Lawyer 'ethics school' created; Florida is third state
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The Florida Bar's Board of Governors has given provisional approval to an 'ethics school' for wayward lawyers charged with minor disciplinary infractions. This happened after the McKay Report from the ABA Commission on Evaluation of Disciplinary Enforcement. Florida's program would be similar to California's and the aggrieved client would be told that charges against the lawyer would be dropped if the program is completed. If the lawyer is truant from the program, charges would be reinstated. Lawyers who attend would have to wait 10 years before repeating the course.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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Barring lawyers' acts of bias; Florida joins other states
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The Florida Bar on Aug 1, 1992 became the sixth state bar to include anti-bias rules in its disciplinary code. New York, Vermont and Washington, DC, prohibit lawyers from practicing employment discrimination, while Minnesota and New Jersey have more general anti-bias rules similar to Florida's. The ABA's assistant ethics counsel, Joanne P. Pitulla, feels it is premature to call the anti-bias rules a trend.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1992
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Fla. soliciting rule struck down; banned mailings 30 days
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A federal court has struck down the Florida Bar ban on mail solicitations of personal injury victims. The case is McHenry v Florida Bar and the court ruled that the ban was a constitutional violation of the First, Fifth and 14th amendments. McHenry is the latest in a 16-year trend of cases protecting legal advertising which started with Bates v State Bar in 1977.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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