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: Kentucky Law BlogNew Ethics Rules to take effect July 15, 2009 - anyone willing to do commentary/digest of them???
By Michael Stevens
The Rules of Professional Responsibility have been revised with a little mixup in the news. Here are some of the stories, with links to the rules and changes. Should anyone wish to do any commentary on the rules, just email me and we'll post them!
Here is the LINK to the revised rules in PDF which are effective JULY 15, 2009!!!
Here is a link to the rules prior to 7/15/2009 with changes and deletions noted and marked! CLICK HERE.
Click here for the AOC Press Release.
Office of courts clarifies new rules on lawyer ethics
The day after the Kentucky Supreme Court announced it had approved the first major changes in lawyer ethics rules in 20 years, the Administrative Office of the Courts said some of the changes were incorrectly described in a document released to news outlets and posted on the court's Web site.
Lawyers must report misconduct, court says
The Kentucky Supreme Court made it mandatory yesterday for lawyers to report the misconduct of other attorneys and judges, as part of its first major revision in lawyer ethics rules in 20 years.
Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on May 03, 2009 (boomark / email).
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