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2011 |
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Last Chance to Comment on ABA Ethics 20/20 Draft Proposals |
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State Bar Amends and Adds Comments to Rules of Professional Conduct (Part II) |
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State Bar Amends and Adds Comments to Rules Of Professional Conduct (Part I) |
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Courts Amend Advertising Rule 7.1 in Wake of Alexander v. Cahill |
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ABA Studies “Super”, “Best” And Other Lawyer Rankings (Part I) |
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Thirteen Years of Legal Ethics Developments As Reported In NYPRR (Part II) |
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Thirteen Years of Legal Ethics Developments As Reported in NYPRR |
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State Bar Amends Comments to Rules (Again) |
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Gucci v. Guess? Invokes Judge Wyzanski’s Classic Opinion on Privilege |
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NYSBA Amends Comments to NY Rules of Professional Conduct |
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2010 |
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In-House Registration Proposal Approved by State Bar |
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A Thoughtful Case on The Advocate-Witness Rule |
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A Chart of This Year’s Cases on Rule 3.7 - The Advocate-Witness Rule |
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Rule 1.11: Screening Former Government Lawyers |
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Does the Lawyer for a Partnership Represent the Partners? |
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Steve Krane, COSAC, and the Rules of Professional Conduct |
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Can Screening Cure Conflicts? Yes and No |
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Courts Amend Rule 6.4, Removing Big Chill |
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A Flurry of Decisions Under The Advocate-Witness Rule (Rule 3.7) |
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Second Circuit Declares Ad Rules Unconstitutional |
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May Former In-House Lawyers Testify as Experts Against Their Former Employers? |
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The Attorney-Client Privilege And Third-Party Consultants: An Update |
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Whom Does a Corporation’s Attorney Represent? |
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2009 |
Roy Simon on the New Rules - Part IX
Rule 4.1 through Rule 8.4 |
Roy Simon on the New Rules - Part VIII
Rule 3.7(a) through Rule 3.9 |
Roy Simon on the New Rules - Part VII
Rule 3.3(a)(3) through Rule 3.3(d) |
Roy Simon on the New Rules - Part VII
Rule 2.1 through Rule 3.3(a)(1) |
Roy Simon on the New Rules - Part V
Rule 1.14 through Rule 1.18 |
Roy Simon on the New Rules - Part IV
Rule 1.9 through Rule 1.12 - The Conflict Rules |
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Simon & the New Rules - Part III - Rule 1.8 - 10 Conflict Rules in 1 |
Interesting Provisions in the New Rules - Part I
Rule 1.0 through Rule 1.6 |
Comparing the New NY Rules of Professional Conduct To the Existing NY Code
of Professional Responsibility (Part II) |
Comparing the New NY Rules of Professional Conduct to the
Existing NY Code of Professional Responsibility (Part I) |
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In-House Ethics Consultations and the Attorney-Client Privilege: Case Law |
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2008 |
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The State Bar's Proposed New Rules of Professional Conduct |
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NYSBA Proposed Rules of Professional Conduct - Part II |
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NYSBA Proposed Rules of Professional Conduct - Part III |
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NYSBA Proposed Rules of Professional Conduct - Part IV |
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Conflicts of Interest & "Limited Service" Pro Bono Programs: New DR 5-101-a |
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The Law of Spoliation in NY: Three Recent Decisions |
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Are Communications with Public Officials Barred by DR 7-104? |
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Who Controls a Disbarred Attorney's Trust Account? |
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The ABA Screening Proposals (Part I) |
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The ABA Screenig Proposals (Part II) |
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Conflicts in Arbitration Proceedings: Two Recent Federal Cases |
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Who May Use the Title "Partner" |
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2007 |
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All in the Family? Corporate Family Conflicts & Letters of Engagement - Part II |
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A Thumbnail Guide to the Amended Advertising Rules |
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Must Defense Lawyers Advise Clients About Insurance Coverage? |
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Amended DR 5-103(B): Advancing and Paying Litigation Expenses |
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Risking Disqualification by Hiring an Adversary's Former Employee |
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'Party' vs. 'Person's in DR 7-104(A) |
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Interviewing an Adversary's Former Executives: A Clear Rule At Last |
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Comparing Waivers: Lawyer-Client Privilege v. Work Product Protection |
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Advance Consent to Withdrawal for Nonpayment |
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Recent Ethics Opinions on the Unauthorized Practice of Law |
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Corporate Family Conflicts: The City Bar Speaks |
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New Ethical Considerations on Advertising and Solicitation |
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2006 |
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Confidential Disciplinary Proceedings and the First Amendemnt? (Part II) |
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Are Unconscionable Fee Agreements Enforceable? |
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Interviewing a Former Officer of Your Adversary |
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Legal Malpractice & Breach of Fiduciary Duty (Part I) |
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Legal Malpractice & Breach of Fiduciary Duty (Part II) |
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Accepting Legal Fees from the Client's Employer |
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Final Conflicts Exam: There's a Will, but Is There a Way? |
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Due Diligence, Fiduciary Duties & Disqualification |
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Advance Conflict Waivers in New York (Part I) |
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Advance Conflict Waivers in New York (Part II) |
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Dodging Trigger-Happy Legal Malpractice Plaintiffs |
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All in the Family? Corporate Family Conflicts & Letters of Engagement (Part I) |
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2005 |
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Prospective Client Conflicts -- Can the Puzzle Be Solved? |
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Litigating Claims of Attorney-Client Privilege |
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Final Exam on Conflicts: Short Question, Long Answer |
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Fighting Abuse of Confidentiality Orders |
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New York Amended Pro Bono Guidelines |
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Is the “Catalyst Theory” of Attorneys Fees Still Alive? |
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“Of Counsel” Lawyers and Conflicts of Interest |
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Screens and Conflicts in the Second Circuit |
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Reporting Your Adversary’s Misconduct during Litigation |
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Chief Justice Rehnquist and the Attorney-Client Privilege |
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Threatening to File a Grievance against Opposing Counsel |
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Confidential Disciplinary Proceedings and the First Amendment (Part I) |
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2004 |
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Anticipating and Responding to Client Perjury |
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The Year in Review: Three Important NYSBA Ethics Opinions |
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Should New York Adopt The ABA Model Rules? |
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Who Is A Law Firm “Partner” In A Suit For Discrimination? |
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Changing a Fee Agreement in Midstream |
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Privilege and Adverse Inferences in Patent Infringement Litigation |
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Willful Infringement Litigation - Waiver & Work Product Protection |
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Willful Infringement Litigation - Waiver & Work Product Protection - Part II |
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Depositions of Opposing Counsel - Developing Law |
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Depositions of Opposing Counsel - Developing Law - Part II |
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Patenting Legal Methods: Patently Unethical? |
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Can You Appeal Adverse Privilege Rulings In Discovery? |
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2003 |
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Assessing Conflicts Issues within the Corporate Family |
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Personal Representatives: Waiving the Attorney-Client Privilege after Death |
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Proposed SEC Standards - Round Two for the SEC Bar |
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How Nonlawyers Can Create Conflicts For Lawyers |
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When Prospective Clients Raise Conflicts of Interest |
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Lawyer Liability to Non-Clients for Negligence in Transactions |
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The Attorney-Client Privilege and Public Relations Firms |
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The “But For” Standard in Transactional Malpractice |
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Law Firm LLPs Carry No Guarantees |
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Washington State Bar Takes on the SEC |
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The SEC & Limited Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege |
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The SEC & Limited Waiver of the Attorney-Client Privilege: Part II |
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2002 |
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Imputed Conflicts under the New DR 1-107 |
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The DR 1-107 Definition of a Non-Legal “Professional” |
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Letters of Engagement Are Now Mandatory |
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Conflicts of Interest in Patent Practice: Representing Competitors |
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Letters of Engagement and the Defense Bar |
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Can Screens Cure Conflicts in New York? |
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American Bar Association Adopts Three New Rules |
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New Jersey’s Hostile Attitude toward New York Lawyers |
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New Rules for Lawyers Practicing Before the SEC |
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The ABA’s Multiple Actions on Multijurisdictional Practice |
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Checking For Conflicts under DR 5-105(E) |
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Joint Responsibility under DR 2-107(A) |
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2001 |
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The Growing Trend against Motions to Disqualify |
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Waiting for the Courts to Amend the Code |
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Assessing the Impact of Proposed DR 1-107, etc |
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Confidential Settlements and Restrictive Settlement Agreements |
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Nassau Bar Committee OK’s Tie with AmeriCounsel.com |
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Fee Arbitration Rules to Take Effect June 1 |
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The Solicitation of NY Clients by Out-of-State Lawyers |
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Four New Opinions on the No-Contact Rule |
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More Light on the “No-Contact” Rule |
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Communicating with an Adversary’s Former Employees |
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An Overview of New York’s “MDP” Rules |
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Conflicts of Interest under the New MDP Rules |
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Conflicts of Interest under New DR 1-106 |
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Imputed Conflicts under New DR 1-106 |
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2000 |
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Undercover Investigators and the Disciplinary Rules |
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Preserving Client Wills: What Are a Lawyer’s Obligations? |
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Hybrid Fee Agreements: Okay or No-kay? |
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Expelling Partners: The Legal and Ethical Issues |
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The British Are Coming - Who Is Your Real Competition? |
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AmeriCounsel: Guaranteed Legal Services at Flat Fess on the Internet |
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Statute Of Limitations in Legal Malpractice Actions |
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How to Protect against Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Documents |
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Charging Interest on Unpaid Fees or Disbursements |
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Accepting Payment in Securities in Lieu of Money |
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A Trend against Motions to Disqualify |
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A Growing Trend against Motions to Disqualify |
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1999 |
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Discarding Old Files, Soliciting New Clients - New NYCLA Ethics Opinions |
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How the NYCLA Committee on Professional Ethics Works |
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Nassau Bar Ethics Committee Issues Opinions on Self-Defense, Fraud, And Receiving Referrals from Adverse Parties |
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The Ethics of Ethics Consulting |
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2nd Circuit Rejects Privilege Claim for Conversation with Investment Banker |
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Estate Planning Lawyer May Not Sell Long-Term Care Insurance |
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Don’t Hire a Disbarred Lawyer to Work in Your Office |
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Court of Appeals Disqualifies Firm despite Chinese Wall |
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Amendments to the EC’s |
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N.Y. City Bar Nixes Restrictive Agreements |
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Who Controls your Trust Account? Your Client or His Creditor? |
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Revisiting Kassis - Do Chinese Walls Still Work? |
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When a Judge Joins a Firm; and when a Partner Leaves - NYCLA Opinions 727 & 728 |
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Who Is Your Client in Small Business Matters? |
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1998 |
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Do I Have to Keep These Old Files? |
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Stiffer Sanctions for Frivolous Litigation Conduct |
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Should Government Lawyers Talk to My Client |
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Recent Ethics Opinions - Conflicts of Interest, Adverse Information, Elderly Clients, and Client Testimonials |
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To Hell with Standards of Civility - Wait, Not So Fast! |
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Does Your Client Own Your “Entire File”? |
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Recent New York State Bar Association Ethics Opinions |
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Chinese Wall Fends Off Disqualification in First Department |
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Recent Decisions on Professional Responsibility |
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How Bar Association Ethics Committees Operate |
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Out-of-State Law Practice - And Escrow Accounts - Recent Ethics Opinions |
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