Miscellaneous

Ethics Opinions

• Oregon State Bar Formal Opinion 2005-107: Unauthorized Practice of Law: Producing General Legal Information Tapes
• Nebraska Ethics Advisory Opinion for Lawyers No. 17-03: Digital Currencies such as Bitcoin as Payment
• New York City Bar Formal Opinion 2011-2: Third Party Litigation Financing
• New York State Bar Association Ethics Opinion 1062 (2015): Financing a law practice; crowdfunding websites
• Philadelphia Bar Association Professional Guidance Committee Opinion 2015-6: Attorney’s Fees and Crowdfunding

Articles

• Is It Ethical for Lawyers to Accept Bitcoins and Other Cryptocurrencies?, North Carolina State Bar Ethics Article, September 2018, James M. McCauley, Sharon D. Nelson, and John W. Simek
• The Ethics of Crowdfunding for Lawyers: Uncharted Territory or Familiar Terrain?, Justia, June 2017, Sarah Andropoulos
• Matchmaking website connects plaintiffs to litigation funding, but is that ethical?, ABA Journal, September 2014, Ed Finkel
• Informational Report to the House of Delegates on Alternative Litigation Finance, American Bar Association, 2012, Commission on Ethics 20/20