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By Ronald C. Minkoff A recent decision by a Commercial Division judge in New York County has caused shivers of anticipation among New York’s professional responsibility community. In an Interim Order in Stock v. Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Index No. 651250/13, 2014 NY Slip Op. 33171U (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 12/5/2014), Justice Melvin L. [&hellip...
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Comments Off on New York Professional Responsibility Developments Since November 2011: Part 2 — The Battle Over Pro Bono
By Roy D. Simon, Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics Emeritus Last month in Part 1 of my review of developments in New York legal ethics since Lazar Emanuel’s untimely death in November 2011, I ended on the optimistic note that the process for amending...
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By Mark A. Berman Social networking websites enable easy sharing of information and concomitantly offer the user different levels of privacy. Certain sites allow users to restrict who may see certain types of content. Other websites can limit information to...
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By Roy D. Simon, Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics Emeritus I had the privilege of working with Lazar Emanuel from the time he first conceived of New York Professional Responsibility Reporter (NYPRR). He called me to discuss his idea late in 1997, and I...
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By Richard M. Maltz It has long been the rule in New York that when a client challenges a legal fee after a representation has ended the burden is on the lawyer to establish the fee was not unconscionable. Stated another way, the lawyer must prove the fee...
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Comments Off on Hygiene for Trust Accounts: Time for a Check-Up?
By Janis M. Meyer Any law student who has taken a legal ethics course knows that converting or otherwise misappropriating the funds of a client or third party entrusted to a lawyer’s care provides a surefire route to suspension or disbarment. The logical...
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[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 Professional Responsibility Report. Goodbye, My Friend By Roy Simon With the...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR September 2011] On June 25, 2011, at its meeting in Cooperstown, the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates unanimously approved a Report by the State Bar’s Committee on Standards of Attorney...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR August 2011] On June 25th, 2011, at its meeting in Cooperstown, the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates unanimously approved a Report by the State Bar’s Committee on Standards of Attorney...
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Comments Off on What’s in a Name — Part II
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR August 2011] Since April 29, 2011, questions raised by practitioners have prompted four Ethics Opinions from the State Bar on issues related to lawyer advertising and the use of firm names. These opinions...
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