In most duty to defend policies, the insurance carrier has the right to control the defense, including the appointment of counsel. Insurance carriers typically designate panels of approved law firms to defend policyholders in duty to defend cases, often...
The question presented is whether it is ethical for a lawyer to make a campaign contribution to a judge before whom the lawyer’s firm sometimes appears, or before whom the lawyer is appearing in a pending case. A related question is whether the lawyer...
NYCLA’s Ethics Hotline provides free, confidential advice to members concerning ethics questions that may arise in the course of their practice. The Hotline is staffed on a voluntary, rotating basis by members of the NYCLA Professional Ethics Committee,...
Since the 1987 decision of the United States Supreme Court in Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon,[1] upholding the enforceability of an arbitration agreement in a securities fraud claim, the overwhelming majority of securities industry customer...
