NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #90 – 10/07/1968 (17-68) bank, existing clients, escrow funds, legal fees, client funds, interest Topic: Escrow Funds Digest: Deposit of client’s funds in interest-bearing savings account Canon: Former Canon 11 QUESTION May an attorney who is holding client’s funds in escrow deposit those funds in … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #91 – 10/07/1968 (21-68) Topic: Judges contributions by, judges, judicial campaigns, political activity Digest: Political contributions Canons: Judicial 28 QUESTION (1) May a candidate for judicial office or a member of his immediate family contribute to his party organization in the event he is nominated … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #87 – 07/16/1968 (15-68) legal fees, interest Overruled (in part) by 399 Topic: Fees Digest: Interest charges on delinquent accounts Canons: Former Canon 12, 14 QUESTION May an attorney charge interest on a delinquent account? OPINION Canon 14 of the American Bar Canons of Ethics … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #86 – 07/16/1968 (13-68) advertisements, holding out, labor, specialization Overruled (in part) by 331 Topic: Specialization Announcements; Notice to attorneys Digest: Announcement of labor relations law practice, but not referring to representation of management, is proper Canons: Former Canons 27, 46 QUESTION May a New … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #85 – 07/15/1968 (14-68) advertisements, holding out, patent practice, specialization, trademark practice Topic: Letterhead, announcements, patent attorney Digest: Designation as patent attorney on letterhead, announcements and their distribution Canons: Former Canons 27, 46 QUESTION The inquirer is a member of the New York State Bar, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #84 – 07/12/1968 (2-68) existing clients, conflict of interests, corporation, intermediary, law practice Topic: House Counsel Digest: Legal Services to friends, corporate employees, other corporations. Canons: Former Canon 35, 47 QUESTION An attorney who is a fulltime house counsel to a corporation employed on a … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #83 – 07/10/1968 advertisements, newspapers and news media Topic: Announcement cards Digest: Former Association on announcement card; to who may cards be mailed; publicity of opening office Canons: Former Canon 27 QUESTION An attorney is leaving his present partnership and opening his own office in … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #81 – 06/06/1968 (16-68) advertisements Modified by 106 Modified by 403 Topic: Directory Listings Digest: Telephone and city directory listings Canon: Former Canon 27 QUESTION The Committee has received a request for amplification of “Professional Ethic-et #3” on Listings in Directories as published in the … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #80 – 06/06/1968 (25-67a) existing clients, duty of lawyer, employment, intermediary, labor, lawyer referral service, legal services, solicitation Modified by 416 Topic: Group legal service programs Digest: Validity of group legal service program to handle grievance claims of dissident union members Canons: Former Canons 27, … Continued
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Professional Ethics Committee Opinion Opinion #79 – 06/06/1968 (12-68) appearance, conflict of interests, disqualification, judges Topic: Judges – relationship with relative and former partners. Digest: Judicial ethics – judges avoidance of impropriety in relationship with relatives and former partner.Canon: Judicial Ethics 4, 13, 26, 29A judge asks three questions, QUESTION … Continued