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...
By Robert A. Barrer inadvertent adjective: in·ad·ver·tent \-tənt\ Merriam-Webster definition: not intended or planned In Part 1 of this article, which...
By John B. Harris Recording telephone and in-person conversations, which once required advance planning and special equipment, is now both simple and widely available on a range...
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR July 2005] May the individual partners of a law firm (especially, a small law firm) invoke the privilege against compelled...
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR July 2005] In Formal Opinion 2005-04 (April 2005), the Association of the Bar of the City of New York considered whether a...