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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November 2001] In Ethics Opinion 746, issued July 18, 2001, the New York State Bar Association considered the issues facing a lawyer who holds a client’s “durable” power of attorney and learns that...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR November] In Ethics Opinion 745, the NYSBA considered the issue of referrals to another lawyer by a lawyer who is disqualified from continuing a representation by virtue of a conflict of interest. The...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR November 2001] Conflict of interest issues are likely to be the most frequent and difficult issues under New York’s new MDP rules, which take effect on Nov. 1, 2001. Last month, I asked how the rule on...
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By Sarah Diane McShea [Originally published in NYPRR November 2001] In a move completely unrelated to the recent terrorist attack on lower Manhattan and Washington, D.C., the American Bar Association’s Committee on Ethics and Professional...
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By Gary A. Munneke [Originally published in NYPRR October 2001] New York has become the first American jurisdiction to adopt a regulatory scheme for multidisciplinary practice. In NYPRR Sept 2001 issue, Professor Roy Simon provided a section-by-section...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR October 2001] Occasionally, a judge’s well-reasoned opinion serves as a primer on essential principles of professional responsibility. The opinion of Judge Richard C. Casey (S.D.N.Y.) in Crudele v. New...
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By Phil Schatz [Originally published in NYPRR October 2001] The nightmare can take many forms, some worse than others, but all bad. You receive a letter from the Departmental Disciplinary Committee enclosing a copy of a complaint that a former client...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR October 2001] At the end of last month’s overview of the new MDP rules [NYPRR Sept. 2001], I noted that “other issues, such as conflicts of interest and confidentiality, lie beneath the surface and remain...
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By Jay C. Carlisle & Jonathan A. Weiss [Originally published in NYPRR September 2001] Last month in Chicago, lawyers met at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting to consider proposals to amend Model Rule 1.6 to permit a lawyer to reveal...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR September 2001] In July 23, 2001, the Appellate Divisions approved new “multidisciplinary practice” or “MDP” rules for New York lawyers. The new rules will take effect on Nov. 1, 2001. This article...
