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Comments Off on Guard Against Criminal, Civil & Disciplinary Liability: A Practical Guide
By Sarah Diane McShea [Originally published in NYPRR December 1998] The first article in this series on law firm management problems (see, NYPRR May 1998) surveyed disciplinary cases in which partners and associates in large firms had been disciplined for engaging in a variety of billing fraud schemes. Law firms (and partners and supervisory [&hellip...
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Comments Off on IOLA After “Phillips”: Part 1 — Clearing Up Some Misconceptions
By Joseph S. Genova [Originally published in NYPRR November 1998] In this article, I examine the Supreme Court’s decision in Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation [118 S. Ct. 1925; 1998 U.S. LEXIS 4003 (1998)], which has been widely but incorrectly...
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Comments Off on Departing Partners in the Grey Zone
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...
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Comments Off on Conflicts of Interest: An Overview
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...
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Comments Off on How Bar Association Ethics Committees Operate
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...
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Comments Off on When Partners Part: Ethical Implications of Lawyer Mobility
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...
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Comments Off on Guide to Dos & Don’ts for Paralegals
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...
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Comments Off on Q&A About New York Lawyers Fund for Client Protection
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...
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Comments Off on Chinese Wall Fends Off Disqualification in First Department
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...
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Comments Off on ‘No-Contact’ Rule in NYS — Some Less Contentious Questions
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...
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