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By Goldy Gluzman & Susan Fortney Introduction “[T]he actions of a partner you don’t even know, working in an office on the other side of the country, could cost you your house and force your kids to go to public school.” See, Michael Orey, “The...
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By Tyler Maulsby, Associate, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Here are summaries of four ethics opinions issued in January, February, and April 2015. The first three were issued by the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics, and the fourth by the NYC Bar...
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By Daniel L. Abrams Causation is an essential element in any legal malpractice case. When the plaintiff alleges that an attorney mishandled a lawsuit, in order to prove causation the plaintiff must prove that it would have prevailed in the underlying lawsuit....
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By Martin I. Kaminsky (Greenberg Traurig LLP) and Maren J. Messing (Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP) In Part I of this article, “When You Can Contact Others Who Are or Were Represented by Counsel” (NYLER April 2015), we explained the basic...
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By Tyler Maulsby, Associate, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Here are summaries of two ethics opinions issued in January and February 2015. The first was issued by the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics, and the second by the NYC Bar Association...
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Need help with an ethics question? Two of the most active ethics committees in New York offer hotline assistance. These hotlines are available to attorneys admitted to practice in New York State who have questions about their own prospective conduct under the...
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By Abbe Smith The following remarks were delivered on March 1, 2015, at the Memorial Service for Professor Monroe Freedman. Monroe was my friend, co-author, intellectual life partner, mentor, and member of the family. There is no one like him; he is...
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By Martin I. Kaminsky (Greenberg Traurig) and Maren J. Messing (Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler) Lawyers sometimes want to contact a person who is connected with an adverse party or formerly connected with an adverse party in a transaction or litigation....
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By Lewis Tesser and Timothy Nolen Many attorneys have experienced situations in which a client has sought advice about proposed actions which “push the legal limit” or are even clearly illegal. How far—if at all—may attorneys go in assisting a client...
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By Tyler Maulsby, Associate, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Here are summaries of two ethics opinions issued in January and February 2015. The first opinion was issued by the NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics, and the second by the NYC Bar...
