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Archives

2008

• February
  • 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