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• Revisiting N.Y. Rule on Threats of Criminal Prosecution

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  By Sarah Diane McShea [Originally published in NYPRR November 2000]   Disciplinary Rule 7-105(a) forbids lawyers from threatening criminal prosecution “solely to obtain an advantage in a civil matter.” However, the rule has been interpreted in New...

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