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Ethics Opinion 1309: Termination of Representation by Governmentally Funded Legal Services Organization
Topic: Termination of representation by governmentally funded legal services organization. Digest: If a governmentally funded civil legal services organization loses some or all of its funding, necessitating a reduction in staff, thus increasing the workload of the remaining attorneys, and…
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Ethics Opinion 1308: Former Client Conflicts of Interest; Imputation of Conflicts To Government Agencies; Material Limitation Conflicts of Interest
Topic: Former client conflicts of interest; imputation of conflicts to government agencies; material limitation conflicts of interest. Digest: A lawyer employed by a government agency (the “Agency”) that represents individuals in Mental Hygiene Law proceedings is not automatically disqualified from…
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Ethics Opinion 1307: Reporting an adverse party’s immigration status
Topic: Reporting an adverse party’s immigration status Digest: An attorney may not report an adverse party’s immigration status to ICE solely to obtain an advantage in civil litigation. Where such a report would result in criminal charges, it would…
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Ethics Opinion 1306: Unadmitted Law Graduate’s Signature Block and Law Firm Website Listing
Topic: Unadmitted Law Graduate’s Signature Block and Law Firm Website Listing Digest: A law firm may list on its website law school graduates who are not yet admitted to practice law and may permit them to sign appropriate correspondence on…
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Ethics Opinion 1305: Lawyer Acting Solely as Broker in Real Estate Transaction and Holding Funds for Transaction Expenses
Topic: Lawyer Acting Solely as Broker in Real Estate Transaction and Holding Funds for Transaction Expenses Digest: A lawyer who receives funds from a client to cover expenses related to a real estate transaction in which the lawyer is not…
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Ethics Opinion 1304: Non-Attorney Interference With the Independent Professional Judgment of a Lawyer; Sharing Client Information With Third Parties in a Non-Profit Organization
Topic: Non-attorney Interference with the Independent Professional Judgment of a Lawyer; Sharing Client Information with Third Parties in a Non-Profit Organization Digest: A lawyer who works in a non-profit organization that performs research to be shared with the public, and…
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Ethics Opinion 1303: Lawyer with N.Y. Admission but non-US Domicile Serving as of Counsel to New York Law Firm
Topic: Lawyer with N.Y. Admission but Non-U.S. Domicile Serving as of Counsel to NY Law Firm Digest: A lawyer admitted to practice law in New York but domiciled in France may enter into an agreement to remotely provide legal services…
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Ethics Opinion 1302: Provision of Integrated Legal, Tax, and Financial Planning Services
Topic: Provision of integrated legal, tax, and financial planning services Digest: An attorney’s provision of integrated legal, tax, and financial planning services would, under Rule 5.7 of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Rules”), very likely result in…
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Ethics Opinion 1301: Virtual law office; advertising a VLO as the lawyer’s office address
Topic: Virtual law office; advertising a VLO as the lawyer’s office address Digest: A New York lawyer’s website, advertisements, letterhead, and business cards may designate and hold out a virtual law office (“VLO”) as the lawyer’s physical office address,…
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Ethics Opinion 1300: Imputation of Conflicts When the Relative of an Attorney in a Public Defender Office Is a Government Official
Opinion 1300 (08/31/2026) Topic: Imputation of conflicts when the relative of an attorney in a public defender office is a government official Digest: If a public defender office is a government office (as opposed to a non-government public defender office),…
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