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How Attorneys Conducting Workplace Investigations Can Comply with N.Y.’s Private Investigator Law & Rules of Professional Conduct By Ronald C. Minkoff, Lindsay Harris, and Andrew Jacobs The recent high-profile trial in Ellen Pao vs. Kleiner...
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By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR March 2001] Just about every lawyer in the United States who practices in the private sector counts business organizations among her clients. In New York, a lawyer who represents a business organization is...
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By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR January 2001] The ethical duty of confidentiality is a cornerstone of the client-lawyer relationship. In its absence, clients fearing the disclosure of embarrassing or detrimental information would...
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By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR October 2000] Representing closely-held and family businesses is a vital part of many lawyers’ practices. These businesses frequently purchase legal services in a wide array of transactional and...
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By Stephen Gillers [Originally published in NYPRR June 2000] [Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles. The sequel will be published in NYPRR July 2000.] If you spend time talking to lawyers about ethics you soon discover an interesting...
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By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR March 2000] Entering into a business transaction with a client is fraught with ethical peril. Courts, disciplinary bodies, and bar association ethics committees have uniformly warned lawyers of the myriad...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR February 2000] A lawyer who undertakes to represent two clients with seemingly common interests will often find that the interests eventually diverge. When they do, he may be asked to represent one client...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR December 1999] When you are handling matters for a small corporation, who is your client? This is not a trick question. You should know the answer. As DR 5-109(A) states: When a lawyer employed or retained by...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR October 1999] The amendments to DR 5-104 emphasize the intent of the New York courts to expand the controls upon transactions between a lawyer and his clients. [22 NYCRR §1200.23.] The changes bring the...
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By Marvin E. Frankel [Originally published in NYPRR July 1999] Among the more horrifying and publicized of recent cases; the guilty plea of Justin Volpe, involving severe injuries to a victim from a bloody assault in a police station, stands out. To...
