By: Daily Record Staff//July 17, 2013
By: Daily Record Staff//July 17, 2013//
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics
Attorney Referee
Pocket Part Update — Compensation
Opinion 13-06
Background: A court attorney referee asked whether he may write and edit the pocket part update for a commercially available for-profit legal publication. He would not offer interpretations or predictions of the law, but to report the holdings of relevant cases.
Opinion: The committee concluded that a court attorney referee may write and edit the pocket part update of a commercially available for-profit legal publication and receive reasonable compensation for the work.