Articles Tagged with Rules of Professional Conduct

In once again serving as the issue editor for the Ethics-themed December 2024 edition of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Today webzine, I contributed an article addressing recent changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct in Pennsylvania, and related ethics opinions, addressing texting in two different ways—ways where texting can be improper solicitation, and a whole different definition of “solicitation”—as it relates to sexting. In the article headline I submitted, “For PA Lawyers, Remember Sexting is Sex; Texting can be Improper Solicitation,” I may or may not have made it more salacious to increase readership and interest (i.e. click bait). But our copy editors did edit my title to the official “Can Texting Be Improper Solicitation?”

Many thanks to the authors contributing excellent articles to the Ethics issue. Michele Carney wrote on Formal Opinion 512 and The Reasonableness of Fees When Using AI. Dave Ries once again tackled a cybersecurity ethics issue with Ethically Avoiding Fraud and Scams. Law Practice Division chair-elect Dan Siegel authored Generative AI Competence. And Charity Anastasio wrote on Lesser Known but Wildly Helpful Ethics Rules. All of us—myself, Dave, Dan, Michele and Charity—are active members of the ABA LP Ethics & Professionalism Committee.

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