LexisNexis, Jones Day Team Up On Ohio's New Ethics Rules.Newly Revised Treatise Provides Practical Guidance During Transition from Code to Rules DAYTON, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. -- LexisNexis announced today the release of a newly revised ethics treatise to help Ohio lawyers, judges, educators and law students understand the new legal ethics rules in the wake of the transition from Code to Rules. The treatise, Ohio Legal Ethics Law under the New Rules, was compiled by lead authors Marc L. Swartzbaugh, a retired Jones Day partner, and OSU (Open Source UNIX) Refers to the Unix variants that are maintained as open source, which were primarily BSD Unix and Linux until Sun made its Solaris operating system open source in 2005. Law Professor Arthur F. Greenbaum. The treatise analyzes the new Rules and their Code analogs against the backdrop of Ohio legal ethics law as reflected in disciplinary, malpractice, and disqualification decisions and in ethics advisory opinions. Organized under a Model Rule format, the treatise provides a detailed discussion of Ohio's new Rules of Professional Conduct, which officially replaces the Code of Professional Responsibility on Feb. 1, 2007. "Identifying the important differences between our old and new legal ethics regimes will be significantly easier for Ohio lawyers with this resource," said Brian Toohey, a Jones Day partner. "The treatise is intended to help professionals efficiently move from the Code to the Rules." Jones Day, together with Professor Greenbaum, selected LexisNexis to host the treatise. "We are delighted that Jones Day has brought us such a tremendous resource," said Kim Saldana, LexisNexis marketing programs manager. "We are very pleased to offer this 'best-of-breed' publication as an important extension of our suite of Ohio-focused legal information products." The treatise is available electronically at http://www.lexis.com/research/xlink?source=292522. About LexisNexis LexisNexis([R]) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis([R]) and Nexis([R]) research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ENL Noun 1. ENL - an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face erythema nodosum leprosum Hansen's disease, leprosy - chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical ) (NYSE:RUK RUK Reserviupseerikoulu (Hamina, Finland, Reserve Officers' School) RUK Are You Kidding? ) (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. Jones Day (www.jonesday.com) is an international law firm with 30 locations in centers of business and finance throughout the world. With more than 2,200 lawyers, including more than 400 in Europe, and 175 in Asia, it ranks among the world's largest law firms. Jones Day acts as principal outside counsel to, or provides significant legal representation for, more than half of the Fortune Global 500 companies, as well as to a wide variety of other entities and individuals. Arthur F. Greenbaum is a James W. Shocknessy James W. Shocknessy (died July 15, 1976) was a politician from Columbus, Ohio of the Democratic party. Shocknessy was the first chairman of the Ohio Turnpike Commission, and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Ohio in 1956 and 1960. Professor of Civil Procedure, Administrative Law administrative law, law governing the powers and processes of administrative agencies. The term is sometimes used also of law (i.e., rules, regulations) developed by agencies in the course of their operation. , and Professional Responsibility at the Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. Moritz College of Law The Michael E. Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University is a public law school and charter member of the Association of American Law Schools. According to the 2008 U.S. , where he has taught since 1980. Professor Greenbaum is an accomplished author in the areas of Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, and Professional Responsibility. Marc L. Swartzbaugh, the co-author of the treatise with Professor Greenbaum, retired from Jones Day in 1998 and continues as a consultant to the firm. While a partner at Jones Day, Marc was a litigation-writing specialist, with extensive experience in complex state and federal court litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . Brian F. Toohey is a partner in Jones Day's Cleveland Office. Brian has worked extensively in litigation, with particular emphasis on disputes with insurance carriers and defense of professional liability claims. He has also authored numerous articles on lawyer ethics and professionalism, and facilitated development of and provided editorial assistance for the Treatise. |
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