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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Third-party payer: Opinion 1154

New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics Third-party payer Duty to communicate with client of insurance-assigned counsel Ethics Opinion 1154 Background: The inquiring attorney is an attorney whom an insurance carrier chose to defend an indemnification counterclaim stemming from fatal car collision. The inquiring attorney asks if he may limit communications to the counsel’s client based on ...