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  • MDP Pot Boils — But No Action in 1999

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    By Linda Galler [Originally published in NYPRR September 1999]   No issue facing lawyers has attracted more interest or more tension than the issues surrounding MDPs. On June 8, 1999, the ABA Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice released its report...

  • Rewarding Turncoat Lawyer: “Jamaica Public Service Co. v. AIU Insurance Co.”

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    By Ronald C. Minkoff [Originally published in NYPRR March 1999]   For many years, courts and Bar Ethics Committees have struggled to deal with the problem of the turncoat attorney: The attorney who represents a client, obtains the client’s confidential...

  • When Lawyers Work for Accounting Firms

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    By Linda Galler [Originally published in NYPRR February 1999]   Large American accounting firms are following the lead of their counterparts in Europe by expanding the range of services offered to the public into areas traditionally served by law firms....

  • Six Ethics Opinions — August 1998

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    By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR August 1998]   In late May 1998, the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics issued six new ethics opinions on a variety of matters. Following are summaries of these important opinions:...

  • Use of Email Creates Ethical Challenges

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    By Anthony E. Davis [Originally published in NYPRR May 1998]   Communications by lawyers involve two sets of legal and ethical principles — the legal and ethical obligation to protect privileged information, and the legal and ethical obligation to...

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