HIGHLIGHTS FROM RECENT POSTS

	Turnover continues in Office of Bar Counsel
	"...There are presently seven attorney positions in Kentucky's Office of Bar Counsel. Only two individuals have been members of that team for more than three years, and only three have been part of the team for more than two years..."

 

	Making sense of metadata: a mega-list of links for lawyers
	"...I thought I would take a moment to pass along my own "working list" of links to on-line resources about metadata..."

 

	Oklahoma Bar puts solo practice resources online
	"...[T]he Oklahoma Bar Association [has] put up a new page on its web site called 'Starting a Law Practice - A Web Directory.' It's an excellent collection of links for solo practitioners...."

 

	Nevada ethics committee approves outsourcing of client data management
	"... The State Bar of Nevada has issued a formal ethics opinion holding that it is ethically permissible for a law firm to store electronic client records on a remote server under the control of a third party, without obtaining......"

 

	Kansas lawyer disciplined for 'rounding up' time entries
	"...Earlier this month the Supreme Court of Kansas held that a lawyer was guilty of professional misconduct when he rounded up his time entries on a client's matter, even though the lawyer claimed that he had rounded up by no......"

 

	Arkansas Bar rejects malpractice insurance disclosure rule
	"... On January 21 the Arkansas Bar Association rejected a proposed rule which would have required members of the Arkansas Bar to certify whether they carry professional liability insurance. The proposal had been drafted by the Bar's Professionalism Task Force......"

 

	Colorado holds that Consumer Protection Act applies to lawyer advertising
	"...Today’s e-mail brings me the most recent edition of “Alert from Lawyers for the Profession”, an e-mail newsletter published by the law firm of Hinshaw Culbertson. This issue calls attention to the recent decision in Crowe v. Tull, 126 P.3d......"

 

	Disciplinary lawyers discuss common concerns at mid-year meetings in Chicago
	"...Last week the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) and the National Organization of Bar Counsel (NOBC) held their respective mid-year meetings in Chicago, along with other affiliate organizations of the ABA. I attended the APRL meeting, which (as usual)......"

 

	A few comments concerning case citations, competence and computers
	"...Recently I received a service copy of a brief from an attorney who was representing a member of the Bar in a show-cause hearing. I turned my attention to it immediately because I was working on a similar brief for......"

 

	How to find (and how not to find) Kentucky disciplinary decisions on-line
	"...Yesterday I was surprised to discover that the Kentucky Bar Association has not been keeping its on-line database of Kentucky disciplinary decisions current and up-to-date. In fact, it appears that the KBA has not added any disciplinary decisions to the......"