Opinion 1274 (09/12/2024) Topic: Conflicts of interest, former clients, government lawyers Digest: A lawyer employed in the counsel’s office of a state agency would not have a conflict in representing the agency in an enforcement action against a client the lawyer had formerly represented in private practice unless the lawyer would normally be expected to … Continued
New York State Bar Association President Domenick Napoletano joined members of the Court of Appeals and Appellate Division at the annual Civil Legal Services hearing in Albany. The daylong hearing highlights the realities faced by attorneys dedicated to providing civil legal services to low-income and vulnerable New Yorkers. Napoletano and the other panelists heard testimony … Continued
More than 500 lawyers from across the state will descend on Albany’s Capital Center for the New York State Bar Association’s two-day biennial Partnership Conference. The event offers more than two dozen programs and panels educating lawyers on issues such as affordable housing, immigration, education reform, consumer bankruptcy and student loan debt. The event kicks … Continued
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The transition from student to professional is more than the job search and upgrading your wardrobe. A recent event sponsored by the Young Lawyers Section tackled the issue of reforming the use of social media for the newly licensed attorney. The event featured past NYSBA section chairs Mark Berman and Kim Wolf Price. Together they … Continued
CASE LAW DEVELOPMENTS Relation-Back Doctrine Applied Even Where Original Co-Defendant Was No Longer Party When Plaintiffs Sought to Add New Defendant “United in Interest” Second Department Cautions That Its Ruling Was Not Meant to Imply that It Was Somehow Changing Existing Law We have previously discussed the relation-back doctrine involving parties “united in interest.” Thus, … Continued
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