Author: Alexandre Petraglia

New York State Law Digest: July 2024

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CASE LAW DEVELOPMENTS Agreement Waiving Benefit of Rent Stabilization Laws Is Void as Against Public Policy Regardless of Tenant’s Status Stipulation Here Was Void Because It Purported to Waive the Tenant’s Right to File Fair Market Rent Appeal In Liggett v. Lew Realty LLC, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 03378 (June 20, 2024), the Court of … Continued

Ethics Opinion 1267: Paying for a recommendation or referral

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TOPIC: Paying for a recommendation or referral. DIGEST: A website that promises to connect potential clients with attorneys whom the website claims have excellent qualifications and are carefully vetted, constitutes an “advertisement” on behalf of the lawyers available through the website (see Rule 1.0(a) and Rule 7.1), and the lawyers’ payment to the business providing … Continued

Ethics Opinion 1266: Disclosing confidential information to government agency that is funding a client’s representation

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TOPIC: Disclosing confidential information to government agency that is funding a client’s representation. DIGEST: An attorney may not report a client’s confidential information to a government agency that funds the representation of the client without the client’s informed consent. RULES: 1.0(j), 1.4, 1.6(a)-(b), 1.8(f), 1.9(c), 1.18(b) FACTS: The inquirer receives funding from a government agency … Continued