Ethics Opinions
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics
Formal Opinion 2009-1: The No-contact Rule and Communications Sent Simultaneously to Represented Persons and Their Lawyers
Formal Opinion 2008-2: Corporate Legal Departments and Conflicts of Interest Between Represented Corporate Affiliates
Formal Opinion 2008-1: A Lawyer’s Ethical Obligations to Retain and to Provide a Client with Electronic Documents Relating to a Representation
Formal Opinion 2007-3: Corporate-family conflicts; duty of loyalty; duty to preserve confidences and secrets
Formal Opinion 2007-1: Applicability of Dr 7-104 (The “no-contact Rule”) To Contacts with In-house Counsel
Formal Opinion 2006-3: Outsourcing Legal Support Services Overseas, Avoiding Aiding a Non-Lawyer in the Unauthorized Practice of Law, Supervision of Non-Lawyers, Competent Representation, Preserving Client Confidences and Secrets, Conflicts Checking, Appropriate Billing, Client Consent
Formal Opinion 2006-2: Duties to Prospective Clients; Beauty Contests; Advance Conflict Waivers; Imputation of Conflicts; Screens
Formal Opinion 2005-06: Retired attorneys’ use of professional letterhead and special disclosure obligations to clients and prospective clients
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