The course book and audio CDs of this 3.3-hour May 12, 2008 presentation by Patrick M. Connors, Esq., Professor of Law at Albany Law School, give New York attorneys a useful explanation of the noteworthy developments in New York legal ethics issues important to their practice.

Topics include:

• Communicating With Represented and Unrepresented Parties

• The Dead Man’s Statute (CPLR 4519) in a Disciplinary Proceeding

• Inadvertent Disclosure – Metadata

• Employing “Dissemblance” to Gather Evidence

• Bounds of Zealous Representation

• Representation of Buyer and Seller in Real Estate Transaction

• New Attorney Advertising Rules, Effective February 1, 2007

• Advancing Court Costs and Expenses

• Proposed Rules of Professional Conduct Pending Before the Supreme Court, Appellate Division

• Part 1215 Letter of Engagement Rule

• Charging Liens

• Retainers – Advance Payment Retainers

• Disputes Between a Lawyer and Client As To Funds

• Fee Splitting Between Lawyers – DR 2-107(A)

• Part 137 – Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program

• Judiciary Law § 474-a. Contingent fees for attorneys in claims or actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice