Professional responsibility ACTIVE

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, attorneys licensed to practice law in this state and their law firms and licensed certified public accountants and their firms, while acting in the course and scope of providing legal, accounting, auditing, consulting, and other professional services to federally insured financial institutions, shall have no greater duty of professional responsibility to the institution, its shareholders, depositors, customers, creditors, or insurers than that required of attorneys under the Rules of Professional Conduct, Article XVI of the Appendix to Chapter 4 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and with respect to certified public accountants, the duty of professional responsibility shall be that established by generally accepted accounting principles and generally accepted auditing standards.