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Ethics Opinion 1306: Unadmitted Law Graduate’s Signature Block and Law Firm Website Listing
Topic: Unadmitted Law Graduate’s Signature Block and Law Firm Website Listing Digest: A law firm may list on its website law school graduates who are not yet admitted to practice law and may permit them to sign appropriate correspondence on…
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Ethics Opinion 1305: Lawyer Acting Solely as Broker in Real Estate Transaction and Holding Funds for Transaction Expenses
Topic: Lawyer Acting Solely as Broker in Real Estate Transaction and Holding Funds for Transaction Expenses Digest: A lawyer who receives funds from a client to cover expenses related to a real estate transaction in which the lawyer is not…
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Ethics Opinion 1304: Non-Attorney Interference With the Independent Professional Judgment of a Lawyer; Sharing Client Information With Third Parties in a Non-Profit Organization
Topic: Non-attorney Interference with the Independent Professional Judgment of a Lawyer; Sharing Client Information with Third Parties in a Non-Profit Organization Digest: A lawyer who works in a non-profit organization that performs research to be shared with the public, and…
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Ethics Opinion 1303: Lawyer with N.Y. Admission but non-US Domicile Serving as of Counsel to New York Law Firm
Topic: Lawyer with N.Y. Admission but Non-U.S. Domicile Serving as of Counsel to NY Law Firm Digest: A lawyer admitted to practice law in New York but domiciled in France may enter into an agreement to remotely provide legal services…
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Ethics Opinion 1302: Provision of Integrated Legal, Tax, and Financial Planning Services
Topic: Provision of integrated legal, tax, and financial planning services Digest: An attorney’s provision of integrated legal, tax, and financial planning services would, under Rule 5.7 of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Rules”), very likely result in…
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Ethics Opinion 1301: Virtual law office; advertising a VLO as the lawyer’s office address
Topic: Virtual law office; advertising a VLO as the lawyer’s office address Digest: A New York lawyer’s website, advertisements, letterhead, and business cards may designate and hold out a virtual law office (“VLO”) as the lawyer’s physical office address,…
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Ethics Opinion 1300: Imputation of Conflicts When the Relative of an Attorney in a Public Defender Office Is a Government Official
Opinion 1300 (08/31/2026) Topic: Imputation of conflicts when the relative of an attorney in a public defender office is a government official Digest: If a public defender office is a government office (as opposed to a non-government public defender office),…
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Ethics Opinion 1299: Reasonableness of a Fee for Time Spent Explaining Lawyer’s Invoices
Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion 1299 (08/31/2026) Topic: Description of foreign lawyer who has passed bar examination but is not admitted Digest: If a lawyer’s bill is sufficiently detailed, a lawyer may charge the client for time spent explaining the…
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Ethics Opinion 1298: Description of Foreign Lawyer Who Has Passed the Bar Examination but Is Not Admitted
Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion 1298 (08/11/2026) Topic: Description of foreign lawyer who has passed bar examination but is not admitted Digest: A candidate for admission to the New York State Bar who has passed the UBE, MPRE and NYLE…
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Ethics Opinion 1297: Advising Private Client Regarding Deceptive Conduct While Investigating Alleged Fraud Involving Federal Government Funds in Violation of False Claims Act
Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion 1297 (07/22/2026) Topic: Advising private client regarding deceptive conduct while investigating alleged fraud involving federal government funds in violation of False Claims Act Digest: Currently, no authority under the New York Rules of Professional Conduct…
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