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Opinions 301-375
Ethics Opinion 321
Improper to use in firm name the name of a former partner who has become a full time public official

Ethics Opinion 322
Improper to accept retainer from municipality while at the same time maintaining actions against the municipality

Ethics Opinion 323
Law partners may not simultaneously serve as village mayor and village attorney

Ethics Opinion 324
Proper for lawyer to participate in newspaper sponsored programs on the legal profession

Ethics Opinion 325
Improper to submit a brief without delivering copy to opposing counsel

Ethics Opinion 326
County legislator may not act as counsel to a town board of appeals

Ethics Opinion 327
Restrictions imposed on political activities of judges apply to persons holding quasi-judicial positions in administrative agencies

Ethics Opinion 328
Except in special situations improper for attorney engaged in private practice to electronically record a conversation with another attorney or any other person without first advising the other party

Ethics Opinion 329
Lawyer may not represent a client in a matrimonial action against an existing client in unrelated matter even with the consent of the existing client; lawyer may represent a client in a matrimonial proceeding against a former client in an unrelated matter unless confidential information was obtained in the former representation or unless the representation the former client was so recent as to create an appearance of impropriety

Ethics Opinion 330
Circumstances under which disclosure to adopted child of name of natural parents after death of adoptive parents would be improper

Ethics Opinion 331
Announcement of availability in practice of labor law representing management permissible upon certain conditions

Ethics Opinion 332
Since open court stipulation is not a confidence or secret, lawyer may properly provide opposing party with statement as to facts constituting stipulation

Ethics Opinion 333
opic: Conflict of Interest

Ethics Opinion 334
Partnership may not continue use of partner's name or share income earned during period of his suspension. Partnership may continue to represent a client of suspended partner if the client so elects with knowledge of the suspension

Ethics Opinion 335
County bar association may inform the public about legal aspects of no-fault insurance

Ethics Opinion 336
A law firm whose practice includes representing defendants in criminal actions may continue such practice despite the fact that a relative of a member of the firm has been elected district attorney for the county in which the firm practices

Ethics Opinion 337
Requirement that a quasi­judicial officer in an administrative agency may not continue in office while a candidate for elective office is not satisfied by his taking a leave of absence Judicial

Ethics Opinion 338
With narrow exceptions, lawyer may not accept employment resulting from his giving unsolicited advice to a layman nor may a lawyer accept referral fee from another lawyer, where he has neither assumed responsibility nor performed any service.

Ethics Opinion 339
Improper for an attorney to demand, in addition to a fee, a general release from client as a condition of return of client's documents and papers

Ethics Opinion 340
Lawyer whose spouse is a real estate salesperson working on a commission basis should not accept as client a party to a real estate transaction in which lawyer's spouse has participated as salesperson, but may act as attorney for clients who have used the brokerage agency employing the spouse, provided spouse has not participated in the transaction or benefitted therefrom

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