Social Media Security Supreme Court Extends Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Fund Support Thinking Outside the Box: Our Monthly Registration Nag Minnesota: No Billing While Cooing January Top Ethics Stories of 2012 – Steele Edition Goin’ Mobile Non-waivable Means Don’t Ask “Bona Fide Office,” Jersey Style The Numbers Are In 2012 December Most Significant Disciplinary Cases of 2012 New Jersey Clarifies Unauthorized Practice Rule The Internet: Not So Anonymous After All Season’s Greeting from Manatt November Board Amends Its Rules Electoral Ambitions Cost Lawyer His License Murder by Power of Attorney? Cinderella’s Attorney Turns Pumpkin October A Friend in Need is a Friend in Absentia Put Up Your Docs! Discovery of a Lawyer’s Computer Ohio: Uninsured? You Must Disclose! Rules of Professional Conduct: the Halloween Edition Curses! Trefoiled Again! September ABA 20/20 Committee Proposes Rule Changes on Foreign Lawyer Admissions Sixth Circuit: Attorney’s Criticism of Commission Not Unethical Discipline: Not Even Close Deputy Chief Counsel Burgoyne Elected to National Association Office Graphic Representation: Lawyer Turns Cartoonist to Argue Case August ABA Adopts Changes to Model Rules of Professional Conduct Supreme Court Hands Down Disciplinary Opinion on Sanctions Disciplinary Board Amends Board Rules Jane Gowen Penny Appointed, Douglas W. Leonard Reappointed to Disciplinary Board I’m Askin’ You Real Nice Let Us Know July ABA 20/20 Committee Maps New Rule Changes Suspended Animation Within You Without You Sheriff Taylor on Legal Ethics Incommunicado Let Us Know June Supreme Court Adopts New Form of Discipline: Public Reprimand Wait in the Lobby, Please: Supreme Court Revises Lobbying Rules Next Year (2013 - 2014): Late Fees Kick In Automatically Registration: This Year Wilkes-Barre Attorney David Schwager Joins Board You and Me and Barratry Let Us Know May Registration Process Underway Survey Results: Our Readers Speak Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Announces New Website Link of the Month: Perils of E-Filing Is It a Crime to Rhyme? Input! More Input! April Cohen, Bevilacqua to Head Disciplinary Board in 2012-13 Amendments to Criminal and Disciplinary Reporting Rules Adopted Reporting In The Zero Sum Games District 3 Moves Of Taverns and Tows Let Us Know March Board Welcomes Patricia Hastie Sink the Monitor Tears in Mitigation Third Circuit Puts the Brief in Briefing Let Us Know Feburary Chief Justice Addresses Bar on Pro Bono PBA and Philadelphia Bar Association Opine on Limited Scope Arrangements Luzerne Special Master Finishes Work; Control of Juvenile System Returned to Court You Go Back, Jack, Do It Again Discipline by the Numbers Your Chance to Sound Off Let Us Know January Most Significant Disciplinary Cases of 2011 Steele’s Stories: Top Ethics Stories of 2011 I’ve Looked at Clouds from Both Sides Now: PBA Formal Opinion 2011-200 Hearing Committee Members Get Benched Justice Eakin Re-Verses a Judgment Let Us Know 2011 December How Online Annual Attorney Registration Works Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Privilege Challenges Heard Immediately Forms Follow Function Lawyer in Love: Do Lovers Make Better Lawyers? Lawyer Ostrich-sized? Judge Uses Images in Rebuke of Lawyer Holiday Cheer Let Us Know November Bar Admission Rules Regarding Accredited Schools, Military Service Amended Partly Cloudy How to Handle a Hot Copy Discipline Roundup Search Me? Now You Can Not Your Grandfather’s Code of Ethics Let Us Know October Third Circuit Addresses Reasonable Inquiry into Client-Provided Information Blawging: Advertising or Free Speech? Prosecutors on the Dock Disciplinary Board Secretary Publishes Continuing Education Schedule Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ Files Let Us Know September Board Proposes Amendments to Criminal Conviction Procedure ABA Addresses Cross-Border Practice, New Firm Conflicts, Clients Using Work Computers, Fee Agreements “Model of Transparency” The Kids Aren’t Alright: Disciplinary Case of the Month Blame It on the Chablis Let Us Know August Judges Judged: Ciavarella Gets 28 Years Not Fun and Games: Lawyer with Video Game Addiction Suspended Disciplinary Board Proposes New Sanction, Public Reprimand, and Revises Board Rules Need the Latest? Disciplinary Board Offers RSS Feed Let Us Know July Expanding Immunity: Supreme Court Extends Protection of Disciplinary Participants You Can’t (Always) Go Home Any More Discipline Roundup Dude! Change the Channel! Let Us Know June Philadelphia Judge Allows Former Counsel to Sue School District Supreme Court Adopts Rule Requiring Response to Disciplinary Inquiry Supreme Court Reappoints Lawrence, Bevilacqua, and Nasatir to Disciplinary Board Reminder You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Where Scranton Is Quote of the Month Let Us Know May Pennsylvania Supreme Court Draws Tough Line on Judicial Recusal Disciplinary Board Proposes New Electronic Filing Rules PA IOLTA Offers Online Donation Option New Leadership of Disciplinary Board Chosen Web of Deceit Somebody Said from Dylan He’d Quote Got a Tip? April Registration Goes Online Discipline By the Numbers Pro Bono – You’re Covered Tip of the Month: Get It in Writing! A Periodic Reminder Gee Whiz! Sun Tzu, Shakespeare, and E.E. Cummings Grace Copyright Opinion Got a Tip? March Supreme Court Declares Two-Way Street for Attorney-Client Privilege Former Judge Ciavarella Convicted of 12 Counts, Acquitted of 27 Lawyer Suspended for Unpaid Work in a Single Case while on Inactive Status Online Registration Arrives in Pennsylvania York Lawyer Helps Save Jumper Got a Tip? February Supreme Court Calls on Pennsylvania Lawyers to Meet Pro Bono Challenge Civil Legal Aid In Pennsylvania Pro Bono Under Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct Report Shows Law Firms Didn’t Abandon Pro Bono in Recession Got a Tip? January The Most Significant Disciplinary Cases of 2010 Supreme Court Adopts Changes to Disability Proceeding Rules Nigerian Scammers Strike Pennsylvania Lawyers; Indictments in Middle District Let Me Take You Higher High Aspirations on a Tight Schedule Got a Tip? 2010 December New Legislation Resolves Red Flags Controversy; FTC Backs Off on Mortgage Rule R.S.V.P.: Disciplinary Board Proposes Mandatory Response Rule Elevated Security: Supreme Court Increases Maximum Recovery Notaries Yet Again Hoo Hah! A Colorful Continuance Request and Appropriate Judicial Response Got a Tip? November Disciplinary Board Proposes to Open Disbarment Statements More on Notaries Not Just My Space Anymore Debt Collection Firm Sets Up Phony Court Something to Say? October ABA Provides Guidance on Websites European Union High Court: No Privilege for House Counsel Notorious Notaries: Robo-Signers, Phantom Affiants, and Corners Cut Can a Sitting Judge Do Standup? When Judges Moonlight Got a Tip? September Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Opposing Party Has No Standing to Challenge Representation of State IOLTA Board Increases Pro Hac Vice Fee Conviction Reporting Change Adopted; Disability Proposal Published Going Once, Going Twice . . . Board Website Shows Insurance Coverage A Truly Adverse Possession Got a Tip? August Two Disbarments: Two Tragic Stories Disciplinary Board Proposes Change in Mental Disability Defense Rule Third Circuit Revises Attorney Discipline Rules Fields Aplenty: Web Site Adds Multiple Field Search No, Quadratics Has Nothing to Do with Your Transmission Got a Tip? July Supreme Court Lawyering Up The Heaviest Burden: The Duty to Inform Tribunals Present Company Not Excepted Bulletin – Deadline for CLE Delinquent/Noncompliant Lawyers Extended to September 1 It’s Not Easy Being Green Got a Tip? June Interbranch Panel Files its Report Registration Forms Pouring In; 30-day Extension for Attorneys Facing Administrative Suspension ABA, Lawyers Jostle with the Feds Wedding Bell Blues Got a Tip? May Disciplinary Board Proposes New Rule for Prosecutors: Question False Convictions If It’s May, It Must Be Registration Time Beneath Contempt O Brother, Who Art Thou? Request and Ye Shall Be Fed Better Late than Never Got a Tip? April Annual Form Time – Insurance Disclosure Required New Board Appointments for 2010-2011 Disciplinary Board Publishes 2009 Annual Report No Fool Like an April Fool Got a Tip? March By the Numbers IOLTA Board Publishes Reports As We Were Saying . . . Lawyer Advertising: Faith and Franks Our Readers Feed Back (or is that Fight Back?) Calling All Peep Performers! Got a Tip? February Rule Changes: Change of Convictions A Leaner Disciplinary Board More on Paralegals Gone Bad Capital Offense: Advice from a Judge We Got Props Got a Tip? January Most Significant Disciplinary Cases of 2009 Secretary Turns in/on Litigator Demonstrative Evidence Gone Wild Errata? Who, Us? Got a Tip? 2009 December U.S. Supreme Court Denies Privilege Appeal U.S. Supreme Court Considering Cases Related to Practice Who Owns the Email? Employers Attack Attorney-Client Privilege FAQ: Why No Email Addresses? Lawyers Accident-Prone? Got a Tip? November Judge Throws Red Flags: FTC Policy Stayed Luzerne Judges Fallout Continues Judge Orie Melvin Elected to Supreme Court Possible Scam Alert: Attorney Registration Lawyers Behaving Badly: November Edition Star Law: Are You Covering All the Bases? Got a Tip? October No White Flag on “Red Flags”: ABA Challenges FTC on Identity Theft Rules Putting the “Bar” in Disbarred PA Bar Committee Examines Metadata (Issue) Picky, Picky: Courts Hammer Lawyers Link of the Month Got a Tip? September New York and Maine Go Model; California Sole Holdout We’ve Moved! More Net Losses: Bloggeras and Posters Beware The Continuing Saga: Missing Trousers and Serial Salon Suer Followup New Vice-Chair Appointed to Disciplinary Board Got a Tip? August Rule Changes I: Emergency Temporary Suspension Rule Changes II: Criminal Conviction, Reciprocal Discipline Rule Changes III: Amendments to Disciplinary Board Rules IOLTA Again ODC Deputy Chief Counsel Receives President’s Award Got a Tip? July Pennsylvania Lawyer Freed after 14 Years for Contempt IOLTA Board Amends Regs A Friend in Deed FAQ: State Line Anxiety Got a Tip? June US Supreme Court Addresses Ethics If Ya Gotta Go . . . Lawyer Scam Update Seek and Ye Shall Find . . . Most of the Time FAQ: IOLTA and Insurance Got a Tip? May Disciplinary Board Offers Online Address Update Changes in Lawyer Registration – Frequently Asked Questions Justice Cappy Passes Scams on Lawyers Grow in Numbers, Sophistication Dumpster Discipline Got a Tip? April Supreme Court Revamps Conservatorship, Suspension, Reinstatement, and Inactive Status Rules New Leaders of a Smaller Disciplinary Board This’ll Hurt a Little Public De-Fender Got a Tip? March Complaints, Complaints Louisiana Supreme Court Reprimands Lawyer for Suing Client over Disciplinary Complaints Advice from an Expert Can You Hear Me Now? Not Good! We Want Your Feedback Got a Tip? February Luzerne Judges Removed from Duty After Corruption Pleas Kansas County Attorney Suspended for Misuse of Prosecutorial Materials New Board Members Appointed The Numbers Are Out Our Eagle-eyed Readers Strike Again But Seriously . . . Got a Tip? January The Envelope Please: Top Five Disciplinary Cases of 2008 Stories of Steel Supreme Court: We’ll Report Negligent Defense Counsel FAQ: Complaints against Prosecutors and Criminal Defense Attorneys Got a Tip? 2008 December New Disciplinary Procedure Rules Take Effect Judicial Court Removes Luzerne Judge Retired: No Job, No Boss, No Worries, No . . . Fees We’re in the Movies! Nostra Culpa Got a Tip? November Douglas Leonard Joins Disciplinary Board New Modifications Proposed to Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement Rule Booklets Available F.A.Q. (Furtively Asked Questions) Got a Tip? October It’s a Springboard, Too Meet the New Rule 1.15 (Not the Same as the Old Rule 1.15) Help for the Troubled Attorney Tip of the Month: PDF Doesn’t Mean “Please Don’t Find Out” Got a Tip? September Supreme Court Adopts New Money Handling Guidelines Comment Time for Conservatorship Rules Extended ABA Okays Outsourcing It’s Not Nice to Diss Your Disciplinary Counsel August Disciplinary Board Proposes Conservator Rule Changes David Nasatir Appointed to Disciplinary Board Sanctions on Lawyer for Obstreperous Client Upheld Pro Hac Vice Admission Restored to Georgia Lawyer Yet Another Erratum Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You Got a Tip? July Lawrence, Bevilacqua Join Disciplinary Board California, There We Went EZ, Dude! Lyin' Lawyers Tip of the Month: Cookie Monsters Got a Tip? June Greenspan Joins Supreme Court Judges Caught in the Web Nigerian Scam Followup Tip of the Month: Registration Statement The Errata Sonata Gotta Gotcha I'm ?Äô-K, You're ?Äô-K Gotta Tip? May Annual Report 2007 Disciplinary Board Modifies Organizational Rules Linked Licenses New New Hampshire Lawyer's Plan to Clip Salons is Foiled Threatening Criminal Prosecution Request In Strictest Confidence For Urgent Business Relationship Totally Legitimate But Very Confidential. Gotta Tip? April It was Twenty Years Ago Today... Late Breaking News May Flowers Bring... Your Registration Statement Lessons from Qualcomm Self Defense Privilege under RPC 1.6 That's a One Followed by Seven Zeroes We Want to Hear From You Gotta Tip? March Beyond Contempt: Supreme Court Tries Some New Remedies Lawyer, Muzzle Thy Client The Mailbag: Confidentiality Followup Attorney Browne Greene Seeing Red; Client Blue FAQ: Furtively Asked Questions Gotta Tip? February Discipline Stats for 2007 The Heaviest Secret: Two Confidentiality Stories Got Ascot? FAQ (Forlornly Asked Questions) Page Plug: Global Practice Gotta Tip? January Todd and McCaffery Join Supreme Court; Castille Takes the Gavel Supreme Court Rules Consumer Protection Act Does Not Apply to Attorney Misconduct Suspended Animation Ascot’ta Be Me Gotta Tip? 2007 December RPC 6.3: Membership in Legal Services Organization Innocent, But Not Insured Per Curious F.A.Q.: Frantically Asked Questions Gotta Tip? November Chief Justice Honored with National Award Hot Off the Presses As We Were Saying . . . F.A.Q.: Certificates of Standing and Discipline Tip of the Month: Gone in a Flash Gotta Tip? October Former Commonwealth Court President Judge Colins Announces Resignation ABA Committee Gives Nod to Collaborative Law Practice Disciplinary Board Moves to Make Decisions Available Immediately Rule 1.6: Protecting Client Confidences Tip of the Month: Rikki, Don’t Use that Number Gotta Tip? September Chief Justice Cappy Steps Down Deputy Chief Counsel Burgoyne Named to National Board Decisions, Decisions -- Possession of Information Issues Rule 3.5(c): Contact with Jurors F.A.Q.: Frantically Asked Questions Gotta Tip? August Ghost Writers in Disguise: You Can Come Out Now PBA and Philadelphia Bar: Breaking Up is Hard to Do The Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement: Not Just for Discipline Geeks Quizlet Gotta Tip? July New Rules Establish Standardized Pro Hac Vice Procedures for Out-of-State Lawyers Lawyer Discipline in the News Limits on Zealous Advocacy and Duties to Opposing Parties and the Courts Other Lawyers in the News Tip of the Month Gotta Tip? June Public Hearings Access/Confidentiality Policy Clarified: Unringing the Bell It’s Criminal When It Ain’t Civil: The Pennsylvania Code of Civility All You Need Is Law TIP OF THE MONTH - Check Your Form Gotta Tip? May 2007-2008 Registration Forms Go Out Third Circuit Clarifies Speech Standard Metadata Yet Again F.A.Q.: Frantically Asked Questions TIP OF THE MONTH - Check Your Form Gotta Tip? April PBA Committee on Legal Ethics Defines File Handling Responsibilities New Leadership on Disciplinary Board Law Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry Texting, Redux Quizlet Tip of the Month Gotta Tip? March Practice Across State Lines Pennsylvania Lobbying Disclosure Law PBA Issues Ethics Opinion on File Management Tip of the Month: Is Texting Secure? Gotta Tip? February Disciplinary Board Seeks Comments on Property Handling Revisions Disciplinary Board Proposes Clarification of Open System Rule Yes, but What about the Supermodel Rules? Tip of the Month: Learn the Lingo! January E-Mail, Part 2: Some Additional Cautions Metadata: What's In Your Document? We Got Ink Tip of the Month: Check Those Liens 2006 December Justice Newman Announces Retirement Otherwise Engaged E-mail and the Law Office Tip of the Month November Rule 1.2: Scope Of Representation CLE Teleconference Pilot Project In Progress Tip of the Month September Rule 5.2: Subordinate Lawyers and Nonlawyer Employees Supreme Court Suspends Lawyer for False Statements Tip of the Month Law Offices And The Americans With Disabilities Act August On My Watch: The Role of the Supervising Attorney, Rule 5.1 Tip of the Month: Nonrefundable? Make it Clear (and in Writing) Disciplinary Board News: Registration Reminders Mailed Out July RPC 4.4: Respect for Rights of Third Persons Tip of the Month: Who Will Carry On? Disciplinary Board News: Property Handling Comments Deadline Extended Rule Change Allows Administrative Fee June Rule 3.5: Impartiality and Decorum of the Tribunal U.S. Supreme Court Limits First Amendment Coverage of Government Lawyers Tip of the Month: Substituting Counsel? Cue the Client in Advance! A New Look at www.padb.us May RPC 3.3: Candor Toward Tribunals Supreme Court Publishes "State of the Commonwealth's Courts Report" Attorney Registration 2006-2007 Changes at the Disciplinary Board Website Tip of the Month: Don't CC that Client! April RPC 1.16: Termination of the Attorney-Client Relationship Recent Rule Changes Attorney Registration: 2006-2007 Tip Of The Month March PA Disciplinary Board is a "Model of Reform" for the Rest of the Nation Disciplinary Board Adopts New Open System Rules RPC 1.18: Prospective Clients Tip Of The Month February RPC 1.6: Confidentiality Tip Of The Month Supreme Court Addresses Collateral Estoppel, Jurisdiction Over Minor Judiciary January Supreme Court Requires Disclosure Of Lack Of Malpractice Coverage Supreme Court Holds That False Statements In Bar Application Warrant Disbarment Tip Of The Month 2005 December RPC 1.9: Duties to Former Clients Tip Of The Month: Cell Phones November News Flash: Disciplinary System Opened By Supreme Court Informed Consent/Confirmed In Writing Tip Of The Month: Fee Dispute Committees October Imputed Disqualification Table The Executive Director of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Shares His Thoughts on the Status and Future Direction of the Organization Tip of the Month September Advertising and Communications About a Lawyer's Services: Rules 7.1 through 7.7 Tip of the Month August Disciplinary Board Proposes Mandatory Liability Insurance Disclosure Rule 3.6: Trial Publicity Possible Scam Alert Attorney Registration Tip of the Month July RPC 1.8: Current Clients: Specific Rules Changes for Criminal Defense Counsel Tip of the Month June Rule 1.4: Communication Tip of the Month Attorney Registration May Supreme Court Adopts Amendments to Rule 1.15 on Property Handling Tip of the Month 2005-2006 Attorney Registration
