Rules of Professional Conduct

Rule 8.5: Disciplinary Authority; Choice of Law

 (a) Disciplinary Authority. 获准在本司法管辖区执业的澳博app须受本司法管辖区的纪律处分, regardless of where the lawyer’s conduct occurs. 澳博app可能同时受到本司法管辖区和另一司法管辖区的纪律处分，该澳博app因同样的行为而获得许可.
   (b) Choice of Law. 在行使本司法管辖区的纪律权力时, 适用的专业行为规则如下:
      (1)与审裁处待决事项有关的行为, 所适用的规则应为法庭所在司法管辖区的规则, unless the rules of the tribunal provide otherwise, and
     (2) For any other conduct,
   (i)该澳博app仅在本司法管辖区获得执业许可, 所适用的规则应为本司法管辖区的规则, and
   (ii)该澳博app在本司法管辖区和其他司法管辖区获得执业许可, the rules to be applied shall be the rules of the admitting jurisdiction in which the lawyer principally practices; provided, however, 如果特定行为在该澳博app被许可执业的另一司法管辖区明显具有主导作用, 该管辖权的规则应适用于该行为.

Comment

Disciplinary Authority

   [1] Paragraph (a) restates long-standing law.

Choice of Law

   [2]澳博app可能会受到一套以上的职业行为规则的约束，这些规则规定了不同的义务. 澳博app可以在不同规则的多个司法管辖区执业, 或者可能被允许在特定法院执业，其规则与澳博app被许可执业的司法管辖区或司法管辖区的规则不同. In the past, 关于哪些规则适用于这种情况，各项决定并没有制定明确或一致的指导.
   [3]第(b)款旨在解决此类潜在冲突. Its premise is that minimizing conflicts between rules, 以及哪些规则适用的不确定性, 符合客户和行业(以及有权监管行业的机构)的最佳利益。. Accordingly, 它采取的方法是(i)规定澳博app的任何特定行为应仅受一套职业行为规则的约束, (ii)尽可能直截了当地确定哪一套规则适用于特定行为, 与承认相关司法管辖区的适当监管利益相一致.
   [4] (b)款规定，关于澳博app就法庭未决事项的行为，该澳博app应仅受该法庭的专业行为规则的约束. As to all other conduct, (b)款规定，仅在本司法管辖区获得执业许可的澳博app应遵守本司法管辖区的专业行为规则, 在多个司法管辖区获得执照的澳博app应仅受他或她(作为个人)所在司法管辖区的规则约束, not his or her firm) principally practices, 但有一个例外:如果特定行为在另一个承认管辖权中明显具有主导作用, then only the rules of that jurisdiction shall apply. 其目的是使后一种例外成为一个狭窄的例外. It would be appropriately applied, for example, to a situation in which a lawyer admitted in, and principally practicing in, State A, but also admitted in State B, 处理了一家总部和业务都在B州的公司对另一家类似公司的收购. The exception would not appropriately be applied, on the other hand, 如果澳博app处理了总部和业务在a州的公司对总部和主要业务在a州的公司的收购, but which also had some operations in State B.
   [5]如果两个司法管辖区对同一澳博app的行为提起诉讼, they should, applying this rule, identify the same governing ethics rules. 他们应该采取一切适当的步骤，确保他们对同样的行为适用同样的规则, 在任何情况下都应该避免根据两条不一致的规则起诉澳博app.
   [6]法律选择条款适用于从事跨国执业的澳博app, unless international law, 受影响司法管辖区的主管监管机构之间的条约或其他协定另有规定.