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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR September 2008] As campaign season gets into full swing after Labor Day, do you wonder whether your vote — or any single vote — can make a difference? At the ABA House of Delegates last month, one vote...
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Comments Off on Who Controls Disbarred Lawyer’s Trust Account? — Proposed Amendments to DR 9-102(G)
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR August 2008] This column is about a Disciplinary Rule that you and your law firm have probably never encountered but that profoundly affects the public image of the legal profession. It is about DR 9-102(G),...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR July 2008] Over the years, NYPRR has carried many columns about the no-contact rule, codified as DR 7-104 in New York (and as Rule 4.2 in jurisdictions that have adopted the ABA model rules). Articles by me...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR June 2008] Twenty-five years ago, few lawyers in New York had heard the word “spoliation.” Today, lawyers grapple with spoliation claims frequently. Since mid-march, for example, New York courts have...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR May 2008] On Nov. 9, 2007, effective immediately, the four Presiding Justices of the Appellate Divisions issued a new Disciplinary Rule, §1200.20-a, entitled “Participation in Limited Pro Bono Legal...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR April 2008] Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of articles by Roy Simon describing and explaining the proposed New York Rules of Professional Conduct. The Rules have been approved by the New York State...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR March 2008] Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles by Roy Simon describing and explaining the proposed New York Rules of Professional Conduct. The Rules were approved by the New York State Bar...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR February 2008] Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles by Roy Simon describing and explaining the proposed New York Rules of Professional Conduct. The Rules have been approved by the New York...
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By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR January 2008] Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles by Roy Simon that will describe and explain the proposed New York Rules of Professional Conduct that have been approved by the New York...
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Comments Off on New Ethical Considerations on Advertising & Solicitation
By Roy Simon [Originally published in NYPRR December 2007] With much advance fanfare, the Appellate Divisions significantly amended the Disciplinary rules governing lawyer advertising, effective Feb. 1, 2007. The amended DRs are lengthy, complex, and...
