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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 12-1005

THE COURTS

Title 204—JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT

[ 204 PA. CODE CH. 81 ]

Amendment of Rules 1.6 and 1.19 of the Rules of Professional Conduct; No. 110 Disciplinary Rules Doc.

[42 Pa.B. 3127]
[Saturday, June 2, 2012]

Order

Per Curiam

 And Now, this 17th day of May, 2012, upon the recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; the proposal having been submitted without publication in the interests of justice pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(a)(3):

 It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that the Comment to Rule 1.6 and Rule 1.19 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct are amended in the following form.

 This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective in 30 days.

Annex A

TITLE 204. JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT

Subpart A. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY

CHAPTER 81. RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Subchapter A. RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

§ 81.4. Rules of Professional Conduct.

 The following are the Rules of Professional Conduct:

CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP

Rule 1.6. Confidentiality of Information.

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Comment:

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Lobbyists

 (26) A lawyer who acts as a lobbyist on behalf of a client may disclose information relating to the representation in order to comply with any legal obligation imposed on the lawyer-lobbyist by the [legislature, the executive branch] Legislature, the Executive Branch or an agency of the Commonwealth, or a local government unit which are consistent with the Rules of Professional Conduct. Such disclosure is explicitly authorized to carry out the representation. The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court shall retain jurisdiction over any violation of this Rule.

Rule 1.19. Lawyers Acting as Lobbyists.

 (a) A lawyer acting as lobbyist, as defined in any statute, [or in any regulation] resolution passed or adopted by either house of the Legislature, [or in any] regulation promulgated by the Executive Branch or any agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or ordinance enacted by a local government unit, shall comply with all regulation, disclosure, or other requirements of such statute, resolution, [or] regulation or ordinance which are consistent with the Rules of Professional Conduct.

 (b) Any disclosure of information relating to representation of a client made by the lawyer-lobbyist in order to comply with such [a] statute, resolution, [or] regulation or ordinance is a disclosure explicitly authorized to carry out the representation and does not violate [RPC] Rule 1.6.

Comment:

 (1) A ''local government unit'' includes county and municipal or local authorities in the Commonwealth.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-1005. Filed for public inspection June 1, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]


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