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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR November 2011] In 2009, the ABA created the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20, which has been comprehensively reviewing the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct (and other regulations affecting lawyers) in...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR September 2011] On June 25, 2011, at its meeting in Cooperstown, the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates unanimously approved a Report by the State Bar’s Committee on Standards of Attorney...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR August 2011] On June 25th, 2011, at its meeting in Cooperstown, the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates unanimously approved a Report by the State Bar’s Committee on Standards of Attorney...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR March 2011] Two months ago in this publication (NYPRR January 2011), I discussed amendments by the New York State Bar Association to its Comments on the New York Rules of Professional Conduct. My introduction...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR January 2011] At its Nov. 3, 2010 meeting, the New York State Bar Association amended the Comments to the New York Rules of Professional Conduct. The press release by the State Bar said, in part: As part of...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR August 2002] The rules governing the commission of crimes by New York lawyers and the resulting scope of discipline by the courts require research in several places, including the New York Code of...
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[Originally published in NYPRR July 2002] The Committee on Professional Ethics of the Nassau County Bar Association has issued two new ethics opinions, both dated March 26, 2002. Both present novel issues. Opinion 2002-01 Lawyers A and B...
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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...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR November 1998] Ethics issues arise in your law practice every day. Most of them you can resolve fairly easily, usually by looking at the New York lawyer’s Code of Professional Responsibility (which is...
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Comments Off on To Hell with Standards of Civility — Wait, Not So Fast!
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR June 1998] In September 1997, effective immediately, the New York courts adopted Standards of Civility, a nonbinding set of “guidelines intended to encourage lawyers, judges and court personnel to observe...
