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  • When Merging Firms Should Notify Clients

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR February 2000]   The current urge to merge is nowhere more pervasive than in the legal profession. The merger of two law firms can be especially traumatic to clients who are suddenly confronted with changes...

  • Controlling Conflicts Between Old & New Clients

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    By Stephen Gillers [Originally published in NYPRR January 2000]   At first hearing, it may sound odd to learn that a lawyer’s representation of a new client conflicts with duties the lawyer still owes to a former client, perhaps one for whom the lawyer...

  • Who Is Your Client in Small Business Matters?

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR December 1999]   When you are handling matters for a small corporation, who is your client? This is not a trick question. You should know the answer. As DR 5-109(A) states: When a lawyer employed or retained by...

  • Applying Conflicts Rules When a Lawyer Moves

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR December 1999]   N.Y. State Opinion 723 (1999) The New York State Bar Association issued Ethics Opinion 723 on Oct. 12, 1999. The Opinion construes the 1999 amendments to the Code dealing with conflicts of...

  • Your Client Is a Corporation — Are Its Affiliates Clients Too?

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    By Stephen Gillers [Originally published in NYPRR May 1999]   Conflict of interest rules have become exponentially more complex in the last 25 years. Rules governing conflicts in the corporate family can be especially daunting. If you represent one...

  • Do I Have to Keep These Old Files?

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR April 1998]   Are old files stacked all over your office, or is your file room running out of space, or are you paying huge bills to store your closed files off site? If so, read on. This article tells you (1)...

  • Three 1998 Nassau Bar Ethics Committee Opinions

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR March 1999]   On Oct. 28, 1998, the Nassau County Bar Professional Ethics Committee issued the following three opinions. Defending Against Suit By Former Client [Nassau County Bar Op. 98-11 (1998)] An attorney...

  • How to Deal with the (Truly) Repugnant Client

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    By Gary A. Munneke [Originally published in NYPRR July 1998]   All lawyers find that not all clients are like Snow White — the fairy tale princess, whose only sin was getting hooked up with a bad apple. They often find themselves dealing with the...

  • Dangers of Engaging in Business with Your Client

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    By Peter James Johnson, Jr. [Originally published in NYPRR July 1998]   When a valued client suggests that you enter into a business transaction with him, think long and hard about it. The wrong decision can affect not only your liability insurance...

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