2 Amendments to the Pennsylvania rules of professional conduct; no. 25 disciplinary rules; doc. no. 1

Title 204--JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT

[204 PA. CODE CH. 81]

Amendments to the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct; No. 25 Disciplinary Rules; Doc. No. 1

[34 Pa.B. 9]

Order

Per Curiam:

   And Now, this 22nd day of December, 2003, Rule 1.19 and the Comment to Rule 1.6 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct are promulgated to read as follows.

   This Order shall be processed in accordance with Rule 103(b) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration. The amendments adopted hereby shall take effect upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and shall govern all matters thereafter commenced and, insofar as just and practicable, matters then pending.

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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   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 or an agency of the Commonwealth 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 passed or adopted by either house of the Legislature, or in any regulation promul-gated by the Executive Branch or any agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall comply with all regulation, disclosure, or other requirements of such statute, resolution, or regulation 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 is a disclosure explicitly authorized to carry out the representation and does not violate RPC 1.6.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-2. Filed for public inspection January 2, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]