Download This PaperEthical Issues in Representing Clients in the Cannabis Business: 'One Toke Over the Line?'
American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility The Professional Lawyer Volume 26, Number 1, July 2019
18 Pages Posted: 12 May 2020
Date Written: 2019
Abstract
The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.2(d) does not prohibit a lawyer from advising or assisting clients in establishment or operation of cannabis businesses that are authorized under state law despite existing federal law criminalizing cannabis.
Keywords: Legal Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Cannabis, Marijuana
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Rendleman, Dennis, Ethical Issues in Representing Clients in the Cannabis Business: 'One Toke Over the Line?' (2019). American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility The Professional Lawyer Volume 26, Number 1, July 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3578697