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Should Retainer Funds be Held in Escrow?The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility recently published Formal Opinion 505, clarifying attorneys’ obligations with respect to their handling of retainer funds. When a...

NY to Allow Out-of-State Lawyers to Practice from their NY Homes

02 Dec 2022

Randall Tesser

Blog, Legal Representation, News Article

New York State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, has issued an order amending its rules relating to lawyers who are admitted in another jurisdiction, but not in New York. The general rule has been...

New York State Bar Issues Ethics Opinion on Minimum Fees for Attorneys

18 Nov 2022

Randall Tesser

Blog, Legal Representation, News Article, Professional Discipline

The New York State Bar Association (“NYSBA”) issues ethics opinions in response to inquiries from attorneys as to the permissibility of a proposed course of action. These opinions are not binding on courts but are...

Can New York Attorneys Designate “Inactive Status”?

01 Nov 2022

Randall Tesser

Blog, Professional Discipline, Professionals

Lawyers often ask me how they can set their registration status to “inactive” to avoid paying the biennial $375 registration fee. Unlike some other States, New York actually does not allow attorneys to designate themselves...

Should I have an Arbitration Clause in My Contract? Pt. 2

27 Oct 2022

Jackson Kerr

Blog

Arbitration has, in recent decades, become the conventional means of dispute resolution in civil disputes, both between businesses and between business and consumer. This is due to the increasing prevalence of arbitration clauses in contracts,...

What Happens if You’re Accused of Cheating on the Bar Exam

19 Oct 2022

Randall Tesser

Blog, Professional Discipline

Although New York has adopted the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) (which is administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners), the attorney admissions for the state are handled by the New York Board of Law...

New York Differs From ABA Model Rules on Handling Legal Retainers

NY to Allow Out-of-State Lawyers to Practice from their NY Homes

New York State Bar Issues Ethics Opinion on Minimum Fees for Attorneys

Can New York Attorneys Designate “Inactive Status”?

Should I have an Arbitration Clause in My Contract? Pt. 2

What Happens if You’re Accused of Cheating on the Bar Exam

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