pa-56-31-1077: Amendment of Rule 5.5 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct; No. 272 disciplinary rules docket

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Order Per Curiam And Now , this 16th day of July, 2026, upon the recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the proposal having been submitted without publication pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. 103(a)(3), It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Rule 5.5 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct is amended in the attached form. This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(b), and shall be effective immediately. Additions to the rule are shown in bold and are underlined. Deletions from the rule are shown in bold and brackets. Annex A TITLE 204. JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS PART V. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT Subpart A. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY CHAPTER 81. RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT Subchapter A. RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT § 81.4. Rules of Professional Conduct. The following are the Rules of Professional Conduct: LAW FIRMS AND ASSOCIATIONS Rule 5.5. Unauthorized Practice of Law; Multijurisdictional Practice of Law. * * * * * Comment: * * * * * (4) Other than as authorized by law or this Rule, a lawyer who is not admitted to practice generally in this jurisdiction violates paragraph (b) if the lawyer establishes an office or other systematic and continuous presence in this jurisdiction for the practice of law. Presence may be systematic and continuous even if the lawyer is not physically present here. Such a lawyer must not hold out to the public or...

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