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[Originally published in NYPRR February 2012] The February 2012 issue of NYPRR is dedicated to the memory of Lazar Emanuel, Publisher and Managing Editor of the New York Professional Responsibility Report. Goodbye, My Friend By Roy Simon With the...
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[Originally published in NYPRR June 2011] Responding to recent news events and without much fanfare, The Court of Appeals on Jan. 26, 2011 issued a notice to the Bar entitled Provision of Legal Services Following a Major Disaster. The notice reads:...
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[Originally published in NYPRR May 2011] NYPRR has published several articles (June 2005, July 2010 and February 2011) about the funding of litigation by third parties who have no other interest in the matter than to secure a substantial return on...
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[Originally published in NYPRR September 2010] In adopting the language of DR 3-102(a)(3) without essential change, Rule 5.4(a)(3) of the rules of Professional Conduct has perpetuated the anomaly created by the co-existence of Judiciary Law § 491 and...
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Note: The August 2010 issue of NYPRR is dedicated to the memory of Steven C. Krane, General Counsel of Proskauer Rose, LLP. Steve served us all in many roles — as law clerk to Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye, as the youngest President of the New York State Bar...
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[Originally published in NYPRR July 2010] The Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics (www.nycourts.gov/ip/acje) responds to written inquiries from New York State’s full- and part-time judges, candidates for elective judicial office, and quasi-judicial...
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[Originally published in NYPRR November 2009] From time to time, NYPRR will publish an Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics. The Opinions published are those selected by Justice George D. Marlow, Committee Chair, and Jeremy R. Feinberg, who...
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[Originally published in NYPRR October 2009] The Committee on Professional Ethics released Opinion 830 on July 14, 2009. The question addressed by the Committee was: May a lawyer contact an organization of laymen and inform them of his or her...
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[Originally published in NYPRR September 2009] New York has 16 law schools, more than any state except California. We list the schools and a description of their student clinics. Albany Law School In a typical year, the Clinic recruits more than 250...
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[Originally published NYPRR August 2009] From time to time, NYPRR will publish an Opinion of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics. The Opinions published are those selected by Justice George D. Marlow, Committee Chair, and Jeremy R. Feinberg, who...
