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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Law - "Dissent Breaks Out Over ABA Fees for Ethics Opinions"

Leigh Jones reports today in The National Law Journal in a story that begins:

The American Bar Association is under fire from attorneys who argue that the organization should stop charging fees for access to its ethics opinions.

An outcry erupted this week among practitioners who said that the ABA has a responsibility to the profession and the public to make all ethics opinions available for free online.

"Let the ABA sell something else," said Carolyn Elefant, a solo practitioner in Washington, D.C.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 30, 2010 03:33 PM
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