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Connecticut Law Tribune

Quick Answers to Ethics Questions

The CBA Standing Committee on Professional Ethics offers such help, but with a large portion of the bar not CBA members, I don't think folks use that service as much as they should.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Uses and Limits of Issue Certification

Corporate Litigation columnists Joseph McLaughlin and Shannon McGovern discuss the use and limits of issue certification.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

EUO/IME No-Show: Is the Split in the First and Second Departments Narrowing?

An insurer may require that an applicant for no-fault benefits, be it the injured person or his/her medical provider, appear for an examination under oath (EUO) to answer questions pertaining to his/her eligibility to collect benefits.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Applicability (Inapplicability) of §3420 to Nondomiciliary 'Risk Retention Groups'

New York Insurance Law §3420, with its several varied provisions, including, inter alia, those pertaining to direct actions against insurers to collect on unsatisfied judgments, notice to the insurer, disclaimers, prejudice, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, and interspousal liability coverage, is undoubtedly one of the most important and frequently cited and relied upon statutory provisions in insurance disputes and litigation.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Potential Ethical Issues When Providing Legal Opinions

When an attorney is retained to provide an evaluation of a matter, knowing that the evaluation will be shared with third parties, it represents something of a deviation from the normal attorney-client relationship.
1 minute read

Law.com

It's Never Too Early for Associates to Build a Personal Brand

Before a lawyer ever has a chance to meet prospective clients face-to-face, those potential clients will have vetted their options based upon what they learn online.
1 minute read

The Recorder

Anti-SLAPP Motions: Courts Taking a Much Closer Look

'Turnbull' and 'Newport Harbor' confirm that the days of basing an anti-SLAPP motion on a "gravamen" test or on conclusory assertions of protected activity are behind us.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Can International Comity Considerations Stop a US Antitrust Prosecution?

As with other types of cross-border investigations, antitrust issues attract the interest of regulators around the globe, and U.S. authorities are active in matters involving foreign players.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Expert Opinion Sufficient to Defeat Summary Judgment

Summary judgment motions by defendants have become somewhat routine in medical malpractice actions. Not infrequently, the evidence and applicable standards of care offer little or nothing to justify them.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

There is nothing in the rules that requires a judge to explain every decision.As a relatively new judge, at times litigants—particularly some young…
1 minute read

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