Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 19, 2017
Sexual relations with current client (Rule 1.8.10)
See more on Sexual relations with current client (Rule 1.8.10)The Rules Revision Commission overwhelmingly voted to recommend to the California Supreme Court a proposed new rule that will bring California's "sex with clients" rule more in line with the rule in most other jurisdictions. By Daniel E. Eaton
Daniel E. Eaton
Partner
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
Labor & employment, litigation
Phone: (619) 685-3003
Fax: (619) 685-3100
Email: eaton@scmv.com
Harvard Univ Law School
Daniel served as a member of the State Bar Rules Revision Commission and on the four-member drafting team that focused on what became Proposed Rule 1.8.10. The views expressed in this article are his own and not those of his firm or of the Rules Revision Commission.
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