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  • Things Old & New — Code Amendments

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    By Stephen Gillers [Originally published in NYPRR September 1999]   In one way, at least, the July 1999 amendments to the New York Code of Professional Responsibility did not much change it. The Code continues to be a composite of something old,...

  • Amendments to the ECs (1999)

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR August 1999]   Almost lost in the hoopla over the new amendments to the disciplinary rules are the new amendments to the Ethical Considerations (ECs), effective June 30, 1999. The ECs are not formally adopted...

  • Lawyer’s Incivility Provokes Three-Month Suspension

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    By Hal R. Lieberman [Originally published in NYPRR July 1999]   In 1993, I wrote an article for the New York Law Journal entitled, “Lawyer Incivility Is Also Unethical.” [See, NYLJ, 11/15/93, p. 1, col. 1.] The article described three cases decided...

  • Future of Attorney Discipline in N.Y.’s First Judicial Department

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    By Hal R. Lieberman [Originally published in NYPRR February 1999]   As the year 2000 approaches, the legal profession in the U.S. will soon number nearly one million. There will be 175,000 of us in New York alone, 60,000 in the First Judicial Department....

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