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By Allison Schoenthal & Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR November 2010] Given the rapid approach of Halloween, we’d like to share a “ghost story” with you. Imagine being approached by an elderly woman with limited income who...
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By Jeremy R. Feinberg & Maura R. Grossman [Originally published in NYPRR May 2010] Understanding the legal and ethical implications of rapidly emerging technologies can be a bit like shooting at a moving target. It was barely 18 or 24 months ago...
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By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR January 2010] Although 2009 was undoubtedly a busy and memorable year in the world of New York lawyer ethics — with developments ranging from the adoption of the New York rules of Professional...
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By Jeremy R. Feinberg & Laura Smith [Originally published in NYPRR September 2009] As thousands of aspiring lawyers enter law school this month, we decided to depart from our usual NYPRR contributions on the ethics of lawyers and judges, and...
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By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR June 2009] How far can a lawyer go to obtain damaging information about the other side, about an adverse witness, or even a judge? The use of “pretexting,” i.e., some form of deception, to obtain...
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By Jeremy Feinberg & Amy Sheridan [Originally published in NYPRR May 2009] Sometimes, ethics issues arise from real-life scenarios that can happen to anyone. Imagine, on a dark and stormy winter night, waiting at a bus stop where you and one other...
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By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR January 2009] By the time you read this article, Chief Judge Kaye will have retired from the Court of Appeals, ending a long and successful career as a judge. Trying to summarize all the ways she has...
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By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR November 2008] In an economic environment fraught with client cost-cut-ting and an increased willingness of clients to look to multiple law firms and lawyers for their legal needs, law firm managing...
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By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR September 2008] The words “pro bono publico,” a Latin phrase meaning “for the public good,” is one expression that all attorneys and many clients know. In the practice of law, the public good...
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By Jeremy R. Feinberg [Originally published in NYPRR July 2008] For all of the scholarly and practical literature written about ethics issues, there is relatively little guidance on how best to research questions of ethics and professional...