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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR March 1999] [Author’s note: In preparation for this article, NYPRR examined the websites of six Manhattan law firms. Of the six, five were firms with a principal office in New York. The sixth has its...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR February 1999] Summary of Opinion 710 — 11/6/98 (35-98) A lawyer has been holding an escrow fund after a real estate closing, to secure buyers against loss under a possible sidewalk violation assessment...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR January 1999] Executive Summary The existence of specific instances of “Pay to Play” is difficult to establish, since the conduct in question is dependent upon the state of mind with which political...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR January 1999] [Editor’s note: NYPRR Nov. 1998 published an article by Joseph S. Genova, “IOLA After Phillips: Clearing Up Some Misconceptions.” (Part 2 was published in NYPRR Dec. 1999.) We received...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR December 1998] N.Y. State Bar Opinion 705 (clarifying N.Y. 371) This Opinion covers the engagement of an attorney by a non-attorney tax reduction company to represent a property owner in a Supreme Court...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR December 1998] In its first major pronouncement on law practice over the Internet, the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics has issued Ethics Opinion 709 (Sept. 16, 1998)....
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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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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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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR August 1998] Mandatory CLE for All Lawyers The Administrative Board of the Courts has announced that mandatory continuing legal education will be required of all New York lawyers. The new rules will take...
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By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR April 1998] The New York State Bar Association has filed a lawsuit in federal court (97-CV-1768) asking to declare unconstitutional the “Granny Advisor Goes to Jail Act,” Section 4734 of the Balanced...
