The Covid-19 crisis has upended the legal industry, forcing law firms to adapt quickly to an almost entirely remote work environment....

As we previously covered, New York has already rescheduled the July 2020 bar exam for September 9-10 and is still working out logistics...

In our latest episode of Remotely Ethical, we discuss lawyer civility during the current COVID-19 crisis.  Are lawyers expected to...

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This past Friday, the New York City Bar Association sent a letter to Chief Judge Janet DiFiore and the Administrative Board of the...

In our latest episode of Remotely Ethical, we discuss whether lawyers are “essential” workers during the current COVID-19 crisis and, if...

This month, we’ve covered a number of developments regarding changes to bar admissions during the current pandemic, including the

A recent spat between King & Spalding LLP (“K&S”) and the U.S. Department of Justice shows what can happen when a law firm tries...

California may soon be added to the list of states to postpone their bar exam in the wake of COVID-19.  In a letter to the...

We are pleased to announce the launch of Remotely Ethical, a webcast series on legal ethics, professional responsibility and the law of...

On April 10, 2020, the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Ethics Committee issued Formal Opinion 2020-300, which provides guidance to lawyers...

Earlier this week we reported that the New York State trial courts started hearing pending non-essential matters via telephone and...

Earlier this week, the New York Court System and the New York State Bar Association, in partnership with Governor Cuomo's office

Today, Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks announced that the New York State Trial Courts would begin hearing non-essential matters...

In the well-known gender and pregnancy discrimination case against the firm Morrison & Foerster, LLP (MoFo), MoFo will now be able to...

A lawyer trying to research jurors and witnesses in preparation for trial faces a double edged sword:  on one hand, the lawyer has a...

Today the Presiding Justices of the four Appellate Divisions issued a joint statement announcing the courts' intention to resume the...

At its April 4, 2020 meeting, conducted via Zoom with more than 200 participants, the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates...

Yesterday Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks issued a memorandum which outlined plans for resuming non-essential operations...

Earlier today, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Executive Order 202.14 (EO 202.14), the latest in a series of executive orders that are part...

The legal industry has dramatically changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. More and more law firms across the country (and the...

The legal industry has dramatically changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. More and more law firms across the country (and the...

April 1, 2020, the Presiding Justices of each of the four Judicial Departments signed a joint statement regarding the postponement of the...

A few days ago we covered the New York Courts' decision to postpone the July 2020 Bar Exam as a result of the COVID-19 crisis....

This article originally appeared in Law360.com on April 3, 2020. 

Civility is suddenly very much in vogue – or is it?

The...

By Nicole Hyland, Tyler Maulsby and James Mariani

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the legal industry. Until recently, law...

New York is home to many national and international corporations and the New York offices of these corporations often include members of...

In Matter of McMahon (2020 NY Slip Op 02120), the Appellate Division, First Department suspended a lawyer for 60 days based on an order...

By Nicole Hyland and James Mariani

Late last week, news broke that Hiscox Insurance filed a lawsuit against Warden Grier LLP over the...

In an earlier post, we covered the Court of Appeals' decision to postpone the July 2020 bar exam as a result of the COVID-19 crisis....

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures, many intellectual property owners are grappling with efforts to...

Judiciary Law Section 487(1) provides a potent remedy for litigants who believe a lawyer in their case engages in “fraud and deceit” with...

COVID-19 has forced the grievance system to close its doors. To provide some context, for the last 32 years I have been either a...