NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #467 – 04/28/1977 (36-77) adverse interests, real estate, recommendations, referrals Topic: Recommendation of professional employment; independent professional judgment; real estate Digest: Not per se improper for lawyer to accept repeated referrals from real estate broker Code: Canon 5; EC 5-1, 5-21; DR 2-103(C) and (D), … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #466 – 04/21/1977 (47-77) confidences, criminal practice, fraud, illegal conduct, secrets, unlawful Topic: Confidences and secrets; evidence of criminal conduct Digest: Lawyer may not accept proceeds of crime from client for safekeeping and should not reveal client’s proffer Code: Canons 1, 4 and 7; EC … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #465 – 04/21/1977 (15-77) business interests, collection, corporation, dual practice, solicitation Topic: Feeder occupation; dual practice; collection of judgments purchased at discount Digest: Improper for lawyer to be director of corporation established to purchase assignments of judgments at discount when his law firm will be retained … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #464- 04/21/1977 (31-77) advancing funds, champerty, existing clients, costs, legal fees, litigation, loan Topic: Contingent fee; expenses of litigation Digest: Improper for lawyer to agree with client that reimbursement of funds advanced by lawyer to defray cost of litigation will be contingent on its outcome … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #463 – 04/11/1977 (124-76) adverse witnesses, children, communication, opposing party, paternity proceeding, witnesses Topic: Communications with person having adverse interests Digest: Lawyer for respondent in paternity proceeding may obtain statement from mother of illegitimate child under certain circumstances Code: Canons 6 and 7; EC 7-18; … Continued