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[Originally published in NYPRR July 2002] This is a review of two lawsuits with virtually identical facts but with strikingly different results. Both cases deal with lawyer disqualification in conflicts between former and current clients. The first was...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR July 2002] The ABA’s Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice has issued its final recommendations for the control of multijurisdictional practice by lawyers. The Commission defines...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR July 2002] At its February 2002 Mid-Year Meeting, the American Bar Association (ABA) adopted three brand new ethics rules that are now officially incorporated into the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct....
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Comments Off on First Department Okays Malpractice Suit Against Rhode Island Lawyer
[Originally published in NYPRR July 2002] The Appellate Division, First Department has reversed a decision of the lower court and subjected a Rhode Island lawyer to its long-arm jurisdiction in a suit for legal malpractice arising from a New York...
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Comments Off on Should Lawyers Serve as Corporate Directors?
By Ronald C. Minkoff [Originally published in NYPRR June 2002] In the wake of revelations about the cozy relationship between Enron and its regular outside counsel, Vinson & Elkins, corporate lawyers should already know to be cautious about getting...
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By Linda Galler [Originally published in NYPRR June 2002] That should you do if a client has used your legal services to commit fraud or engage in a criminal act? That question was recently addressed by the Nassau County Bar Association Committee on...
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Comments Off on Enron Debacle — A Primer for N.Y. Lawyers
By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR June 2002] The collapse of the Enron Corporation and the indictment of Arthur Andersen have generated a great deal of communal soul searching about how to establish and maintain an ethical environment in a...
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Comments Off on Can Screens Cure Conflicts in New York?
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR June 2002] It’s almost summertime, and summertime is the time for screens — window screens, sunscreens, conflicts screens. Can screens cure conflicts of interest in New York that would otherwise...
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Comments Off on Six Clients in Search of a Lawyer: Or, Don’t Take the Case
By Hal R. Lieberman [Originally published in NYPRR May 2002] New lawyers starting out in practice, or even seasoned attorneys seeking increased business, are occasionally tempted to take on matters in which the client seems well able to afford the...
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Comments Off on A Note on Lawyers’ Trade Names
By Marvin E. Frankel [Originally published in NYPRR May 2002] [Editor’s Note: This article was written for NYPRR by Judge Frankel just before his death on March 3, 2002 (see tribute below). The article was written with the assistance of Ilyssa...
