The NEW YORK LEGAL ETHICS REPORTER is a free, online archive of articles describing developments in New York-area ethics and professional responsibility law.
By Nicole Hyland — This article was originally published on May 11, 2020. The Covid-19 crisis has upended the legal industry, forcing law firms to adapt quickly to an...
By Nicole Hyland — This article was originally published on May 6, 2020. The Covid-19 crisis has upended the legal industry, forcing law firms to adapt quickly to an...
By Nicole Hyland — This article was originally published on May 4, 2020. The Covid-19 crisis has upended the legal industry, forcing law firms to adapt quickly to an...
By Nicole Hyland — This article was originally published on April 29, 2020. The Covid-19 crisis has upended the legal industry, forcing law firms to adapt quickly to an...
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2008] Prior to Jan. 1, 2002, the only lawyer/client fee disputes requiring submission to arbitration were disputes...
[Originally published in NYPRR July 2008] The Advisory Committee on Judicial ethics (www.nycourts.gov/ip/acje) responds to written inquiries from New York State’s full-...
By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR July 2008] For all of the scholarly and practical literature written about ethics issues, there is relatively little...
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR July 2008] Over the years, NYPRR has carried many columns about the no-contact rule, codified as DR 7-104 in New York (and as...
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...
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR October 2008] Editor’s note: The search for facts is a function of the trial court judge, with or without the help of a...
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR June 2001] In NYSBA Opinion 738, released on April 16, 2001, the State Bar Committee reviewed a number of prior Ethics...
[Originally published in NYPRR December 2008] The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics (www.nycourts.gov/ip/acje ) responds to written inquiries from New York State’s...