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  • Ethics Opinion Rejects Real Estate Broker Referral Fees

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    [Originally published in NYPRR April 2002]   Nassau County Bar Association, Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion No. 01-9: Facts: A real estate broker writes a letter soliciting buyer and seller referrals from lawyers in exchange for a fee. The...

  • Ethics Opinions from Other Jurisdictions

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    [Originally published in NYPRR April 2002]   Ohio: Agreement By Law Firm to Pay ‘Promotion’ Fee to Real Estate Agency An Ohio law firm proposed to pay an annual fee to a real estate agency and to discount its fees to the agency’s customers in...

  • Conflicts and Referral Fees

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November]   In Ethics Opinion 745, the NYSBA considered the issue of referrals to another lawyer by a lawyer who is disqualified from continuing a representation by virtue of a conflict of interest. The...

  • Nassau Bar Committee Okays Tie with AmeriCounsel.com

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR April 2001]   In Nassau County Bar Op. 01-04 (2/13/2001), the Professional Ethics Committee of the Bar Association of Nassau County issued an important opinion giving the green light, subject to a few...

  • Charging Interest on Unpaid Fees or Disbursements

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR September 2000]   May lawyers ethically charge interest on unpaid legal fees? May they charge interest on unpaid disbursements in contingent fee cases? In a pair of opinions issued in July 2000, the ethics...

  • AmeriCounsel: Guaranteed Legal Services at Flat Fees on Internet

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR June 2000]   Suppose you are a potential client shopping for legal services over the Internet. You find www.AmeriCounsel.com, a company affiliated with Harvard Law School Professor Arthur Miller. Topping the...

  • Hybrid Fee Agreements: Okay or No-kay?

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR March 2000]   Hourly rate fee agreements are the traditional lawyer-on-top “missionary position” of commercial litigation. Contingent fee agreements are the equivalent standard in personal injury matters,...

  • Improper Provisions in Retainer Agreements

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR October 1999]   N.Y. State Opinion 719 (1999) The Rules of the Appellate Division require that all attorneys in domestic relations matters “execute a written agreement with the client setting forth in...

  • Lawyer May Bill Hourly Rate When Appearing as Witness

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR June 1999]   N.Y. State Bar Op. 714 (1999) Question: May a lawyer accept compensation from a former client for time in preparing to testify in a matter and for testifying as a witness? Answer: Yes, provided...

  • Collecting Your Fees After Discharge

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    By Sharon Stern Gerstman [Originally published in NYPRR April 1999]   Larry Jones, your neighbor and good friend, a loyal client over many years, has retained you in three pending matters. In the last two weeks, you’ve detected an increasing tension in...