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: Legal Ethics ForumABA Action on Model Rule 1.10 Put Off Until February 2009
The ABA's House of Delegates has voted to postpone consideration of a proposed amendment to Rule 1.10 that would have permitted the screening of certain kinds of conflicts created by laterally-hired attorneys. I am told that the House of Delegates voted to approve Larry Fox's motion to postpone consideration of the proposal until February 2009 by a vote of 192 to 191. Now that's close!
Unsurprisingly, there was considerable debate regarding this oft-considered change, including (I am told) several last minute efforts to alter the proposal. The original proposal is here. Monroe Freedman's comments about that proposal are here.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on August 12, 2008 (boomark / email).
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