In re: Amendments to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar emdash Chapter 4
On the Bar's petition, the Florida Supreme Court amended Chapter 4 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, adding comments to rules 4-1.1, 4-1.6, 4-5.1, and 4-5.3 warning lawyers to take care in using generative artificial intelligence (competence, confidentiality, and supervision of lawyers and nonlawyers), and amending rules 4-7.13 and 4-7.15 to permit advertising testimonials by a celebrity who is a current or former client. The Court declined to delete references to 'zeal'/'zealous' from the Preamble and rule 4-1.3, and declined to extend rule 4-8.6(e)'s severance requirement to emergency or indefinite suspensions. Amendments take effect October 28, 2024.
Key facts
- The Florida Bar petitioned the Florida Supreme Court to amend Chapter 4 of the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar regarding lawyer ethics and conduct.
- The Bar sought amendments to address generative artificial intelligence use by lawyers, the term 'zealous advocacy' in the ethics rules, employment severance requirements for suspended lawyers, and celebrity testimonials in lawyer advertising.
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Why it matters
Every Florida civil practitioner is now on notice, through the official comments, that competence, confidentiality, and supervisory duties extend to generative AI use emdash useful in arguing standards of care in legal… — full analysis with a trial
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