NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – False Statements – Duty to Remedy – Visa Application   Ethics Opinion 1011   Background: The inquiring attorney is representing a corporate client in matters related to immigration benefits. As part of the application process ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Attorney Advertising – Twitter Account – Alerts and Press Releases   Ethics Opinion 1009   Background: The inquiring attorney works for a firm not based in New York. The firm focuses its practice on shareholder ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Attorney’s Fee – Excessive – Attorney’s Obligation   Ethics Opinion 1004   Background: The inquiring attorney is entering into a loan with a bank. One of the terms of the loan is that the borrower ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Attorney Fee – Third-party Payment – Client in Arrears   Ethics Opinion 1000   Background: The inquiring attorney asks if he may accept payment of a retainer fee from a client’s sibling to pursue an ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Representing New Clients Adverse to the Former Client Ethics Opinion 1008 Background: The inquiring law firm seeks to add a number of new clients who will commence actions against a former client, a business entity. ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Attorney Advertising – Best Lawyers Ethics Opinion 1007 Background: The inquiring attorney states that he was recently nominated for inclusion in the 2015 Best Lawyers publication for the area. Opinion: The committee concluded that a ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Attorney Advertising – Third-party Advertising – Brochure Opinion 1001 Background: The inquiring law firm asks whether it may accept a fee for allowing third parties to advertise in the firm’s monthly brochure, which is distributed ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Mediation – Referral to Spouse Opinion 999   Background: The inquiring attorney asks if she may refer couples to her spouse, a psychiatrist, for couples counseling as part of her marital mediation practice.   Opinion: ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Criminal Conduct – Confidential Information – Fraudulent Checks Opinion 998   Background: After the closing of a short sale transaction, the broker, seller and buyer’s attorney all discovered that the checks they received were fraudulent. ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics – Attorney Law Firm Name – Solo Practice Opinion 1003   Background: The inquiring attorney plans to leave his current firm and start a solo practice. He discovered that there are other attorneys with similar names. ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics: Possession of Lawfully Obtained Wills – Confidential Information Opinion 1002   Background: The inquiring lawyer who works as a prosecutor has been named in his father’s will as executor. His father’s law firm dissolved and ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Fraudulent Real Estate Transaction Short Sale — Disclosure Opinion 998    Background: The inquiring attorney asked that in a short-sale residential real estate transaction in which buyer and seller may have, without the knowledge of their ...

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