Bill Text: NY A09029 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - signed chap.235 [A09029 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09029-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9029
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Judiciary
        AN  ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to establishing a lawyer
          referral service - client privilege
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 498 of the judiciary law is renum-
     2  bered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows:
     3    2. The communications between a member or authorized agent of an asso-
     4  ciation  or  society  of  attorneys or counselors at law and any person,
     5  persons or entity communicating with such member or authorized agent for
     6  the purpose of seeking or obtaining a  professional  referral  shall  be
     7  deemed  to  be privileged on the same basis as the privilege provided by
     8  law for communications between attorney and client. Such  privilege  may
     9  be waived only by the person, persons or entity who has furnished infor-
    10  mation to the association or society, its members or authorized agents.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03796-01-7
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