Administrative Board Approves ‘Humanitarian Exception’ to NY Ethics Rules, Allowing Attorney Contributions to Poor Clients (New York Law Journal)

New York Law Journal, June 18, 2020

Administrative Board Approves ‘Humanitarian Exception’ to NY Ethics Rules, Allowing Attorney Contributions to Poor Clients

The New York City Bar Association wrote the Administrative Board in April, urging it to revisit Rule 1.8(e) in light of the pandemic, which had forced mass closures of businesses and caused an historic rise in unemployment. According to the April 24 letter, the City Bar began fielding calls ‘almost immediately’ after the pandemic hit from lawyers and nonprofit groups, who wanted to provide small amounts of assistance to indigent clients.

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