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Rules: 4-8.5
Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Disciplinary Authority; Choice of Law
Subject: Choice of Law
Summary: lawyer should consider choice of law when practicing pro hac vice in another jurisdiction
Rules: 4-5.5
Law Firms and Associations
Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law
Subject: Retirement (see also Inactive Status or Of Counsel);
Summary: retiring lawyer winding up practice from another state
Rules: 4-1.1, 4-1.6, 4-3.3, 4-3.4, 4-5.1, 4-5.3, 4-5.4
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Advocate; Law Firm and Associations
Competence; Confidentiality of Information; Candor Toward the Tribunal; Duties to Opposing Party and Counsel and Ethical Obligations to Follow Court Orders and Rules; Responsibilities of Partners, Managers, and Supervisory Lawyers; Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants
Subject: Candor to the Court or Tribunal; Competence; Confidentiality; Supervision of Nonlawyers
Summary: lawyer’s use of generative artificial intelligence (AI)
Rules: 4-1.0; 4-1.6; 4-8.3; Court Operating Rule 2.02
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Terminology; Confidentiality of Information; Reporting Professional Misconduct
Subject: Confidentiality; Misconduct - Generally; Redaction; Reporting Misconduct of Another Lawyer
Summary: redaction requirements and duty to report professional misconduct
Rules: 4-1.1, 4-1.4, 4-1.6, 4-3.4, 4-5.3; Court Operating Rule 2.02
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Advocate; Transactions with Persons Other Than Clients; Law Firms and Associations
Competence; Communication with Client; Confidentiality of Information; Meritorious Claims and Contentions; Supervision of Nonlawyer Assistants
Subject: Competence; Meritorious Claims or Contentions; Redaction; Supervision of Nonlawyers
Summary: competence and supervision issued related to redaction requirements
Rules: 4-3.1, 4-3.4, 4-4.4; Court Operating Rule 2.02
Advocate; Transactions with Persons Other Than Clients
Meritorious Claims and Contentions; Duties to Opposing Party and Counsel and Ethical Obligation to Follow Court Orders and Rules; Respect for Rights of Third Persons
Subject: Misconduct - Conduct Prejudicial to the Administration of Justice; Redaction; Respect for Rights of Third Persons
Summary: redaction by lawyer when meritorious claim or contention information is subject to redaction requirements
Rules: 4-1.1, 4-3.1, 4-3.4, 4-4.4, 4-8.4; Court Operating Rule 2.02
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Advocate; Transactions with Persons Other Than Clients; Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Competence; Meritorious Claims and Contentions; Duties to Opposing Party and Counsel and Ethical Obligation to Follow Court Orders and Rules; Respect for Rights of Third Persons; Misconduct
Subject: Competence; Misconduct - Conduct Prejudicial to the Administration of Justice; Redaction; Respect for Rights of Third Persons
Summary: over redaction as failure to comply with Court rules and/or lack of competence
Rules: 4-1.18; 4-1.22; 4-1.15; 4-1.16; Scope [17]
Client-Lawyer Relationship; Scope
Duties to Prospective Client; File Retention; Trust Accounts and Property of Others; Declining or Terminating Representation
Subject: Client Files; Declining Representation (see also Withdrawal from Representation); Prospective Client (see also Conflict of Interest - Prospective Client); Trust Accounts and Safekeeping Property
Summary: Prospective client entitled to return of papers and properties provided to lawyer during initial consultation; prospective client not entitled to client file if representation is declined
Rules: 4-5.5; 4-8.5
Law Firms and Associations; Maintaining the Integrity of the Profession
Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law; Disciplinary Authority; Choice of Law
Subject: Choice of Law;
Summary: Out-of-state lawyer reviewing purchase documents
Rules: 4-5.5; 9.03
Law Firms and Associations
Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law; Visiting Attorney Appearing in a Particular Case
Subject: ; Visiting Attorney Appearing in a Particular Case (a.k.a. Pro Hac Vice)
Summary: Out-of-state lawyer representing client in deposition for lawsuit pending in Missouri; pro hac vice admission for a visiting attorney in a particular case