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  • Lawyer’s Private Misconduct Can Lead to Suspension

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR May 2003]   The New York Code of Professional Responsibility anticipates that a lawyer will be held “to the highest standards of ethical conduct” in the management of his private affairs, as well as in...

  • Maryland Disbars N.Y. Lawyer Over Office

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2002]   The Maryland Court of Appeals has disbarred a lawyer admitted in three other jurisdictions but not admitted in Maryland. The Court found that the lawyer had engaged in the unauthorized...

  • Federal Courts Construe Rule 11 Sanctions Motions

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR October 2002]   Two decisions by judges in the New York federal courts construing Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure warrant scrutiny. Rule 11(c) permits federal trial judges to impose...

  • Revisiting Law Firm Discipline — Does It Really Work?

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    By Sarah Diane McShea [Originally published in NYPRR February 2001]   Nearly five years ago, New York became the first state to require law firms — not just individual lawyers — to comply with existing lawyer ethics codes. The May 1996 revisions to...

  • Second Circuit Sends Signals on Civility

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    By Richard F. Ziegler & Kristin Collins [Originally published in NYPRR October 2000]   Incivility can be costly to an attorney practicing in federal court if the judge determines that the attorney has crossed the line from “zealous advocacy” to...

  • Revolving Door: “Gibbs v. Breed Abbott”

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    By Ronald C. Minkoff [Originally published in NYPRR September 2000]   If they ever existed, the halcyon days of hallowed law partnerships, when those who survived to make partner loyally labored for the same firm for their entire professional lives, are...

  • Whistleblowing — Difficult Duty of DR 1-103(a)

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    By John Q. Barrett [Originally published in NYPRR June 2000]   Last fall, I received a memorable telephone call from a former student. This young lawyer explained that he was calling me to seek professional responsibility advice for an unnamed friend who...

  • “Capoccia” Litigation Poses Jurisdictional Questions

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR February 2000]   The litigation swirling around Albany attorney Andrew F. Capoccia raises issues of interest to the profession. The present litigation centers on a complaint by New York Attorney General...

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