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March/April 2017 Issue

April 18, 2017

Welcome to the New York Legal Ethics Reporter On behalf of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC and the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, we introduce the New...

How to Lose Your Legal Fee, Part 3: Fee Disputes with Clients...

April 18, 2017

By Ronald C. Minkoff More than a year ago, we embarked on a three-part series on “How to Lose Your Legal Fees.” Part 1, in our February 2016 edition, examined excessive fees,...

Practical Ethics Considerations for Lawyers Hired to Fix or Mitigate Another Lawyer’s...

April 18, 2017

By Daniel L. Abrams When a client suffers a loss due to legal malpractice, the client will often fire the negligent lawyer and hire another one. This article will refer to such...

Recent N.Y. Ethics Opinions: March/April 2017

April 18, 2017

By Tyler Maulsby, Associate, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Here are summaries of ethics opinions issued November 2016. The opinions were issued by the NYSBA Committee on...
Accepting Legal Fees from Client’s Employer

June 1, 2006

By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR June 2006] If a company under investigation retains you to represent an employee who is asked to cooperate in an internal...

Searching Web to Find a Lawyer

December 1, 2006

By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR December 2006] Click on Google or any of the other search engines and search under Find a Lawyer. You’ll find page after...

All in the Family? Corporate Family Conflicts & Letters of Engagement —...

January 1, 2007

By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR January 2007] Last month (NYPRR Dec. 2006), in Part I of this article, I provided detailed background for McKesson Information...

City Bar Maps Lawyers’ Role in Public Companies — Part I

January 1, 2007

By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR January 2007] A Task Force of the City Bar appointed by Bettina Plevan, former City Bar President, and chaired by Thomas H....
No Legal Fees Without Letter of Engagement

April 1, 2005

By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR April 2005] The importance of providing the client with a written letter of engagement at the outset of a matter was...

Court of Appeals Disqualifies Firm Despite Chinese Wall

August 1, 1999

By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR August 1999] In Kassis v. Teacher’s Insurance and Annuity Association [243 AD2d 191 (1st Dept. 1998)], the First Department...

New Ethical Considerations on Advertising & Solicitation

December 1, 2007

By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR December 2007] With much advance fanfare, the Appellate Divisions significantly amended the Disciplinary rules governing lawyer...

Ethics Opinions from Other Jurisdictions

April 1, 2002

[Originally published in NYPRR April 2002] Ohio: Agreement By Law Firm to Pay ‘Promotion’ Fee to Real Estate Agency An Ohio law firm proposed to pay an annual fee to a...
Advertising Attorney-Client Privilege Attorney-Client Relationship Betsy Hutchings Brad Rudin Client Communications Clients Confidentiality Conflicts Conflicts of Interest Disciplinary Proceedings Disciplinary Rules Disclosure Disqualification Ethical Obligations Ethics Opinions Fees Fiduciary Duty Hal R Lieberman IOLA Accounts Jeremy R Feinberg Lazar Emanuel Legal Fees Malpractice Mary C Daly Misconduct Multidisciplinary Practice Multijurisdictional Practice No-Contact Rule Non-Legal Professionals NYLER Editor NYPRR Editor Partnerships Pro Bono Work Professional Conduct Professional Responsibility Prospective Clients Referrals Ronald C Minkoff Roy Simon Sarah Diane McShea Screening Stephen Gillers Steven C Krane Tyler Maulsby