Anthony E. Davis

January 22, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A recent ethics opinion from the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Formal Opinion 496, examines the options available to lawyers when confronted with what it describes as the "regular" occurrence of the phenomenon that "[c]lients, opposing parties, and others are increasingly taking to the Internet to express their opinions of lawyers they have encountered." In this edition of his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis discusses the principal conclusions in the Opinion, and the lessons it, and NYSBA Formal Opinion 1032 on the same topic, holds for New York lawyers.

By Anthony E. Davis

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October 29, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer discuss the meaning and scope of personal interest conflicts specifically in connection with lawyers' relationships with opposing counsel.

By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer

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September 15, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer discuss two recent ethics opinions from the New York State Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics addressed the duties of lawyers with respect to the Retention And Disposition Of Lawyer's Closed Files (Opinion 1192, issued in June) and the Disposition Of Wills (Opinion 1182, issued in January), which we previously addressed in March.

By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer

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July 03, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Despite the onset of summer and the challenges facing every lawyer from the ongoing pandemic, there have been several noteworthy recent developments in the area of legal ethics.

By Anthony E. Davis

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May 01, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Responsibility column, Anthony Davis and Janis Meyer address some of the specific ways the New York Rules of Professional Conduct require particular vigilance in the world of the "new normal" remote workplace.

By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer

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March 09, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer address the meaning and practical application of lawyers' duties to safeguard client property under New York Rule of Professional Conduct 1.15.

By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer

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January 03, 2020 | New York Law Journal

In their Professional Responsibility column, Anthony Davis and Janis Meyer examine Formal Opinion, 489, titled "Obligations Related to Notice When Lawyers Change Firms," which provides a helpful summary of the rules that govern lawyers and their law firms in the context of lateral movement.

By Anthony E. Davis and Janis M. Meyer

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November 01, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis argues the irrationality of the current rules which restrict the ability of American lawyers to engage in the practice of law on a nationwide basis.

By Anthony E. Davis

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August 30, 2019 | New York Law Journal

California is in the middle of a dramatic and fundamental review of how lawyers, and legal services in general, should be regulated. In his Professional Responsibility article, Anthony E. Davis discusses the State Bar Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services Report and considers its broad implications for the profession generally, and for New York in particular.

By Anthony E. Davis

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June 28, 2019 | New York Law Journal

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis revisits the issue of remote law offices in light of the recently issued Formal Opinion 2019-2 “Use of a Virtual Law Office by New York Attorneys,” which replaces a 2014 Opinion.

By Anthony E. Davis

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