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Comments Off on Enron Debacle — A Primer for N.Y. Lawyers
By Mary C. Daly [Originally published in NYPRR June 2002] The collapse of the Enron Corporation and the indictment of Arthur Andersen have generated a great deal of communal soul searching about how to establish and maintain an ethical environment in a...
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Comments Off on Who Is Your Client — The Business or Its Owners
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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Comments Off on Two NYCLA Ethics Opinions — Oct. 1998
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR January 1999] In October 1998, the NYCLA Committee on Professional Ethics issued two ethics opinions. Here are summaries of them: Discarding Old Files — NYCLA Op. 725 (10/6/1998) “When and how may a...
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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...