Ethics Opinion 845
Topic: Lawyer/real estate broker sharing her brokerage commission with lawyers who refer buyers or sellers.
Topic: Lawyer/real estate broker sharing her brokerage commission with lawyers who refer buyers or sellers.
Topic: Lawyer/legislator serving as appointed counsel for indigent respondents in Family Court proceedings.
Topic: Lawyer’s access to public pages of another party’s social networking site for the purpose of gathering information for client in pending litigation.
Topic: Using an outside online storage provider to store client confidential information.
Topic: Lawyer sending e-mails to other lawyers seeking referrals of people injured by a particular pharmaceutical product.
TOPIC: Lawyer paying pro bonoclient’s litigation expenses.
Topic: Group radio advertising
TOPIC: Whether a rule-making or rate-making proceeding before an administrative agency or one of its officials should be considered as being before a “tribunal” for purposes of the Rules; and whether ex parte communications in such a proceeding are prohibited.
NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Dual representation of guardian and incapacitated person in terminating guardianship Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #836 (02/25/2010) TOPIC: Dual representation of Guardian and incapacitated person in a proceeding to terminate the guardianship. DIGEST:Lawyer who previously represented incapacitated Client in connection with the appointment of a Guardian for Client may … Continued
Topic: Confronting false evidence and false testimony.