Posts Tagged ‘Partnership Agreements’

ABA Formal Opinion 489 Limits Restrictions on Departing Partners

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There’s important news for law firm leaders who have recently revised partnership and shareholder agreements to restrict partner departures. In ABA Formal Opinion 489, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility spells out new...
Rule 5.6: As Written or As Applied?

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By: Ronald C. Minkoff [Originally published in NYPRR December 2010] [Note: In this article, I use “partner” and “partnership” as short-hand for, respectively, all the principals in a law firm (including shareholders, members, etc.) and all law...
New Perspective: Revisiting “Cohen v. Lord Day & Lord”

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By Ronald C. Minkoff [Originally published in NYPRR ] When I was in high school, a teacher showed my class a picture — one I am sure many readers have also seen. Viewed from one perspective, the picture showed a young, well-dressed woman; viewed from...

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