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ABA Formal Opinion 489 Limits Restrictions on Departing Partners

February 8, 2020

There’s important news for law firm leaders who have recently revised partnership and shareholder agreements to restrict partner departures. In ABA Formal Opinion 489, the ABA...

Frankfurt Kurnit Litigation Ethics Summit “Game Show”

December 17, 2019

To cap off the Second Annual FKKS Litigation Ethics Summit, Nicole Hyland (Partner), Amelia Brankov (Counsel), Tyler Maulsby (Counsel), and William Lawrence (Associate) challenged...

Aggressive Bargaining: The Legal and Ethical Boundaries of “Me Too”-era Settlements (at...

December 17, 2019

The second panel of the day focused on the ethical and legal limits of aggressive bargaining in the settlement context, with a special focus on settlements of harassment and...

Protecting Your Fees: The Ethics of Fee Claims (at Frankfurt Kurnit’s 2019...

December 17, 2019

The first panel of the day focused on how fee disputes arise and how those disputes affect malpractice claims under New York law. The panel featured plaintiff malpractice attorney...
Associate At-Will Exception Extended to DR 1-102

June 1, 2006

By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR June 2006] In the recent case of Connolly v. Napoli, Kaiser & Bern, Sup. Ct. NY Cty., No. 105224/05 (4/4/06), Justice...

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....

City Bar Maps Lawyers’ Role in Dealing with Auditors — Part II

February 1, 2007

By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR February 2007] In Part I of this article, published in January 2007, we summarized some of the “Best Practices”...
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...

Conflict Consents Under Code Do Not Need Written Confirmation Under New Rules

July 1, 2009

By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR July 2009] In its first opinion dealing with the transition from the Code to the new Rules of Professional Conduct, the...

NYCLA Issues Opinion on Disclosure of Malpractice Coverage

September 1, 2005

By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR September 2005] The Committee on Professional Ethics of the New York County Lawyers Association has issued Formal Opinion...

Rules Mandating Arbitration of Fee Disputes Now in Effect

January 1, 2002

[Originally published in NYPRR January 2002] [Editor’s Note: See, Roy Simon, NYPRR, April 2001, for the major features of the new fee dispute resolution program in...
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