Month: December 1978

Opinion 500

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #500 – 12/06/1978 (52-78) advertisements, dual practice, employee, law office, letterhead, paralegals, patent practice, trademark practice Overrules in part #261 Topic: Letterhead; advertising; registered patent agents; paralegals Digest: Firm letterhead may list non-lawyer employees such as registered patent agents and paralegals to the extent that … Continued

Opinion 499

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #499 – 12/04/1978 (55-78) advertisements, advice, class action, communication, illegal conduct, newspaper, solicitation, unlawful of Topic: Solicitation; class action; communication with potential members of class in suit Digest: Lawyer may communicate with potential members of class in suit for purpose of obtaining information beneficial to … Continued