Comments Received
Comments Sought
ITEMS RELEASED FOR COMMENT BY ETHICS 20/20 COMMISSION:
I. Inbound Foreign Lawyers
- Inbound Foreign Lawyer Memoranda & Template (released June 1, 2010)
- Admission on Motion Issues Paper (released December 2, 2010)
- Initial Draft Proposal In-House Counsel (released May 2, 2011)
- Initial Draft Proposal Model Rule 5.5 (released May 2, 2011)
- Initial Draft Proposal Pro Hac Vice (released May 2, 2011)
- Admission on Motion Initial Draft Proposal (released September 7, 2011)
- Revised Draft Proposal In-House Counsel (released September 19, 2011)
- Revised Draft Proposal Pro Hac Vice (released September 19, 2011)
- Revised Draft Proposal Model Rule 5.5 (released September 19, 2011)
- Final Revised Draft Proposal on Admission by Motion (released February 21, 2012)
II. Technology
- Issues Paper Concerning Client Confidentiality and Lawyers’ Use of Technology (released September 20, 2010)
- Issues Paper Concerning Lawyers’ Use of Internet Based Client Development Tools (released September 20, 2010)
- Initial Draft Proposal Tech & Confidentiality (released May 2, 2011)
- Initial Draft Proposal Tech & Client Development (released June 28, 2011)
- Revised Draft Proposal Tech & Confidentiality (released September 19, 2011)
- Revised Draft Proposal Tech & Client Development (released September 19, 2011)
- Final Revised Draft Proposal Technology & Confidentiality (released February 21, 2012)
- Final Revised Draft Proposal Technology & Client Development (released February 21, 2012)
III. Outsourcing
- Outsourcing Discussion Draft (released November 23, 2010)
- Initial Draft Proposal on Outsourcing (released May 2, 2011)
- Revised Draft Proposal on Outsourcing (released September 19, 2011)
- Final Revised Draft Proposal on Outsourcing (released February 21, 2012)
IV. Uniformity/Choice of Law
- Issues Paper Choice of Law in Cross Border Practice (released January 18, 2011)
- Multijurisdictional Practice Issues Paper (released March 29, 2011)
- Initial Draft Proposal 1.6 (released September 7, 2011)
- Initial Draft Proposal 1.7 (released September 7, 2011)
- Initial Draft Proposal 5.5(d)(3) (released September 7, 2011)
- Initial Draft Proposal Choice of Law and ALPS (released December 2, 2011)
- Discussion Paper on Alternative Law Practice Structures (released December 2, 2011)
- ABA Model Rule 5.5 and Practice Pending Admission (released February 21, 2012)
- Revised Draft Proposal on ABA Model Rule 1.6 (released February 21, 2012)
- Issues Paper Concerning Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5 and the Limits of Virtual Presence in a Jurisdiction (released June 19, 2012)
- Revised Draft Proposal on ABA Model Rule 1.7: Choice of Rule Agreements for Conflicts of Interest (released July 11, 2012)
V. Alternative Law Practice Structures
- ABS Issues Paper (released on April 5, 2011)
- ALPS Discussion Draft (released on December 2, 2011)
- Choice of Law & Alternative Law Practice Structures (released on December 2, 2011)
- Commission Co-Chairs' Statement (released April 16, 2012)
VI. Alternative Litigation Financing
- ALF Issues Paper (released on November 23, 2010)
- Draft ALF White Paper (released on October 19, 2011
- White Paper on ALF filed with House of Delegates (released on December 27, 2011)
Comments on Preliminary Issues Outline
AVVO, Inc.- submitted by Joshua King, Vice President, Business Development & General Counsel
ABA Standing Committee on Client Protection- submitted by Hon. Daniel J. Crothers, Chair
Robert Cummins, Chicago, IL
ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility- submitted by Robert H. Mundheim, Chair
Federal Bar Association, Office of the President- submitted by Lawrence R. Baca, National President
Vercell Fiffie
Dianna Gould-Saltman, Los Angeles, CA
Melvin Hirshman, Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission
ABA Section of International Law- submitted by Glenn P. Hendrix, Chair
Leslie W. Jacobs, Cleveland, OH Legal Marketing Association- submitted by Nathan Darling, President & Betsi Roach, Executive Director
ABA Section of Litigation- submitted by Andrew S. Pollis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center Case Western Reserve University School of Law, et. al.
National Conference of Bar Examiners- submitted by Erica Moeser, President
A Pennsylvania Lawyer
Gerald F. Phillips, Los Angeles, California
ABA Section of Public Contract Law- submitted by Karen L. Manos, Chair
ABA State and Local Government Law Section – submitted by Michael P. Donaldson