Ethics Opinions: Fee-Sharing and Threatening Disciplinary Action (New York Law Journal)

New York Law Journal, March 8, 2016

Ethics Opinions: Fee-Sharing and Threatening Disciplinary Action

In this column we examine two recent opinions from the Committee on Professional Ethics of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The first addresses a topic that was the focus of this column in September 2015, namely relationships between New York lawyers and non-lawyers in other jurisdictions where such relationships are permissible. The second addresses a subject that arises with depressing frequency, whether and when a lawyer may threaten another lawyer with professional discipline.

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