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Comments Off on Protecting Your Fees: The Ethics of Fee Claims (at Frankfurt Kurnit’s 2019 Litigation Ethics Summit)
The first panel of the day focused on how fee disputes arise and how those disputes affect malpractice claims under New York law. The panel featured plaintiff malpractice attorney Daniel Abrams, ALAS Vice President—Senior Claims Counsel Kenneth Small, and...
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Comments Off on Working Without Fees: Failure to Heed Rules in Domestic Relations Matters
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR December 2000] Two decisions by New York County Supreme Court judges imposed draconian penalties on lawyers who failed to follow the rules controlling retainer agreements, client billing, arbitration...
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Comments Off on Improper Provisions in Retainer Agreements
By Lazar Emanuel [Originally published in NYPRR October 1999] N.Y. State Opinion 719 (1999) The Rules of the Appellate Division require that all attorneys in domestic relations matters “execute a written agreement with the client setting forth in...
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Comments Off on Your Client Is a Corporation — Are Its Affiliates Clients Too?
By Stephen Gillers [Originally published in NYPRR May 1999] Conflict of interest rules have become exponentially more complex in the last 25 years. Rules governing conflicts in the corporate family can be especially daunting. If you represent one...
