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Archives

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