Summary of Ethics 20/20 Commission Actions
Items Released for Comment by Ethics 20/20 Commission
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)
- Revised Draft Proposal ABA Model Rule 5.5 (released September 4, 2012)
- Revised Draft Proposal ABA Model Rule for Registration of In-House Counsel (released September 4, 2012)
- ABA Model Rule on Pro Hac Vice Admission (released September 4, 2012)
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)
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)
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)
- Revised Draft Proposal on Model Rule 1.7 (Conflict of Interest: Current Clients) (released September 18, 2012)
- Draft Proposal on Model Rule 1.5 (Fees) (released September 18, 2012)
- Commission Co-Chairs' Statement re: ABA Model Rule 1.5(e) Fee Division Issues (released October 29, 2012)
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)
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)