South Dakota Bar Warns Lawyers that Counseling Marijuana Clients Might be Ethics Violation – Not First State to Say So

In fall 2020, South Dakota voters approved measures to legalize both medical and recreational marijuana. See Marijuana Reforms Win Big at the Polls. In January 2021, however, the South Dakota State Bar Association warned attorneys that providing legal services to marijuana businesses would violate the South Dakota Rules of Professional Conduct (i.e., the bar’s code of…

Posted by mikosra on January 6, 2021 in News, Updates, attorney, bar, cannabis, ethics, lawyer, marihuana, marijuana, Model Rule, Rule 1.2(d), south dakota

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