Professor Andrew Perlman, the Chief Reporter for the
ABA's "Commission on Ethics 20/20," is reporting that just a few days ago, the ABA House of Delegates approved four remaining
proposals from Commission:
Resolution 107A amended Model Rule 5.5 so that it
expressly permits qualified foreign
lawyers to serve as in-house counsel while based at their employers’ U.S.
offices. (The accompanying report is here.)
Resolution 107B amended the 2008 ABA Model Rule for Registration
of In-House Counsel to bring foreign lawyers within the scope of that Rule. (The accompanying report is here.)
Resolution 107C amended the ABA Model Rule on Pro Hac Vice
Admission so that it provides guidance to judges who may be asked to grant pro
hac vice admission to qualified foreign lawyers. (The accompanying report is here.)
Resolution 107D amended Comment [5] to Rule 8.5 of the Model
Rules of Professional Conduct so that it expressly allows a lawyer and client to
specify a particular jurisdiction as the jurisdiction where the “predominant
effect” of the lawyer’s conduct will occur for purposes of a choice of law
analysis under Model Rule 8.5. (The accompanying report is here.)
An overview report describing each of these Resolutions is here.
The ABA Journal has short reports on some of these here, here and here.
For all the latest information and more links go to the ABA's Commission's website (here).
No comments:
Post a Comment