Opinion 471
Receiver in mortgage foreclosure action may retain his firm to act as his counsel |
Opinion 472
General counsel not required to commence litigation which he believes to be without merit |
Opinion 473
With proper safeguards and absent client's objection, lawyer may supply confidential information to outside service agency for certain limited purposes, including office accounting; lawyer not required to give client prior notice of his intention to divulge such information |
Opinion 474
Not per se improper for lawyer to obtain client's signature on confession of judgment for services previously rendered with understanding it will be filed only if fees not paid |
Opinion 475
Lawyer may properly institute suit on cause against which period of limitations has run only where as a matter of law the limitation attaches to the remedy and not the right |
Opinion 476
Assistant county attorney may not be active member of political club although he personally has no prosecutorial duties. |
Opinion 477
Executor's lawyer may advise surviving spouse to obtain independent counsel concerning his right of election against will |
Opinion 478
Under certain circumstances, lawyer may prepare and transmit separation agreement to unrepresented adverse party for signature; lawyer may discuss settlement of a pending matrimonial litigation with unrepresented adverse party where that party appears pro se |
Opinion 479
Lawyer should not reveal client's confidences or secrets learned during the course of representation, even though they include the revelation by the client of his prior commission of serious undiscovered crimes; lawyer may not properly move corpse discovered by him as result of client's confidential disclosure; lawyer may with client's consent disclose confidences during plea bargaining |
Opinion 480
Lawyer may divulge his suspicion of another’s misconduct to an appropriate authority, but should not communicate same to suspected counsel's present client; actual knowledge of misconduct distinguished |
Opinion 481
Under certain circumstances lawyer may offer his services as executor in the course of drafting will |
Opinion 482
Member of law firm which represents client in litigation involving town may accept employment as parttime town attorney if town retains independent counsel with respect to matter in litigation or client consents to withdrawal of law firm and retains new counsel |
Opinion 483
Lawyer may sue opposing counsel for defamation while continuing representation in lawsuit during which alleged defamation occurred only under limited circumstances |
Opinion 484
Lawyer-member of town's Zoning Board of Appeals, as well as his partners and associates, may practice before other agencies of the town under certain circumstances |
Opinion 485
Not proper for Legal Aid lawyers to divulge clients' confidences to not-for-profit research organization in absence of clients' consent |
Opinion 486
Guidelines for lawyer whose client discloses intent to commit suicide. Lawyer may take appropriate action to prevent suicide, including disclosure of client's intentions |
Opinion 487
Advertising may contain truthful statements concerning lawyer's experience, but special care should be taken to avoid ambiguities tending to mislead |
Opinion 488
Lawyer may display and publicize LL.B. or J.D., but not both degrees |
Opinion 489
Neither lawyer-member of legal service organization's board of directors nor any lawyer associated with his firm may represent adverse party in suit brought by organization's indigent client |
Opinion 490
Staff attorneys of legal service organization should not be required to report to its board of directors on the manner in which they are handling specific cases in the absence of client consent and, even then, such reports should be made only on the understanding that there will be no interference by the board with the exercise of the staff's independent professional judgment. |
 
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