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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...

Ethical Implications of Emergent Technologies

February 10, 2017

By Laurence Banville Emergent technologies have already altered our lives in unprecedented ways. For practicing attorneys, these innovations pose both risks and benefits. Perhaps...
Ethics of Ghost Lawyering

November 1, 2010

By Allison Schoenthal & Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR November 2010] Given the rapid approach of Halloween, we’d like to share a “ghost story”...

Intro to Cloud Computing & Its Ethical Implications — Is There a...

May 1, 2010

By Jeremy R. Feinberg & Maura R. Grossman [Originally published in NYPRR May 2010] Understanding the legal and ethical implications of rapidly emerging technologies...

Tribute to Lazar Emanuel (1924 — 2011)

February 1, 2012

[Originally published in NYPRR February 2012] The February 2012 issue of NYPRR is dedicated to the memory of Lazar Emanuel, Publisher and Managing Editor of the New York...

“Illegal” Conduct Under Rule 1.2: When Does Advice to a Client Violate...

April 1, 2015

By Lewis Tesser and Timothy Nolen Many attorneys have experienced situations in which a client has sought advice about proposed actions which “push the legal limit” or are...
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...

Judicial Ethics in New York State — Part 1

September 1, 2007

By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR September 2007] Regular readers of NYPRR are well aware of the New York Code of Professional Responsibility, which...

Pecuniary Damages Rule Applied to Malpractice in Criminal Cases

September 1, 2002

By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR September 2002] In Wolkstein v. Morgenstern [713 N.Y.S.2d 171 (App. Div. 1st Dept. 2000)], the First Department promulgated...

Six Clients in Search of a Lawyer: Or, Don’t Take the Case

May 1, 2002

By Hal R. Lieberman [Originally published in NYPRR May 2002] New lawyers starting out in practice, or even seasoned attorneys seeking increased business, are occasionally...
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