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Legal Ethics - January, 2015
284 articles
- Faruqi Wants To Cut Punitive Damages In Sex Assault Trial
- Urban Outfitters Wants Law Firm Sanctioned For Duplicate Suit
- Engle Trial Judge Won't Recuse Self Over Wife's Death
- Pa. Supreme Court Disbars Philly Atty For Abandoning Clients
- 'Who Dat' IP Atty Must Ask Permission For Future RICO Suits
- Pressler & Pressler Fights Class Cert In NJ Debt Suit
- Law Firms Beat Malpractice Suit By Coal Royalty Claimants
- Attorney Who Concocted Bogus Settlement Spared Disbarment
- Atty Suspended For $300M Suit Against Soda-Bottling Tycoon
- Ex-Rothstein Atty Gets 18 Mos. For Role In $1B Ponzi Scheme
- NCAA Antitrust Judge Recuses Self Over Butler U Trusteeship
- Calif. Judges Can Hear Some Cases They Worked On As ADAs
- Faruqi Accuser Tries To Revive Claims Against Co-Founders
- Duane Morris Partner Suspended By Fla. Bankruptcy Judge
- Schlumberger Wants Former In-House Atty DQ'd In Patent Row
- Florida High Court Gives Immunity To Local Review Boards
- Simpson Thacher May Be Haunted By $1.5B Loan Gaffe
- Frustrated Judge Rakoff Quits DOJ Forensic Science Panel
- NJ Judge Faces Ethics Accusations Over Contractor Charges
- Brown Rudnick Gets Partial Win In Malpractice Fight
- Wash. Developer Hit With $1M Atty Fee For 'Abuse' Of Process
- False DaVita Testimony Jeopardizing Privilege In FCA Suit
- Texas Court Nixes $1.3B Malpractice Claim In Chevron Case
- Nixon Peabody, Mintz Levin Using Barred Defense, Court Told
- Patterson Belknap Escapes DQ In Mexican Auto Parts JV Row
- Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
- Court Approval Required For Mediation, Texas Judge Says
- Ala. Chief Justice Faces Ethics Case Over Marriage Letter
- Salacious Faruqi Trial Showcases No-Frills NY Judge
- Estate Can Sue Atty Over Handling Of Trusts: Texas Court
- Silver Arrest Could Complicate 421-A Renewal Talks
- Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Departs Law Firm
- Hagens Berman Didn't Verify Thalidomide Claim, Court Told
- Faruqi Co-Founders Off Hook In Sex Assault Trial
- Wis. High Court Disbars Atty Famous For Armored Car Suit
- US Supreme Court To Disclose Lawyer Discipline Docs
- Corruption Charges Cost Silver Top NY Assembly Post
- Calif. Judge Must Rethink Immigrant's Claim Over Atty Advice
- Employment Atty Accused Of Groping Worker Can't Hide Name
- Fla. Bar Says Attys Can Advise Clients On Social Media Posts
- Ford Rips Bid To Recuse All Pa. Justices In Asbestos Row
- High Court Fundraising Case Could Hinder Pa. Judicial Reform
- Attack On Pa. Bar Reciprocity Rule Won't Get 2nd Look
- Atty Who Sued Former Client Suspended Indefinitely
- Faruqi Avoids Sanctions For Replacing Stained Carpet
- Big Tobacco Wants Judge Off Engle Trial After Wife's Death
- Atty Blasts 'Baseless' DQ Bid In Enviro Settlement Fight
- IP Firm Can't Dodge Med. Device Co.'s Malpractice Claims
- Orioles Beef Over Proskauer Ties 'Baseless': MLB Commish
- Secret Patent-Examination Program: Rare But Consequential
- 3rd Circ. OKs Sanctions In Telecom Exec.'s Bankruptcy
- Judge Fines Himself $25 For Tardiness In Clothing TM Row
- 9th Circ. Upholds Conviction Of Harry Reid Fundraiser
- Faruqi Accuser Helped Destroy Bloodstain, Firm Says
- High Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Judge's Affair With Witness
- Faruqi Atty Tells Jury He Was Too Drunk To Perform
- Convicted 'Kids for Cash' Atty Disbarred In Pa.
- Mayer Brown DQ'd From Representing HSBC In MBS Row
- Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Denies Insider Trading Charges
- Diamond McCarthy Ex-Partner Can't Escape Texas Court
- Judges Must Leave Boy Scouts Over Bias: Calif. High Court
- Paine Hamblen Settles Spokane Diocese's Malpractice Suit
- Garlock Claims Of Dirty Tactics To Renew Transparency Push
- 2nd Pa. Atty Disbarred Over Role In Annuities Scheme
- Faruqi Accuser Wants Sanction For Bloodstained Carpet
- Ex-Schlumberger Atty Backs Anti-SLAPP Law's Use In IP Suit
- Prosecutor PowerPoint Voids Murder Conviction, Court Says
- $8M Bin Laden Book Malpractice Suit Fails, Attys Say
- NJ Judges Told When To Clap At State Of The State Speeches
- Pa. High Court Win Won't Guarantee End To Kane Charges
- Faruqi Judge Says Founders Might Duck Personal Liability
- Ex-PilePro CFO Gets Former Firm DQ'd In IP Theft Case
- Fainting Plaintiff Sanctioned In Nixed Grant Thornton Suit
- J&J Fraud Claims Fall Flat In Mesh MDL, Plaintiffs Attys Say
- Ex-Galleon Trader Cites Newman In Bid To Nix Conviction
- Katten Looks To Ax $4M Suit Over Payday Loan Service
- Ex-Dewey Atty Consents to Disbarment Over Insider Trading
- Ill. Atty Suspended 6 Months For Denying IRS Authority
- Diamond McCarthy Refutes Ex-Partner's Special Appearance
- Ex-Client Of Judge's Defense Atty Killed Witness, Sources Say
- Silver Arrest May Herald New Crackdown On Lawyer Pols
- Stites & Harbison Says Attys Hijacked Social Media Accounts
- A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
- No Early Trial In Suit Alleging Groping At Employment Firm
- 'Girls Gone Wild' Trustee Accuses Atty Of Fraudulent Transfers
- Womble Carlyle Disability Suit Wrongly Nixed, EEOC Says
- Attys Attack Dershowitz's Bid To Enter Sex Slave Case
- New Docs Counter Pa. AG's Claims Of No Leak Violations
- OLG Hits Venable With $6M Counterclaim In Fee Fight
- Atty In Rothstein Scheme Seeks To Avoid Jail Time
- Baker & McKenzie, Yahoo Rip Contract Row Coercion Claims
- Philly Judge Gets 2 Years Following Corruption Plea
- NY Assembly Speaker Charged Over $6M Law Firm Income
- Longtime Houston Attorney Leaves Beck Redden To Start Firm
- Pasricha & Patel Settles Paralegal's Overtime Suit
- Liens Safe After $1.5B Mayer Brown Loan Gaffe Upheld
- What Legal Departments Can Expect If Buying Into E-Billing
- Sex Scandal Cost Faruqi Partner Bonus, Firm Head Testifies
- NJ Judges Who Dined With Indicted Official Avoid Sanctions
- Grand Jury Recommends Charges Against Pa. AG
- PR Judge Guilty Of Taking Bribes In Homicide Acquittal
- NJ Atty Sentenced To 46 Months In Facebook IPO Scheme
- Quinn Emanuel Pads Houston Expansion With Susman Hire
- Atty Avoids Sanctions Over Leaked Email In Derailment Suit
- Duane Morris Kicked Off Concierge Medicine Antitrust Suit
- Baker Botts Sued By Would-Be Client Over Email Disclosure
- Ford Fights Asbestos Row As Mechanic Seeks Justice Recusal
- 2nd Circ. Holds JPMorgan To Faulty Mayer Brown Loan Deal
- Supreme Court Torn On Fla. Judicial Campaign Funding Rule
- Ex-Clients Try To Revive Girardi Suit Over $100M Quake Deal
- Edward Wildman Hit With Malpractice Suit Over EFT Fraud Row
- Accused Faruqi Partner Apologized To Firm Head, Jury Hears
- Garlock Says Attys Told Asbestos Clients To Hide Evidence
- Cozen Atty Receives Stayed Suspension For Hit And Run
- Dewey Exec Gets Bail Refund To Help Foot Defense Costs
- Ex-DLA Piper Atty Sues Firm Over Disability Coverage
- 6 Ways Technology Hobbles Attorney Efforts To Recruit Clients
- Supreme Court Won't Revive Locke Lord Racketeering Suit
- Hogan Lovells Faces Disqualification Bid In Cleanup Row
- Pa. Bill Would OK Probing Judges During Criminal Inquiries
- Bar Character Test Seen As Vital Despite Flaws
- Biz Owners Say Pepper Hamilton Counsel Hurting Their Shares
- Young Conaway Rips Sunken Treasure Investors' RICO Suit
- Justices Won't Hear Recruiter Web Defamation Row
- Supreme Court Case Threatens To Undo Fla. Judicial Reform
- Fla. Tribe, Atty Ordered To Pay $1M In Sanctions Fight
- Pa. High Court Accepts Convicted Ex-Justice's Resignation
- Board Wants To Boot Pa. Judge For Unlicensed Shoe Store
- 5th Circ. Won't Give Jailed Fen-Phen Atty New Hearing
- Credit Suisse Attys Misled Court In Loan Suit, Landowners Say
- Prosecutors Aided 'Sham' Wildfire Probe, Sierra Pacific Says
- Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Richards Kibbe's James Walker
- Chadbourne Says Stanford Malpractice Suit Is Time-Barred
- Plaintiff In $185M AutoZone Bias Case Defends Attys' Actions
- Fla. Atty Who Mishandled Escrow Funds Broke Bar Rules
- 3rd Circ. Revives Ex-Pa. Public Defender's Retaliation Suit
- Texas Court Says Ex-Provost & Umphrey Atty Didn't Steal Suit
- Ex-Simpson Clerk Indicted For Trades As Broker Takes Plea
- Faruqi Accuser Denies Spiteful Motives In Sex Assault Trial
- Fed. Circ. Says IP Malpractice Suit Belongs In State Court
- NJ Judge Tries To Downplay Name-Calling Allegations
- Ex-Criminal Atty Gets 2 Years For Laundering Client's Money
- Lawyer Charged With Scheme To Launder $1M In Tax Returns
- Loss In Nike Air Jordan Patent Case Prompts Malpractice Suit
- Telemundo Runs Off With Atty Fees In Telenovela IP Row
- Sanctions Sought Over 'Frivolous' Bid To Ax FCA Suit
- Firm Can't Get Full $34M Verdict In Malpractice Insurance Row
- Stroock Faces Malpractice Suit Over Ryan Reynolds Film Fight
- BigLaw Sees Green With Legal Pot Despite High Ethical Risks
- 'Odd' Proskauer Suit Against OSG Execs Nixed
- Latham & Watkins Settles Trade Secret, Contract Claims
- Wachtell Says Prior Ruling Bars Icahn's Malpractice Claim
- Faruqi Partner's Sex Assault Caused PTSD, Ex-Associate Says
- Pa. High Court To Review Foreclosure-Related Atty Fees
- Former Texas Congressman's Law License Suspended
- Defunct Co. Can't Claim Atty-Client Privilege, Pa. Court Says
- A Shift In Discoverability Of Litigation Hold Notices?
- Ex-Philly Judge Gets 20 Months In Ticket-Fixing Scheme
- Ex-Secretary Sues Arnstein & Lehr For Alleged Harassment
- Women Asked To Lie To Join Pelvic Mesh MDL, J&J Claims
- 5th Circ. Nixes Sanctions For Atty Honoring Client Privilege
- Conflicts DQ Atty In Fight Over Enviro Settlement, Court Told
- Edelson, Husch Blackwell Lose Dueling Sanctions Bids
- Greenberg Traurig Sued Over Alleged Dallas Venue Mischief
- Ex-PetroTiger CEO's Talk With GC Who Wore Wire Released
- Calif. Bar Warns Blogging Lawyers To Rein In Self-Promotion
- Return Sought For Claims O'Melveny Lied In Sex Abuse Case
- NJ Judge Fights Court Worker's Demeaning Behavior Claims
- Sandy Suit Attys Sanctioned For Ignoring Court Orders
- 8th Circ. Tears Down Class Cert. In FDCPA Suit
- Faruqi Accuser Says Alleged Sex Assault Sowed Job Fears
- Mass. High Court Backs Atty-Client Privilege For Cellphone
- Wood Herron Sanctioned Again, Must Give Up Privileged Docs
- Bard Can't Delay Upcoming Mesh Trial Over Judge's Remarks
- Thomas Thomas & Hafer Wants Expert's Defamation Suit Axed
- Antonelli Says Alice Kills Protostorm's $8M Malpractice Win
- Girardi Keese Fights Off Ex-Clients' Class Cert. Revival Bid
- Ex-Clinton Adviser Seeks Sanctions In Sunken Treasure Fight
- O'Melveny Rips Sanctions Bid In Sirius' Pre-1972 Fight
- Kenyon Hit With Discovery Sanctions In Pinterest IP Row
- Dewey & LeBoeuf, Proskauer Rose Face Tax Malpractice Suit
- NY Biz Court Getting Fed Up With 'Merger Tax' Suits
- IP Firm Niro To Pay HTC's Fees After Client's False Statements
- Norton Rose Faces Revived $6M Fraud Appeal After Fee Mix-Up
- Firm Wants To DQ Arbiter In $5.6M Texas Contract Dispute
- Faruqi Disputes Sex Assault Claim As Trial Opens
- Kramer Levin Hit With Sanctions For Misrepresentations
- W.Va. Top Court Nixes Bid for Judicial Ethics Stats
- High Court Nixes Appeal Over Calif. Atty Discipline Rulings
- Grossman Roth Beats High Court Appeal In Age Bias Suit
- Justices Won't Mull Whether Janus Applies To Criminal Cases
- Indiana Supreme Court Puts 'Meth Lab' Lawyer On Ice
- Ear-Licking Hawaii Atty's Conviction Upheld On Appeal
- Supreme Court Won't Review Disbarment Of Jailed Texas Atty
- Dewey Heads Look To Spend $1M On Expert Testimony At Trial
- Ex-Dewey Exec Drops Hughes Hubbard Ahead Of Trial
- Pa. Court Denies Access To Judge's Email In Sandusky Probe
- Sheppard Mullin Flubbed Sibling Trust Row, $13M Suit Says
- Gossipy Judge Admits To Being Bought In Nursing Home Row
- Suit Targeting Law Firm, Debt Collector Barred By Privilege
- Jones Day Seeks Oral Args Over Sanctions In Abbott Row
- Faruqi Faces Jury Trial Over Partner's Alleged Sex Assault
- Calif. Real-World Training Rules May Spark National Trend
- 2 Pa. Lawmakers Want AG Fired Amid Grand Jury Rumors
- Judge Bars Quick Appeal Over Atty-Client Privilege Exception
- Reorganized Developer Hits Fla. Law Firm With Contempt Suit
- Convicted Terrorist Freed After Feds Admit Withholding Docs
- JAG Reservist Says Bezaire Ledwitz Booted Him For Service
- Squire Patton Boggs Settles Bankruptcy Trustee's Fee Suit
- Atty For Apparel Co. Chastised For Calling Defendant 'Racist'
- Asbestos Claimants Denied Class Cert In Malpractice Suit
- Md. Firm Wants Malpractice Claims Over Asbestos Loss Nixed
- Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
- NJ Pol, Wachtell Partner Fined For Late Campaign Docs
- Diamond McCarthy Says Texas' Long Arm Reaches Ex-Partner
- New Caperton-Massey Trial After Atty Swayed $5M Jury Award
- Quinn Emanuel Reinstated In Wrongful Firing Suit
- NJ Appeals Court Frees Hill Wallack From Malpractice Suit
- Grand Jury Suggests Charges Against Pa. AG For Info Leak
- DC Circ. Questions Atty Penalty In $3M Fraud Scheme Suit
- Insurer Asks For Atty Sanctions For Counsel Choice Suit
- Ex-Sidley Partner Faces 1-Year Suspension For Fake Expenses
- Troubled Atty Faces Probe For Bailing On Homeaway Suit
- What Constitutes An Enforceable E-Signature?
- The Year Ahead In Pro Bono, US And Abroad
- Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
- Houston Tax Firm Sues Ex-Employee Over Bad Online Reviews
- US Attys Blast Ceglia's Public Filing Of Confidential Doc
- Patent Atty Can't Snare Other Firms In AT&T License Row
- 6th Circ. Revives Part Of Disgraced Judge's Suit
- 2nd Circ. Says Stock Fraudster Can Try To Dump Counsel
- Ill. Atty Told To Clean Up Sloppy Books Or Face Suspension
- Bard Fights To Delay Mesh Trial After Judge Urges Settling
- Texas Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Vodka Investment Fraud
- NY Commercial Division Warns Foot-Dragging Lawyers
- Judge In Faruqi Sex Assault Case Nixes 'Rainmaker' Evidence
- Ex-NJ Judge Who Dated Bailiff Tries To Revive Bias Row
- Turtles Eye O'Melveny Sanctions In Sirius Pre-'72 Case
- Judge Slams Attorneys' 'Same, Tired Excuses' In Geico Suit
- Ex-Atty Gets 4 Years For Stealing From Clients To Gamble
- Secrets To In-House Cost Control
- Atty Denies Conflict, Exits Michael Jackson Hologram IP Row
- California Bar Wants More Input On E-Discovery Ethics
- Va. Firm Balks At Atty Claims of Discrimination, Bullying
- Miami Atty Sued Over $1.6M Loss After Real Estate Default
- Greenberg, Hunton Say Stanford Receiver Suit Lacks Legs
- Fla. Judge Who Took Bench Drunk Faces Removal
- Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge Wants Back Pay, Hearing
- State Judges Tell High Court To Keep Judicial Fundraising Ban
- Akin Gump Shakes Ex-Getty Owners' Malpractice Suit
- 11th Circ. Keeps Out Of State Dismissal Of Suit Against Judges
- Texas Court Restores $2.8M Punitives In Law Partner Dispute
- Pa. Judge Faces Misconduct Charges Over Arrests
- Pa. Judge Resists Testifying In 'Kids For Cash' Trial
- Construction Co. Can't Revive Malpractice Suit In 9th Circ.
- Ex-Faruqi Atty Fights Subpoena To Testify At Harassment Trial
- Former City Atty DQ'd In Memphis Rape Kit Testing Row
- Mackie Wolf Asks Texas High Court To Weigh Atty Immunity
- Texas Justices Told State Court Can't Sanction Case Removal
- Duane Morris Dodges Malpractice Reboot In Landmark IP Suit
- Former Dewey GC Grabs Gig As Partner With Hinshaw In NY
- Morris & Clemm Tried To Force Unearned Fee, Pa. Court Says
- Ex-Philly Traffic Judge Gets 1-Year Probation For Ticket-Fixing
- 3rd Circ. Chief Says Philly Has Transformed On Corruption
- 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
- Calif. Atty Seeks Reversal Of USPTO Ban
- Pa. Judge Retires Amid Mismanagement, Tampering Claims
- 'Rude' Atty Told To Apologize To Judge In Malpractice Row
- Alston & Bird Atty Can Stay In Contact With Fainting Plaintiff
- Philly Judge Nixes Recusal Bid In Building Collapse Suit
- Pa. Justices Tighten Rules For Attys Investing Client Funds
- Former OSC Head Suspended In DC
- Atty Recently Named Partner At Pa. Firm BMZ May Be a Fake
- Thompson & Knight Seeks Arbitrator DQ In Texas Energy Beef
- Wachtell Can't Ditch Federal Icahn Malpractice Suit
- Fla. Judge Can't Escape 'Bizarre' Behavior Charges
- Disbarment Eyed For Convicted Ex-White House Atty
- Ex-Bush Atty Urges ABA to Limit Lobbying of State AGs
- DLA Piper Says Facebook Suit Over Failed Case Falls Short
- GlaxoSmithKline Atty Suspended For 6 Months For M&A Work
- Morgan Lewis Sued Over Alleged BDO Tax Shelter Conspiracy
- Jones Day Atty's Sanctions Should Be Upheld, 8th Circ. Told
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