It’s early August, which means I am at the APRL Annual Meeting hanging with my nerd friends and learning about collateral estoppel, generative AI, and interstate practice, and other important topics in legal ethics and disciplinary defense. While I am
Ethicking
Ethicking is a blog published by Halling & Cayo S.C., authored by attorney Stacie H. Rosenzweig, focusing on legal ethics and professional responsibility issues primarily affecting lawyers and credentialed professionals. The blog covers topics such as lawyer discipline, confidentiality and withdrawal from representation, conflicts of interest, social media conduct, information security best practices, and the intersection of legal ethics with current events and law practice management. It also addresses practical questions about ethical dilemmas lawyers face, including civility, professional conduct rules, and navigating complex regulatory environments. The content reflects insights from Wisconsin and Illinois jurisdictions but often discusses broader national ethical standards and developments.
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It’s Better to Remain Silent and be Thought a [Bad Lawyer] Than To Speak Online and Remove All Doubt
I am a bit late to report this, but in June 2023, the State Bar of Wisconsin Ethics Committee (on which I sit) released Formal Opinion EF-23-01, “Responding to Online Criticism.” In most cases, the Committee’s recommendation as to whether…
“Enrolled as inactive?” “Administratively Suspended?” What does that mean?
Over the weekend, we learned that the California State Bar “suspend[ed] 1,600 attorneys for violating rules set up after Tom Girardi allegedly stole millions.” At first blush, this sounds horrible—this many attorneys did what now? However, what that really…
Giuiliani, Here We Go Again
A committee of the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has recommended disbarment for America’s Mayor/Trump sycophant Rudy Giuliani. His DC woes aren’t over yet—this recommendation needs to be considered by the full Board and then the DC…
Retire the Kraken!
At least part of the 2020 election is coming to a close, as Lin Wood, once highly regarded for defending Richard Jewell, but now reduced to Kraken (or perhaps Kraken-adjacent) fame, is retiring his law license. He has been…
Farewell (?) E-banking Trust Account Rules, We Hardly Knew You
Effective today, Wisconsin trust account rules have sort-of caught up with the rest of the country, and finally acknowledge that electronic transactions really aren’t that scary. Under the Rules applicable from 2016 to yesterday (which the Wisconsin Lawyer optimistically described…
While I Was Out, All of the Sanctions Happened
So I was in DC last week, and, shockingly, offline for most of it. (Supreme Court photo accompanying this blog entry was a “just visiting” picture.) We’ve missed a few things while I was gone:
- The judge in the Mata
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Why I Didn't Say "Hi" at the Bar Conference
We in Wisconsin are in the middle of the State Bar Annual Meeting & Conference, right here in Milwaukee. The venue is a couple of blocks from my office so I’ve been and will be popping out.So far, I’ve…
Where does AI go from here?
Remember when you were a kid, you were told not to copy directly from the encyclopedia? (I guess that’s an age test.) And then at some point you were told not to rely on Wikipedia for research, because any random…
“When did you feel like you really ‘became’ a lawyer?”
This question was posed by the State Bar of Wisconsin on its social media today, and because I am on deadline and should be writing about [things that are my actual work] and instead I am procrastinating, I responded…