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40 Bull. 1 (1999-2000)

handle is hein.baecl/buletin0040 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol 4ONo I uffalo, ew York September 1999 of r fu heouko bottegtltc bltyoau d c splyas om of 'stnjye a I ateafeonblgmet some photo.c' L Itofere aa l arisajore o kemlSre jugs .fe nps eDiNe on ur a ay omplcatd r tesionl lves.The den in tht w As the new millennium app oach ~s leaders of the leg 1 s prof ion a I055 tIe 1. nited States r wr flit g with what has be n al d the most important issue to Ia e the 1 g I p ofession this centi the expa usion of profes sional servi e entities, principally accountirg firms, info ft e practice 'A law. Alibon h it may 'elI qnt be fully resolv d until w~' are well ir to the next certury, th~ issue is hot on the able for commert and study as hundreds of t fe nd local bar associations appoint commissions, committees and task forces on DPs short for ulti-Disciplinary Practices DP has been defined by the erucan Bat Association as. a partnership, professional corporation or other as o Nation or entity that includes lawyeus and nonlawycts at d h i one but iot all of it purposes the delivery of legal services to a client(s) other than ft e DP itself or that holds itself out to the public as providing nonlegal as well as legal services It includes an arrangement y which a law firm joins with one or more other professiona firms to provide serv ces, in luding legal service , and there is a direct ot indite t sh iring of profits as part 4 tim arraug ~ reaVrnIisin (hngs w tf toW heI wy (deof Pofesiona esosbltwihgvrsed al practice anetia Originating iii urope over a decade a o, L)P ia e pread to Australia and Canad and ar i ow ft e sub cct o a firestorri )f cot tr )V ~rs in the U S Ia gely as a esult of the efforts of the 'big five a eountin~ fur is w iuc a er tha business clients aue e ~ianding on stop ho s fr n whieh ttev ean obtain th full ranue of piof'ssi ml advice and assistance In addition to audi ing and tax s ices, these firm now offer r n e of non tra o P fin ii cia services I hey to Ion r even r Icr to thcmselv as accounting firms, using instea the tern 'I roless o service provide s I hey appare itly w sh o deliver It P 5 rvi 5 'and pa licipare in the rot it they r vic'c s par of a tot I professio ial package hat is tic t dc is he exte it t which such firrr s are willii g to tak 1< 1 mdc as well s he be ich s of legal practice U it ug e r organ> tions subject to I e much ore ret t ictiv (ode )f Professional esponsibuluty at d the iscip mary ules governing the legal practice, including oblug it us of confidentiality and princi les of conflict of inter st DPs a e not Ii ute o alliances between lawyc s ar d accountants, ut could al o tak the form of associa ions between at orneys and a rat ge rI other profes monals inelud1ng fi;~n~~ial planners, rceIt~r~ social W ~tN courselors, health care providers, scientists and, at the extreme em tuner I ireetors. Active debate on t e issue b gati last su mer w en the erican ar Association created its toni ussuon on wnnnuid an pare I in the flel of legal ethi s and professic nal responsi inility chairs tIe state bar special committee that dra ted he ul changes more than a y~'ar ago In a memo to tuembe of his Ii ne said, Ihe a idments a~e the p oduct of tie fir compre iensi e xamtnation of the Cc de of rofessic n I Responsibility in over a dcc de hile he n>cndme its do not purport to cure every p oblen o fill every gap in the C ide, their adopt on presents he at vith a e ml rule tha clearly establish an jatory and aspirafional tandar s f atfomey co iduc and pt )vide elI ical mid inI c C all lawyers in all types of p aeti e th ough I the State In announcing the adoption of ft e revise C ode NYS A President Ihi was C) Rice of rook n s u, Ihu~ atner duients were needed to clarify and ut d' fe existing pros i~i a t~, Jirni ia% mudify uk~ iF t u l. igui comport with r 'asonable and legifi mm Ic cx ec afions of die its lawyers and society in general. eonunued on page 10 Judicial Candidates Lucho Tuesday, October. 26 /Hyategency Bfta Bar Revue Wednesday, November I.Taltamador ae INS ThAxtm ' ;ar Assl ID 191111011 ot IN .Ud Ame -s I(Lt RIL I nd es, at at

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