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Code of Professional Responsibility

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Code of Professional Responsibility n. a set of rules governing the ethical conduct of attorneys in the practice of the law. It covers such topics as conflicts of interest, honesty with clients, confidentiality, and conduct toward other attorneys and the courts. First developed and pushed by the American Bar Association the code has been adopted by most states.
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At press time, it had not yet decided to accept or reject the proposed changes to the New York Code of Professional Responsibility.
N.Y. state bar committee gives thumbs-down to multidisciplinary ... by Reichert, Jennifer L. / Trial
After lengthy discussion and debate within the nation's largest voluntary state bar association, the proposal developed by the NYSBA Special Committee to Review the Code of Professional Responsibility (the Code governs the daily business and ethical behavior of the state's 100,000-plus lawyers), was approved last January by the Association's House of Delegates.
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