A challenge to New York’s requirement that out-of-state attorneys maintain an office in the state to practice law has been rebuffed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
A divided circuit held Friday that New York Judiciary Law §470, which demands nonresident attorneys maintain an “office for the transaction of law business” within New York state, passes constitutional muster.
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