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Q&A Lawyer Liability and Ethics: Prosecutors Do Not Have Higher Ethical Standards for Personal Conduct

by Joseph Brophy for the Maricopa Lawyer, a publication of the Maricopa County Bar Association
Last month this column discussed a disciplinary proceeding before the Supreme Court of Kansas arising out of a parking lot accident between a golf cart driven by Lawyer and an unoccupied pickup truck. Learn what happened when the matter found its way to the Kansas State Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Administrator.
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The New King of the Entertainment Industry? The Unlikely Story of Video Games and the First Amendment

by Ryan M. Walters for the Ohio State Technology Law Journal (Fall 2022, Vol. 19, Issue 1)
From their humble origins in the 1950s, video games have aggressively grown both commercially and artistically as a medium. Even the industry’s critics cannot ignore that its global gross revenue in 2021 exceeded the combined totals of the film and recorded music industries. In spite of the massive external economic benefits this industry generates, many vocal opponents still remain to the U.S. Supreme Court decision extending video games unqualified First Amendment protection, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, 564 U.S. 786 (2011).
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Q&A Lawyer Liability and Ethics: Court Declines to Impose Reciprocal Discipline

by Joseph Brophy for the Maricopa Lawyer, a publication of the Maricopa County Bar Association
A recent case out of the Virgin Islands provides a rare example of one court refusing to summarily impose reciprocal discipline on a lawyer because the disciplining court did not afford the lawyer sufficient due process. This month’s column discusses this interesting case and its outcome.
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Q&A Lawyer Liability and Ethics: California Not Ready for Alternative Legal Structures

by Joseph Brophy for the Maricopa Lawyer, a publication of the Maricopa County Bar Association
Although Arizona was the first jurisdiction to eliminate Rule 5.4 to allow legal practices to experiment with alternative business models, the idea did not start there. It started in California. Perhaps you are wondering where California is on this issue? This month’s legal ethics column discusses why California rejected the very reforms that its bar recommended.
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