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There’s important news for law firm leaders who have recently revised partnership and shareholder agreements to restrict partner departures. In ABA Formal Opinion 489, the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility spells out new...
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By: Ronald C. Minkoff [Originally published in NYPRR December 2010] [Note: In this article, I use “partner” and “partnership” as short-hand for, respectively, all the principals in a law firm (including shareholders, members, etc.) and all law...
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By Ronald C. Minkoff [Originally published in NYPRR ] When I was in high school, a teacher showed my class a picture — one I am sure many readers have also seen. Viewed from one perspective, the picture showed a young, well-dressed woman; viewed from...
