ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct: Current Reports Index-Summary

UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW

– Aiding high-volume foreclosure counseling firm's unauthorized practice, lawyers suspended and reprimanded (Ohio), 520
– Allowing nonlawyer real estate closing firm to use name and bank account, lawyer disbarred (N.Y. App. Div.), 267
– Former inmate employed as paralegal, lawyer failure to supervise assisted UPL (Miss.), 385
– High-volume credit repair practice solicitation and other violations, lawyer suspended (N.D.), 492
– In-house counsel based out of state may advise employer on Va. law (Va. Op.), 166
– Kan. lawyer suspended re practice in Cal. (Kan.), 17
– LLC may not pursue federal appeal without counsel (7th Cir.), 539
– Malpractice, deceptive trade practice act does not apply to practice of law (Ark.), 314
– Mortgage lenders, private remedy for borrowers (Fla. Dist. Ct. App., 11th Cir.), 208
– Multistate debt collection activities, lawyer suspended (Cal. Bar Ct. Review Dep't), 244
– Out-of-state lawyer “disbarred” due to persistent presence in state (Del.), 322
– Tenn. lawyer did not violate Neb. rules by filing notice demand in probate hearing (Neb.), 180
– Treble damages law upheld (Mo.), In Brief, 164
– Wis. lawyer suspended re aiding Mich. lawyer's unauthorized practice (Wis.), 170

UTAH

– Attorney-client privilege, communications with representative of individual client may be protected (Utah), 401
– Pro se litigants, ghostwriting lawyer need not reveal self if providing only limited help (Utah Op.), 265
– Voluntary withdrawal from representation, good cause standard required (Utah), In Brief, 410