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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR July 2005] May the individual partners of a law firm (especially, a small law firm) invoke the privilege against compelled self incrimination in response to a grand jury subpoena duces tecum served upon...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR June 2005] In a 2005 opinion, Judge Ira B. Warshawsky, Supreme Court, Nassau County, held that an advance made to a personal injury plaintiff by a litigation finance company called LawCash was not...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR June 2005] My high school chemistry teacher, Mr. Carmichael, used to post a “mehcmaxe” on the board every day. (“Mehcmaxe” is “chem exam” spelled backwards.) One day the mehcmaxe was, “What is a...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR May 2005] What is a New York lawyer’s obligation to perform pro bono legal services? The answer to that question changed on April 2, 2005, when, for the first time since 1990, the New York State Bar...
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By Steven C. Krane [Originally published in NYPRR May 2005] Lawyers often represent multiple clients with similar claims against the same defendant. Particularly in the mass tort context, these claims are frequently settled by agreements between the...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR May 2005] In People v. DePallo, 96 NY2d 437 (2001), the Court of Appeals defined the responsibility of criminal defense counsel who suspects that his client will offer perjured testimony in a jury trial....
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR April 2005] The importance of providing the client with a written letter of engagement at the outset of a matter was emphasized recently by Bronx County Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Gonzalez in Klein...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR April 2005] If you litigate in areas like product liability, employment discrimination, or breach of employment contracts, odds are that at least some of your cases are covered by confidentiality orders....
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By Steven C. Krane [Originally published in NYPRR April 2005] Toward the end of 2004, it was reported in the California legal press that the Clifford Chance law firm had agreed with the trustee of the Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison bankruptcy estate...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR March 2005] A long line of cases and a series of Ethics Opinions have established that although the lawyer representing the defendant-insured in a personal injury matter may be retained and paid by the...
