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  • Departing Partners in the Grey Zone

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    By Steven C. Krane [Originally published in NYPRR November 1998]   [Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles by Steven C. Krane, on the departing partner. This article was prompted by the decision in September 1998, of Justice Herman...

  • Conflicts of Interest: An Overview

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    By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR November 1998]   Probably no other provisions in the New York Code of Professional Responsibility create as much day-to-day confusion for lawyers as those dealing with conflicts of interest. The sources of...

  • How Bar Association Ethics Committees Operate

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR November 1998]   Ethics issues arise in your law practice every day. Most of them you can resolve fairly easily, usually by looking at the New York lawyer’s Code of Professional Responsibility (which is...

  • When Partners Part: Ethical Implications of Lawyer Mobility

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    By Steven C. Krane [Originally published in NYPRR September 1998]   [Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles on the problems that arise when a partner decides to leave a firm. This article deals with the responsibilities of the partner who...

  • Guide to Dos & Don’ts for Paralegals

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR September 1998]   Legal assistants and paralegals have become an indispensable part of a modern law office. In its booklet, Guidelines for the Utilization by Lawyers of the Services of Legal Assistants...

  • Q&A About New York Lawyers Fund for Client Protection

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR September 1998]   NYPRR interviewed Frederick Miller, Executive Director and Counsel for the New York Lawyers Fund for Client Protection, and asked him the following questions about the organization. The...

  • Chinese Wall Fends Off Disqualification in First Department

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR September 1998]   In Kassis v. Teacher’s Ins. & Annuity Assn. [1998 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6968], the First Department affirmed a trial court’s refusal to disqualify a law firm that hired one of the...

  • ‘No-Contact’ Rule in NYS — Some Less Contentious Questions

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    By Bruce A. Green [Originally published in NYPRR August 1998]   Over the past decade, there has been heated discussion about the scope of the “no-contact” rule. This is the rule that, generally speaking, forbids a lawyer from communicating directly...

  • News & Developments for New York Lawyers

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    By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR August 1998]   Mandatory CLE for All Lawyers The Administrative Board of the Courts has announced that mandatory continuing legal education will be required of all New York lawyers. The new rules will take...

  • Group Advertising By Lawyers

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    By Sharon Stern Gerstman [Originally published in NYPRR August 1998]   Small and medium-sized law firms with less power and fewer resources than larger law firms may be looking for new ways to reach the public. One way is to enter into joint advertising...