Non-lawyers beware: new law will make unauthorized practice a felony *

USA - January 1 2013
The New York State Legislature has tightened its reins on unlicensed legal advisors. The New York Judiciary Law has been amended to make the unauthorized…

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Audits & manuals: essential tool kits in legal risk management *

USA - August 16 2012
Law practice by its nature carries with it an element of risk for its practitioners.

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Save e-mails, avoid sanctions: court creates new duty to preserve e-mails during a transaction *

USA - April 16 2012
On March 26, 2012, Magistrate Judge Azrack of the Eastern District of New York held that a lawyer can be sanctioned for spoliation of evidence for failing to preserve e-mails relating to loan transactions that the lawyer helped negotiate.

Co-authors: David Rabinowitz.

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Second Circuit topples some NY rules on certified specialists *

USA - March 14 2012
The case was filed by a litigator who was board certified in civil trial advocacy by an organization accredited by the American Bar Association ("ABA").

Co-authors: David Rabinowitz.

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“Lawyers' titles and law firm names in the hi-tech era” *

USA - February 24 2012
Gone are the days when business cards, firm letterheads and office signs were the main means of communicating lawyers' titles or law firms' names to the public.

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