Month: December 2001

Opinion 750

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Choice of law rules Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #750 – 12/14/2001 Topic:     Application of disciplinary authority and choice of law rules. Digest:    Where conduct of a lawyer licensed in New York clearly has its predominant effect in another jurisdiction in which the lawyer is licensed to practice, the ethics … Continued

Opinion 749

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Computers, education, electronic documents Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #749 – 12/14/2001 Topic:       Use of computer software to surreptitiously examine and trace e-mail and other electronic documents Digest:     Lawyers may not ethically use available technology to surreptitiously examine and trace e-mail and other electronic documents. Code:       DR 1-102(A)(4), DR 1-102(A)(5), … Continued