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Legal Ethics - December, 2014
209 articles
- Cleary Gottlieb Racially Discriminated, Contract Lawyer Says
- Atty's Fla. Bar Suspension Suit Nixed Over Shotgun Pleading
- Ex-NJ Judge's Race Bias Claims Tossed
- 4th Circ. Spurns Ex-Va. Rep's Ineffective Counsel Argument
- Chamberlain Hrdlicka Accused Of Exploiting Client Info
- NJ Atty Reprimanded For Lying To Ex-NFL Client About Appeal
- RJ Reynolds 'Camel Cash' Suit Wins Cert. In Calif. Only
- Diverting Funds Gets Disbarred Atty 7 Years Behind Bars
- Plaintiff Asks Fla. Judge To Deny Stiefel's Recusal Request
- NJ High Court Reiterates Ban On Judges' Post-Verdict Chat
- Ex-Associate Fights Faruqi On 'Booze-Fueled' Atty Evidence
- McDonnell, Bribery And The Story Behind 'Official Act'
- Gore Vidal's Nephew Says White & Case Axed His Inheritance
- Ex-Partner Accused Of Defrauding Willkie, Hunton Of $5M
- NJ High Court Takes On Arbitration, Atty Conduct In 2014
- Nixon Peabody, Mintz Levin Blitz Biotech's Legal Mal Suit
- Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge Hit With Ethics Complaint
- Fake Defense Atty Wins Real Victory At 10th Circ.
- SEC Fines Calif.-Based Atty For Trading On Client's Intel
- Disney Wins Sanctions In Row Over Alleged Tainted Water
- Pa. Justices Won't Discipline Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge
- Doctors Sue Fizer Beck Over 'Seriously Deficient' Contracts
- Freeborn Challenges $1M Malpractice Verdict In 7th Circ.
- Pepper Hamilton To Fight Discovery Order In Penn State Row
- Judge Won't Alter Atty's 17-Year Stock Scheme Sentence
- The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
- Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
- Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
- Rothstein Trustee Cleared To Distribute $13M In Claims
- Fla. Can't DQ Judge From Every Case Involving Orlando PD
- Former Sherman & Howard Atty Hits Firm With Sex Bias Suit
- Board Says Atty Attack On Judge Warrants Suspension
- Florida Supreme Court Disciplines 2 Attorneys
- Gotham Dodges $21M Judgment In 11th Circ.
- Report Clears Remaining Pa. Justices In Porn Email Scandal
- Law Firm Topples FCA Suit Over LSU Hospital Deal
- Musk Says Battery Fire Securities Action Was 'Frivolous'
- Criminal Defense Attys Skunked On Bid For DOJ's 'Blue Book'
- 3rd Circ. Affirms Life Term For NJ Atty In Witness Murder Plot
- Calif. Bar Committee Backs No-Asset Pro Bono Bankruptcy
- Reed Smith Nears KO In Promoter's $10M Defamation Suit
- Diocese's Paine Hamblen Malpractice Suit Heads To Trial
- Utica Mutual, Reinsurers Settle Over Hunton & Williams Role
- 2nd Circ. Says Atty Acted Too Late On Reciprocal Suspension
- Philly Housing Agency Can't Nix Ex-Labor Atty's Firing Claim
- Fainting Plaintiff-Grant Thornton Talks End In Impasse
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Shawn Wright
- NJ High Court Concurs With Pa. In Suspending Disgraced Atty
- Steptoe Hit With $129M Calif. Legal Malpractice Suit
- A Busy Year For Anti-SLAPP Litigation And Legislation
- Ponzi Investors' Claims Trimmed Against Greenberg, Hunton
- 3rd Circ. Greenlights Sanctions Bid In Veggie Contract Row
- Jurors Give Ex-JP Death Sentence In Texas DA Murders
- 4 Quirky Sanctions You Should Be Glad Hit Someone Else
- CareOne Can See Law Students' Documents In Union Row
- ITC To Review Finnegan, Client $1.9M Spoliation Sanction
- Judge's 'Fork Over The Money' Line Gets Him Axed From Case
- Okla. Atty Reinstated 7 Years After Fatal Drag Race
- What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
- Ex-Obermayer Client's Fee Breach Ruling Upheld By Pa. Court
- Cravath Urges Court To Toss Typist's 'Petty' Bias Suit
- What's Missing From Many Lawyers' Cyberinsurance Advice
- Federal Judge Kills Fla. Bar's New Atty Ad Guidelines
- Cozen Nabs Pa. High Court Reversal On Pol's Forgiven Debt
- Grant & Eisenhofer Slaps Bernstein Liebhard With Fee Suit
- Freedom Industries Exec Says Spill Exposure DQs Prosecutors
- NJ High Court Won't Toss Fox Rothschild Malpractice Suit
- 8th Circ. Asked To Nix Attys' Support Of Jones Day Sanctions
- Tucker Ellis Can't Force Former Atty Into Arbitration
- Former SF DA 'Kayo' Hallinan's Law License Suspended
- Drugmakers Can't DQ Cohen Milstein In Chicago Opioid Suit
- Asbestos Atty Sues 2 Ex-Partners, Claims LLP Is A Lie
- Treaty Energy Execs Charged With Stock Manipulation
- NY Court Says Atty Can't Represent Himself In Trust Suit
- In-House Forecast For 2015: Past Is Prologue
- Ex-Rothstein Exec Wants Sentence Reduced For Cooperation
- Ex-Orlovsky Grasso Attys Suspended Over Tax Evasion Case
- Ex-Philly Traffic Court Official Gets 24 Months In Scandal
- Calif. Bar To Be Audited In Wake Of Fired Exec's Suit
- Dell Says Sanctions Motion Against Patent Firm Was Timely
- Former Ga. Judge Faces Prison Time For Framing Drug Arrest
- Owen Gleaton Playing Dirty With DQ Bid, Insurer Says
- Plunkett Escapes Sanctions In 6th Circ. RICO Row Over JV
- Beef With Judge's Fish & Richardson Ties Hits Supreme Court
- Constitutional Attack On Pa. Bar Reciprocity Rule Rebuffed
- NY Atty Charged With Running $5M Ponzi Scheme
- Ex-Public Defender's Retaliation Claims Barred By Anti-SLAPP
- Ind. Judge Accused Of Made-Up Penalties, Using Racial Slur
- 1st Circ. Denies Do-Over For Atty Accused Of Lying
- 6 Questions To Ask Before An Internal Investigation
- Immigration Atty Accused Of Abandoning Client Midhearing
- Moore & Van Allen Settles Malpractice Suit Over $1M Judgment
- Atty Who Drank At Office Denied Unemployment Benefits
- Aussie Lawyer Gets 12 Years For $12M Investment Scheme
- Judge Won't Double $7M Antonelli Terry Malpractice Award
- Atty Asks For High Court Review Of Locke Lord RICO Ruling
- NJ Chief Justice Creates Panel To Mull Metadata Ethics
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Hamza Bassey
- What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
- UK Lawyers Demand Client Communications Be Protected
- Chamlin Rosen Faces Malpractice Suit Over Loan Litigation
- Appeal Lost, Judge Must Face Charges She Fudged Residency
- Class Accuses Public Storage Attys Of Ethical Violations
- Johnny Carson's Atty Sues Bankruptcy Counsel Over Book
- Niro Haller Says Dell, HP Sought Sanctions Too Late
- 'Delusional' Mich. Judge Retires Amid Disciplinary Hearing
- Cartel Associate Pulls Guilty Plea In Judge Bribery Case
- Suit Says Philly Firm Billed Trusts To Rep Scammer
- Scarinci, Trenk Firms Exit Newark Water Agency RICO Suit
- Corrupt Ex-Pa. State Sen. Jane Orie Disbarred
- Calif. Court Nixes LA's Bid For Atty DQ Over Tax Docs
- ConAgra Discovery Dispute Heats Up With Sanctions Threat
- Harvard Prof's $4 Chinese Food Fight Creates A Stir
- Advanced Age No Defense In Atty Discipline, NY Court Says
- La. Judge Suspended For Accepting Atty's Free Hunting Trip
- Judge's Racist Emails Should Stay Under Wraps, Court Told
- Disgraced Atty Can't Ax Firm's Assault On Arbitration Award
- What's Wrong With Judge Rakoff's Plea-Bargaining Proposal
- Gawker Escapes Atty's Defamation Suit
- Rothstein Trustee Seeks Clarification On $43M In Claims
- Justices Threaten To Sanction Foley Partner Over Petition
- Calif. Atty Indicted In $3M Ticket Broker Stock Fraud
- 3 Ethical Landmines Confronting Vereins
- Former Roberts & Saluti Employee Charged With Theft
- Ind. Judge Forced To Resign After Drunken Driving Crash
- Young Conaway Atty In Treasure Fraud Faces Sanctions
- Dr. Luke Sues Kesha's Lawyer Over Lady Gaga Rape Tweets
- Wolff & Samson Fights Ethics Probe Of Ex-Port Authority Chair
- Boston U. Says Finnegan Posted Confidential Info On PACER
- Patent Holder Says Sony Sanctions Win Would Set Precedent
- Inventor Demands Fees For 'Frivolous' Fed. Circ. IP Appeal
- Dentons Denies Playing Part In Botched $41M Resort Loan
- Wachtell Says Icahn Malpractice Suit Is 'Duplicative'
- Judges Find Their Blogs Come With A Short Leash
- Cartoon Tells Jones Day A Hostile Filing Is No Laughing Matter
- Freeborn Can't Shake $1M Malpractice Verdict In 7th Circ.
- Fla., Conn. AGs Settle Mortgage Rescue Case For $1.1M
- No Sanctions For Anapol Schwartz In Gay Bias Suit
- Continental Shouldn't Pay Ex-Hinshaw Atty's Costs: Judge
- Atty Sues Nev. Bar For Defamation, Claiming Press Leaks
- Philly Firm Says It Was Defamed In Malpractice Complaint
- Former BigLaw Atty Who Stole $10M From Putin Ally Disbarred
- Recusal Bid Derided As Do-Over Ploy In Lease Royalty Fight
- Shumway Van Challenges DQ Bid In Ex-PilePro Exec IP Suit
- UK Gov't Asks Lawyers To Disclose Tax Debts
- Stiefel Labs Pushes For Judge's Recusal In ERISA Suit
- Munger Tolles Botched $2.6M Real Estate Deal, Suit Says
- San Antonio Judge Faces Disciplinary Suit Over Alleged Bribes
- Jones Day Atty Draws Calif. Panel's Ire Over OT Suit Tactic
- 'Real Housewives' Star Blames Prison Time On Atty's Work
- Atty In NFLer Stock Scheme Sentenced To 17 Years
- US Scoffs At Ex-Jenkens Wife's Bid To Keep Cash
- Ex-Pa. Judge Pulls Out Of Plea Deal Under Pension Threat
- Bill Cosby Says Atty In Sex Abuse Case Tried To Extort Him
- Firm Faces $1.7M Suit Over Botched Nina Simone Inheritance
- Ex-Magic Circle Partner Disbarred After Sex Traffic Conviction
- 4 Ways To Keep A Malpractice Expert From Blowing Your Case
- Hagens Berman May Face Sanctions In Pa. Thalidomide Cases
- Philly Building Collapse Plaintiffs Resist Judge's Recusal
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
- Sandy Victims Accuse Hartford, Law Firm Of Racketeering
- Texas Jury Finds Ex-Justice Of The Peace Guilty Of Murder
- Cantey Hanger Says Exception Doesn't Apply To Fraud Case
- IRS Says Lawyer's Fraud Doesn't Trigger Statute Of Limitations
- 2nd Circ. Says Bad Jury Instruction Axes Pollution Convictions
- Ex-Traffic Judge Gets 2 Years In Philly Ticket Scandal
- Apple Deserves Fees After Chipmaker's 'Huge Mistake': Judge
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: BakerHostetler's Fernando Bohorquez
- Alston & Bird Sued For Allegedly Bungling $10M IP Suit
- Stanford Receiver Defends Timing of Proskauer Ponzi Suit
- Cola Business Says NJ Firm Mishandled Coke TM Battle
- Pa. Courts Get Updated Reporting, Transcription Standards
- USPTO Ethics Rules May Change The Way You Email Clients
- Jones Day's Detroit Billings Included Florida Travel
- FaegreBD Can't See All Atty-Client Docs In Malpractice Row
- Ex-Traffic Judge Gets 18 Months For Ticket-Fixing Scheme
- Law Firm Can't Fight $1.9M Deficiency Notice, IRS Says
- Judge Tosses, Then Reinstates 'Passive-Aggressive' Atty
- Dentons Atty Hit With Sanctions Bid In 'Sham' Settlement Spat
- Panel Wants Atty Disbarred For Helping Client Fake Drug Test
- Attys Clash After Ex-NYPD Boss' Malpractice Suit Is Nixed
- Manatt Faces Trial On Conspiracy Claim In $200M Ponzi Row
- Texas Court Revives Emotional Distress Claim Against Firm
- For Law Firms Thinking About Text Messaging, Just Don't
- And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
- Atty Accused Of Plotting Witness' Death Surrenders License
- DLA Piper Must Show Ceglia Facebook Docs To Judge
- Exasperated Sandy Judges Order Streamlined Mediations
- 3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Cahill Gordon Asbestos Doc Case
- Atty Busted In Greylord Sting Shouldn't Practice, Board Says
- NC Bar Suspends Lawyer For Sexting Clients
- Judge's Atty In Wife Abuse Case Hopeful About House Query
- Husch Fights Edelson's Sanctions Bid Over Spoliation Claims
- Despite New Claims, Judicial Stacking More Myth Than Reality
- Disney Co. Seeks Fees For Atty Conduct In Race Bias Suit
- Fla. Attys Push For Dues Hike To Fund Legal Aid Services
- Atty Accused Of Lying Says 1st Circ. Ignored Due Process
- White And Williams Lost Evidence From Philly Fire, Suit Says
- Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
- Atty Blogger Faces Suspension For Calling Court Corrupt
- Marks & Klein Accused Of Lapses In RE Franchise Row
- Supreme Court Shuts Out Atty's Beef With Fla. Bar Rules
- Supreme Court Denies Appeal Over Fla. Lawyers' Fee Fight
- Insurer's Malpractice Claims Against NJ County Atty Tossed
- GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
- GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
- Reed Smith Can't End Auto Dealer's $25M Malpractice Suit
- Greenberg Lambastes Pricey Sanctions Bid In $53M Rail Row
- Sony, DLA Piper Say Patent Holder's Sanctions Bid Is Personal