Category: -Rules of Professional Conduct

RPC07.05.  Firm Names and Letterheads. Amend. Comment [1] is amended to conform to current practice, which is to allow the inclusion of both retired and deceased partners’ names in firm names if there has been a continuing succession in the firm’s identity such that the firm name has become a trade name.

RPC08.04. Misconduct. Amend. Comment [1a] is amended in response to In re Discipline of Steffensen, 2018 UT 53, Footnote 7, to eliminate confusion as to what sanctions may be applicable for a violation of Rule 8.4. The comment now provides that an act of professional misconduct under Rule 8.4(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) cannot be counted as a separate violation of Rule 8.4(a) for the purpose of determining sanctions. Conduct that violates other Rules of Professional Conduct, however, may be a violation of Rule 8.4(a) for the purpose of determining sanctions.

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RPC01.00 Terminology. Amend. In conformity with amendments to Rule 3.3, adds the definition of “reckless or recklessly.”

RPC03.03. Candor toward the Tribunal. Amend. In response to In re Larsen, 2016 UT 26, adds a prohibition against a lawyer “recklessly” making false statements to a tribunal and repeals and reenacts Comment [3].

RPC01.04 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.06 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.07 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.08 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.09 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.10 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.11 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.12 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.17 Technical amendment only.

RPC01.18 Technical amendment only.

RPC02.03 Technical amendment only.

RPC02.04 Technical amendment only.

RPC03.05 Technical amendment only.

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RPC 08.04. Misconduct. Amend. The added comment puts attorneys on notice that an egregious violation or a pattern of repeated violations of the Standards of Professionalism and Civility can result in a violation of this rule.
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RPC 01.00 Terminology. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 01.01 Competence. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 01.04 Communication. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 01.06 Confidentiality of Information. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 01.17 Sale of Law Practice. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 01.18 Duties to Prospective Client. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 04.04 Respect for Rights of Third Persons. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 05.03 Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistants. Amend. Changes the name of the rule. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 05.05 Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

RPC 07.01 Communications Concerning a Lawyer’s Services. Amend. In light of comments received regarding the originally proposed rules, the Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Utah State Bar prepared amended rules. These rules provide additional guidance to lawyers as to which communications are false or misleading in order to protect the public. Submission of advertising to the Bar as mandated under the earlier proposed rules is no longer required.

RPC 07.02 Advertising. Amend. In light of comments received regarding the originally proposed rules, the Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Utah State Bar prepared amended rules. These rules provide additional guidance to lawyers as to which communications are false or misleading in order to protect the public. Submission of advertising to the Bar as mandated under the earlier proposed rules is no longer required.

RPC 07.03 Solicitation of Clients. Amend. In light of comments received regarding the originally proposed rules, the Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Utah State Bar prepared amended rules. These rules provide additional guidance to lawyers as to which communications are false or misleading in order to protect the public. Submission of advertising to the Bar as mandated under the earlier proposed rules is no longer required.

RPC 08.05 Disciplinary Authority; Choice of Law. Amend. Incorporates provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

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RPC 01.10. Imputation of Conflicts of Interest: General Rule. Amend. Redefines “firm” for purposes of determining conflict imputation.
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RPC 08.04. Misconduct. Amend. Adds Comment [1a].

RPC01.12. Former Judge, Arbitrator, Mediator or Other Third-Party Neutral. Amend. Amendment in conjunction with changes to RPC 2-4. Effective: November 1, 2006
RPC02.04. Lawyer Serving as Third-Party Neutral. Amend. Provides what a lawyer serving as a mediator may and must do. Effective: November 1, 2006
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