#LegalEthics Tidbit: How many online CLE’s can I attend at the same time?
Just one. A Maine lawyer on administrative suspension needed two CLE classes to reinstate his license. He logged on to two live CLE’s at the same time using his computer and iPad, and then told the ME authorities he had completed the required classes. Suspended one year.
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#LegalEthics Tidbit: If your client wants to leave you money in the will you are drafting, tell them to get another lawyer
A MA lawyer prepared a will for a friend that identified the lawyer’s son as a successor beneficiary in case the client’s family predeceased him. The lawyer violated Rule 1.8(c) by preparing a trust instrument that potentially provided a substantial gift to his own family. Public Reprimand.