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By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR May 2003] In the March 2003 issue of NYPRR, I discussed those research sources which deal essentially with ethics issues falling under the New York Code of Professional Responsibility and New York statutes...
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Comments Off on Lawyer’s Private Misconduct Can Lead to Suspension
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...
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Comments Off on How Nonlawyers Can Create Conflicts for Lawyers
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR April 2003] Does your law firm check for conflicts of interest when it hires secretaries and paralegals? It should, because non-lawyers can create conflicts for lawyers. This article explains how. The basic...
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Comments Off on Court Strikes Key Provisions of N.Y. Judicial Conduct Code
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR April 2003] The decision of Federal District Judge David N. Hurd (Northern District, NY) in Spargo v. New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct [New York Law Journal, 2/26/2003] has received extensive...
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Comments Off on Second Circuit Orders Discovery on Debt Collection Practices
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR April 2003] Lawyers who commit all or a substantial part of their law practice to debt collection for clients with a stream of customer claims should be careful to study and comply with the provisions of...
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Comments Off on What Do You Mean, I Don’t Get Paid? Fee Forfeiture in New York
By Ronald C. Minkoff [Originally published in NYPRR March 2003] Lawyers who are guilty of professional misconduct have much to worry about. They can be sued for malpractice. They can be disqualified from handling a particular case. They can be...
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Comments Off on Researching Ethics Issues — List of Sources
By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR March 2003] The law governing lawyers has grown exponentially more complex over the past decade. As a practical matter, lawyers must devote more time and effort to policing their own conduct and the...
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Comments Off on Proposed SEC Standards — Round 2 for SEC Bar
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR March 2003] On Nov. 21, 2002, to comply with the Congressional mandate in §307 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC issued proposed Standards of Professional Conduct for Attorneys. Among other things,...
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Comments Off on States Follow ABA Lead in Promoting MJP
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR February 2003] A number of developments among the states have accelerated the Bar’s general acceptance of wider multi-jurisdictional practice (MJP). The states are following the lead of the ABA, which,...
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Comments Off on Speak Not Until Spoken to: An Editorial
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR February 2003] [Publisher’s Note: The opinions expressed in our Editorials are those of the publisher. NYPRR invites comment from lawyers on issues of Ethics and Professionalism.] We were taught to...
