“Conflict of Interest” Rules Will Be Getting More Lenient
One of the major sources for ethics rules for lawyers is the American Bar Association(“ABA”) Model Rules. The ABA’s Model Rules define the proper conduct of an attorney where there is, or may be, a...
View ArticleWhat Does the ABA’s adoption of New Conflicts Rules Mean for New York?
Well, despite my well-reasoned advice that the ABA adopt Recommendation 110, instead it adopted Recommendation 109 at their annual meeting in Boston two weeks ago. The ABA Model Rules of Ethics for...
View ArticleHow NY’s New Ethics Rules Affect Lawyers With Children as Clients
Andrew Schepard and Theo Liebmann, in the March 11th edition of the New York Law Journal, listed three important changes in New York’s new Rules of Professional Conduct as they apply to lawyers...
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