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Tips for staying ethical online
Lawyers must abide by ethical rules in all areas of their practice — including how they market themselves online.
Applying ethics rules to ‘daily deals’
State ethics committees have struggled for decades with applying traditional ethics rules to new forms of electronic communications.
Judicial ethics code applies to social networking, ABA panel says
Judges must follow the ethics rules governing social relationships and contacts when engaged in electronic social networking, an American Bar Association committee has made clear in a new ethics opinion.
Watchdog: Labor board lawyer broke ethics rules
The top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board violated federal ethics rules by helping investigate a case involving Wal-Mart Stores Inc. despite holding a financial interest in the company, the board's inspector general has found.
The lawyers’ lawyers: Attorneys seek peer assistance to fight malpractice claims, understand ethics rules
A lawyer can make a tough client.
Walker weighs in on Supreme Court justice complaints
Gov. Scott Walker says the process for reviewing complaints against sitting state Supreme Court justices must be one that instills confidence, but he won't say whether changes should be brought.
Former Prosser aide recommended judicial panel
Three of the five people whom Gov. Scott Walker appointed to a commission to investigate Supreme Court Justice David Prosser were recommended by a former Assembly speaker who once worked for Prosser.
Court won’t rehear union case without Justice Gableman
The state Supreme Court won't reconsider a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining law without Justice Michael Gableman.
First vote on Justice Prosser complaint was unanimous
The Wisconsin Judicial Commission unanimously decided in January to file an ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice David Prosser but split 3-3 a month later on whether to reconsider the decision, according to records released Wednesday.
State Supreme Court suspends attorney for one year
A Milwaukee attorney now living in California lost his law license for one year after defaulting on 14 disciplinary charges filed against him by the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation.
Justice’s recusal requests could end ethics case
Ethics violation accusations against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser stemming from an argument with a fellow justice may not move forward if his colleagues agree to recuse themselves from the case.
The intersection of ethics and criminal or civil liability
It comes as no surprise that we as lawyers must avoid violating our profession’s unique ethics rules.
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- Michael Best appoints Sarah Alt to new role as chief process and AI officer
- Attorney Peter Baziano joins Murphy Desmond in its Business and Real Estate practice groups
- GRGB partner Karnes honored at Run for Justice
- DeWitt’s Miotke reappointed to SPD’s Board
- Hupy and Abraham wins award for ‘Behind the Handlebars’ video series
- Evers appoints trio to Milwaukee County Circuit Court
- Kubiak joins Amundsen Davis’ Business Litigation Service Group
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- Reinhart’s Taggatz joins International Association of Defense Counsel
