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- Proposed | Amendments to Paragraph 13 regarding multijurisdictional practice (Comments due September 15, 2010)
- Proposed | Amendments to Paragraph 17 regarding MCLE Rule (Comments due September 15, 2010)
- Proposed | Rule 1.15 of Rules of Professional Conduct and Paragraph 20 of Part 6, § IV (Pending with the Supreme Court of Virginia as of July 8, 2010)
- Adopted | Amendments to Parts 5 and 5A, Rules of Virginia Supreme Court, regarding appellate procedures (Effective July 1, 2010)
- Proposed | Rules 7.1 – 7.5 regulating lawyer advertising and solicitation (Comments due June 4, 2010)
- Adopted | Amendment to Paragraph 13-22, Board Proceedings Upon a Guilty Plea or an Adjudication of a Crime (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia March 19, 2010. Effective immediately.)
- Adopted | Amendment to Paragraph 13-10, Processing of Complaints by Bar Counsel Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia March 19, 2010. Effective immediately.
- Adopted | Amendments to Paragraph 13, dealing with the use of the phrase “Charge of Misconduct” (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia March 19, 2010. Effective immediately.)
- Adopted | Amendments to Paragraph 10 governing legal ethics and unauthorized practice of law (Approved by the Supreme Court of Virginia March 19, 2010. Effective immediately.)
- Adopted | Amendments to the MCLE Regulations include a limitation on pre-recorded CLE programs (Effective November 1, 2011)
- Proposed | Rule 4.2 amendment addressing defendant waiving rights (Pending with the Supreme Court of Virginia as of October 28, 2009)
- Proposed | new Rule 1.18 defining a prospective client (Pending with the Supreme Court of Virginia as of October 28, 2009)
- Proposed | new rule: provision of legal services following determination of major disaster (Pending with the Supreme Court of Virginia as of July 11, 2008)
- Rejected | Rule 7.4(d) certification as a specialist
- Rejected | Paragraph 17 mailing the annual certification form
- Rejected | Rule 8.4 allowing undisclosed recording under certain circumstances