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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2006] (This is the second of a series describing New York’s indigent defense system.) In NYPRR October 2006, we discussed the report of The Spangenberg Group (TSG), which was authorized by the...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2006] The verdict is in. The Spangenberg Group, specialists in assessing indigent defense systems for many states and organizations, has submitted its report to Chief Judge Kaye’s Commission on...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2006] We offer our contribution to the stream of comments which have undoubtedly been directed to the Presiding Justices of the Appellate Divisions on the proposed new rules governing lawyer...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR October 2006] (This is the first of a series of articles on the condition of New York’s system for providing counsel to indigent defendants.) In February 2004, Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye appointed a...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR September 2006] As we write, the battle lines are being drawn for the Second Battle of Trenton. (See below for “A History: The Battle of Trenton.”) On one side — the Committee on Attorney...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR August 2006] The four Presiding Justices of the Appellate Division have approved for public comment extensive revisions to those provisions of the New York Code dealing with lawyer advertising and the...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR July 2006] The four Presiding Justices of the Appellate Divisions have issued their proposals for extensive changes in the Disciplinary Rules governing lawyer advertising and lawyer solicitations of...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR July 2006] In the increasingly competitive world in which law firms contend for business by submitting to beauty contests, the City Bar’s Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics has offered a...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR June 2006] In a matter of first impression in the Second Circuit, the Court of Appeals has found that the commencement of a suit to recover unpaid rent represents an “initial communication” within the...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR June 2006] In the recent case of Connolly v. Napoli, Kaiser & Bern, Sup. Ct. NY Cty., No. 105224/05 (4/4/06), Justice Ronald T. Acosta extended the right of an at-will law firm associate to sue in...
