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Legal Ethics - March, 2015
324 articles
- CORRECTED: Dell, HP Win Fees As IP Firm Niro Haller Sanctioned Again
- Acacia Unit's Counsel DQ'd, Schlumberger IP Suit Tossed
- Pa. Justices Back Prosecutor Tapped To Probe AG Over Leak
- Orange County Bar Slams DA's Efforts To DQ Judge
- Littler Mendelson Says It Didn't Give Bad Overtime Advice
- Judge Won't DQ Milberg & DePhillips In Surfboard IP Row
- 5th Circ. OKs Health Exec's Conviction In $100M Bribes Case
- Filmmakers Blast Stroock Arbitration Bid In $32M Row
- Ex-Handler Atty Slams Orrick's Bid To Toss Firing Row
- Willkie Slow To Produce Materials In Swipe Fee MDL: Target
- 6th Circ. Told Larry Flynt's Attys Schemed Against Brother
- Dewey Execs Can Tell Jury They Expected Firm To Recover
- How The Dewey Execs Found Themselves Facing Prison
- Dickstein Says Alice Shields It In IP Malpractice Case
- Orrick Partner Slams Ex-Handler Atty's Suit Over Firing
- Duane Morris Malpractice Suit Shows Risk of Atty Moonlighting
- Feds Win DLA Piper, Kasowitz Emails In Facebook Scam Case
- Relators Dispute Atty Fee Bid Over $320M FCA Mortgage Deal
- Sullivan, Nixon Peabody Attys Join New NY Discipline Panel
- Wells Fargo, Overdraft Counsel To Resolve $51M Fee Spat
- Hotel Slams EEOC Conduct During Discovery In Bias Suit
- NJ Justices To Mull Coverage Question For Law Firm Partners
- High Court Passes On Kickback Appeal From Dick's Atty
- Pa. Firm's Ex-Partner Charged For Forging Law License
- 3rd Circ. Told Recent Ruling Affects Pa. Bar Reciprocity Law
- Woman Gets 2nd Shot At Sex Harassment Suit Against Judge
- Mediation And The Thorny Issue Of Settlement Authority
- NY Bar Sets Confidentiality Policy For Laterals, Mergers
- Barrack Rodos Seeks Sanctions Against Ex-Consultant
- Drummond Hits Attys With RICO Suit Over Murder Claims
- Fizer Beck Says It's Not To Blame For $2M Arbitration Award
- Plea Deals Denied For 3 Tampa Attys Accused Of DUI Setup
- Ex-Digital Realty VP Wants Seyfarth Out Of Prejudice Suit
- Pa. Justices Snub Gross McGinley Bid To Ax Malpractice Row
- BigLaw On Notice After Judge Scolds Firms For Bad Writing
- Pa. Court Affirms Bar On Malpractice Suits Over Settlements
- Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
- Maryland Disbars Lawyer For Sexting Opposing Party
- Rader Fishman, Co-Founding Partner Settle Competing Suits
- 10th Circ. Slams Immigration Atty For 'Garbled' Petition
- Calif. Appeals Court Rejects Law Firm's SLAPP Defense
- Wrigley Field Rooftop Biz Owner Scammed Cubs, Gov't: Feds
- Butler Snow Scolded For Ford Conflict But Avoids DQ
- What Experts Can Say About Inadmissible Facts During Trial
- Fla. Tribe Wants RICO Suit Against Ex-Chair In Federal Court
- Fla. Developer Improperly Won City Contract, 11th Circ. Rules
- Royston Rayzor Defends Fee Agreement In Texas High Court
- Madoff Trustee Evades Sanctions Over Clawback Claim
- Class Cert. Makes Headway In Shrimp Basket Tip Pool Suit
- 2nd Circ Says Fed Court No Place For State Discipline Cases
- Journalist Suing Law Firm Over Video Must Use Real Name
- No Coverage For Atty In Malpractice Suits, Ill. Court Affirms
- Judge Reams Out BigLaw Firms For Lengthy Filings
- Funk Icon's Ex-Partner Sues Stroock Over 'Malicious' Suit
- Panel Backs Atty's Suspension For Spying On Nude Step-Niece
- La. Disbars Ex-Congressman Convicted Of Bribery
- Calif. AG Seeks To Block Atty's 'Kill Gays' Ballot Measure
- Plagiarism Alone Didn't Prompt Jackson Lewis Sanction
- Marina's Attys Won't Have To Nix Insurance Judgment For Now
- Adams & Diaco Atty To Give Up License Over DUI Setup
- Ariz. Sheriff OK'd To File Doc In States' Immigration Suit
- Lewis Tein Beats Tribe's Malpractice Appeal In Fla.
- Quarles & Brady Can't Dodge Fraud Claims In Investor Row
- IP Firm's Scant Motion Earns Scolding, But No Sanctions
- NJ Atty Gets 10 Years For Ripping Off Elderly Clients
- Firm Escapes Revival Of FCA Suit Over LSU Hospital Deal
- Atty Sanctioned $1M Pushes Pa. Judge To Nix Penalty
- Stanford-Related Fraud Class Sees Some Claims Trimmed
- Black Elk Defends Atty 'Back To School' Sanctions Order
- Locke Lord, Co-Counsel Face DQ Bid In Pyramid Scheme Suit
- Landowners Seek Sanctions In 'Frivolous' Tribal Property Suit
- Kilpatrick Townsend Faces Leaner Drug Device IP Theft Suit
- 'Kids For Cash' Detention Center Cos. Blast Settlement Bid
- Honeywell Says Firm Ignoring DQ In $42M Enviro Fight
- Venable Blasts OLG's $6M Counterclaims In Fee Row
- Porn Co. Says Atty Inflated Fees In BitTorrent Copyright Row
- High Court May Take On Corporate 5th Amendment Privilege
- Holland & Knight Pushes Back Against Sanction Bid In TM Suit
- NJ Judge Shoots Down Lucchese Fraudster's Recusal Request
- Chadbourne, Proskauer Renew Bid For Class Info In Ponzi Suit
- Faruqi Says Marchuk's 'Frivolous' Claims Warrant $10K Fees
- Court TV Star Joe Brown Loses Criminal Contempt Appeal
- DOJ Looks To Nix Florida Tribe's Public Records Suit
- CVS Calls Out Labaton Sucharow For Campaign Donations
- Greenberg Traurig Settles Patent Client's Malpractice Suit
- 2 Attys Sanctioned In OT Suit Against Costume, Gym Biz
- K&L Gates Wants Out Of Oil Co. Client's Securities Action
- Ex-Baker Botts Client Says Firm Can't Escape $41M Verdict
- Atty-Turned-Rabbi Sued For Promoting Tax Schemes
- Med. Co. Wants Atty Sanctions On Top Of DQ In FCA Row
- 9th Circ. Buries Recusal Bid In Apple Anti-Poach Suit
- Pa. Justices Urged To Revive Foreclosure-Related Fee Suits
- H&R Block Immigration Program Was A Bad Idea, Attys Say
- 7-Eleven Attys Denounce 'Hypocritical' DQ Bid In ADA Suit
- Dow Jones Renews Bid For Edelson Sanctions
- 'Erroneous' Case Against Tesla Doesn't Merit Sanctions: Judge
- Texas Commission Says State Judge Violated Election Law
- Justices' Foley Warning Shows Attys Must Rein In Clients
- SEC Says Convicted Atty In NFLer Scam Can't Revisit Ruling
- Manatt Beats EEC Capital's Bid To Nix $7M Arbitration Win
- Judge Suspended Over Facebook Campaigning, Other Charges
- Ex-Smith Giacometti Atty Settles Malpractice Coverage Suit
- Supreme Court Won't Hear Ky. Lawyer's $36M Fraud Appeal
- Justices Won't Mull Judge's Fish & Richardson Ties In IP Row
- Atty In Sen. Reid Campaign Scandal Suspended For 4 Years
- Gibson Dunn Partner Deliberately Misled Court, UK Judge Says
- The Law360 400
- The Demise Of SAWS And The Power Of Public Attention
- High Court Won't Discipline Foley Atty For Jumbled Petition
- Litigation Firms Make Cuts Amid Work Slowdown
- Is MegaLaw Just Big Enough To Fail?
- Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
- Ex-Radnor CEO Can't Sue Skadden Until Appeal Over
- Calif. Bar Dinged Atty Over Bad Contempt Order, Justices Told
- Law & Disorder: The Week In Attorney Troubles
- Calif. Appeals Court DQs Attys For Holding Privileged Docs
- Firm Ran Up $1.3M Bill On Case It Called 'Fugly,' Suit Says
- Dick's Atty Urges High Court To Hear Mail Fraud Appeal
- Wis. Atty's Anti-Catholic Rants Land Her A Suspension
- Hughes Hubbard Partner Denies Conflict In NHL Fraud Suit
- Duane Morris Dodges Sanctions In Fla. Mall Bankruptcy
- To Understand King V. Burwell Look To Yates V. US
- 5 Insights From Avon General Counsel Jeff Benjamin
- Ex-Philly Traffic Judge Gets 20 Months For Lying To FBI
- Sidley's Blown Deadline In $40M Case Provides Stark Lesson
- NYC Bar Backs Cuomo's Lawmaker Disclosure Requirement
- Ex-Gemini RE President Wants McGuireWoods DQ'd In Mark Row
- American Spectrum Attys Duck Fines For Surprise Ch. 11
- Atty Sanctioned For Lying, Ignoring Court Orders In FLSA Row
- Pa. High Court Hopefuls Decry Scandals, Stress Integrity
- Ray Lewis Sues Atty For Alleged $1.7M Bowling Alley Swindle
- NY Atty Admits To Forging Bankruptcy Judge's Signature
- Fla. Tribe Scoffs At Delay Accusations In $1M Sanctions Row
- Tea Co. Sanctioned Over Late-Produced Emails In TM Row
- Judge Says Mutual Fund Investments Don't Warrant Recusal
- NY Restaurant Wants Plaintiff's Counsel DQ'd In FLSA Suit
- Fay Kaplan Partner Scolded Over Follow-Up On PI Case
- Fed. Circ. Says Sidley Blown Deadline Axes $40M AT&T Appeal
- Durkin & Durkin Sued Over Holocaust Survivor's $100M Will
- When Your Corporate Client Plays Federal Agent
- Milbank Tries To Nix $50M Malpractice Suit On Appeal
- Oak Rock Investors Want Sidley DQ'd In $100M Fraud Row
- Ex-Penn State Prez Hits Freeh With Defamation Complaint
- Greenberg Traurig Malpractice Row Axed By Calif. Court
- DLA Piper Again Challenges Facebook Suit Over Failed Case
- Ex-Associate Slams Kaye Scholer With $21M Sex Bias Suit
- NJ Judge Not Biased In Lucchese Fraudster's Case, US Says
- Lack Of Evidence Axes Malpractice Award, Texas Court Told
- Plaintiff Fights Sanctions In Interstate Hotels Wage Suit
- Judge Accused Of Abuse Can't Seek Atty DQ Until After Trial
- Philly Atty Must Repay $18M To Raided Retirement Plans
- Chicago Attys Peddled Sham Energy Tax Credits, Class Says
- Ex-Faruqi Atty Keeps Fighting For $1.4M In Fees
- Ex-Texas Judge Again Pleads Not Guilty In Bribery Case
- Judge Stands By Some Atty Rebukes In Audi Oil Sludge MDL
- OPINION: Not All That Is Public Should Be Publicized
- Judge Accuses Jackson Lewis Attys Of Plagiarism
- Schlumberger Fights Use Of Anti-SLAPP To Ax Secrets Claims
- Judge In Employee Shakedown Scandal Up For Re-Election
- Pa. Reinstates Atty Who Killed West Point Cadet In Crash
- Pa. Appellate Candidate Says He Won't Take Contributions
- Art Collector's Estate Says Atty's Error Cost It $25M In Taxes
- Pennsylvania Sees Record Number Of Disbarred Attys In 2014
- Atty Rips 'Back To School' Sanctions In Oil Rig Death Suit
- Young Conaway Atty Skirts Sanctions In Sunken Treasure Row
- Paul Hastings Settles $300M Malpractice Suit At 11th Hour
- Arnstein & Lehr Says Ex-Secretary Is Not A Whistleblower
- Up The Irish: St. Paddy's Is For Celebrating Pro Bono, Too
- Willkie To Disclose Ex-Partner's Emails In Swipe Fee MDL
- Ariz. Judges Can't Perform Only Opposite-Sex Weddings
- Ex-Sidley Partner Suspended 1 Year For Fake Expenses
- Faruqi Accuser On Hook For $10K Defense Costs
- NFL Safety Rolle Says Tax Atty Stole $1.9M In Refunds
- Atty Says Glock Sparked Bogus Case To Discredit Probe
- Niro Asks Judge To Reconsider Ruling It Owes HTC Millions
- Sick Atty Sanctioned In Raytheon Warhead Trade Secrets Case
- Immigration Executive Actions An Ethical Minefield For Attys
- Pa. Rep. Wants To Punish State Employees For Viewing Porn
- Tesla Says Class Counsel Sanctions Bid 'Not Personal'
- Stroock Wants To Arbitrate $32M Row Over 'Conjuring' Deal
- Bracewell Appeals For Arbitration In $12M Malpractice Suit
- Faruqi Accuser Says Firm Can't Recover Attys' Fees
- Texas Justices Reinstate Bickel & Brewer's DQ Appeal
- McDermott Fights Stay In Bankrupt Scrapbook Co. Row
- Dewey Execs Aim To Curb Email, Backdating Evidence At Trial
- Judge Bars New Claims In Brown Rudnick Malpractice Row
- Jackson & Tucker Asks Audi Judge To Stand By Atty Criticism
- $6M Colo. Deal Frees Astor Weiss From Pa. Ponzi Class Action
- 5 Insights From Dish General Counsel Stanton Dodge
- Sonix Allegations Against Attys Nixed From IP Suit
- Plaintiffs Accuse Family Dollar Atty Of Lying in FLSA MDL
- CORRECTED: Atty In Galleon Ring Invokes Newman In Bid To Toss Conviction
- Calif. High Court Takes Up LA's Atty DQ Bid Over Tax Docs
- NY Disbars Lawyer Who Wrote 'Go Ahead And Disbar Me'
- Insurer Says Fla. Law Firm Not Covered In Contempt Suit
- Ethics Panel Says Complaints Don't Necessarily Bias Judges
- NJ Town Council's Ethics Charges Against Own Atty Nixed
- Inventor's DQ Bid Says Firm Tied To Her Former Counsel
- 'Good Luck In Hell' Note To Ex-Debevoise Atty Earns Censure
- Hagens Berman Faces Probe Of Thalidomide Client Dismissal
- Conduct Board Nails Philly Judges With Corruption Charges
- Consumers Win Cert. In Pressler & Pressler Collections Suit
- Lewis Brisbois Facing Sanctions In Debt Collection Suit
- OPINION: Beyond The 'Grow Or Die' Law Firm Model
- Fla. Judge Accuses Attys Of Contempt In Disciplinary Case
- Sedgwick Settles MedCap Malpractice Case Over $1B Scheme
- NJ Judge Asks If Attys Filed Sandy Suit Without Telling Client
- Judge Won't Vacate Skadden Fee Order In Radnor Ch. 11
- Davis & Gilbert Asks Appeals Court To Nix Malpractice Case
- Littler Says GC To Blame In OT Advice Malpractice Suit
- NY Says Emails Used To Indict Payday Lenders Not Privileged
- Jones Day Says Sanctions In Abbott Suit Were Biased
- Pa. Judicial Board Won't Discipline Judge Over Hit-And-Run
- Pa. Justices Told Firms Should Face Abuse Of Process Suits
- NY Lawyers Cautioned On Ethical Dangers Of LinkedIn Pages
- Fla. 'Foreclosure King' Hit With $2M Process Service Suit
- Pa. AG Asks High Court To Bury Leak Investigation
- Boies Schiller Can't Nix Bad-Faith Sanction In Antitrust Case
- FTC Says Sysco Atty Can't See Protected Data In Merger Suit
- Judge Reprimanded For Criticizing Jurors On Their Verdict
- Barnes & Thornburg Malpractice Claims Trimmed In $50M Suit
- Holland & Knight Should Be Sanctioned For TM Suit, MPN Says
- Rosenberg & Estis Attys Sanctioned In Law Firm Lease Suit
- Atty Says Ruling For O'Melveny Harms Judicial Integrity
- Akin Gump To Appeal $426K Patent Suit Fraud Row Verdict
- Calif. Judge Accused Of Taking $250K Payment From Old Firm
- DC Circ. Told $1.75M Malpractice Verdict Should Be Covered
- Ferguson Judge Resigns Amid DOJ Reports Of Bias, Abuse
- Law360 Legal Ethics Editorial Advisory Board
- Seyfarth Atty Faces Sanctions Bid In H-2B Expenses Case
- Judge Axes Bid To Smear Pa. Atty's Witness In $1M Fine Row
- 8th Circ. Rethink Sought On Nixed Cy Pres Award In BofA Row
- Suspended Atty Gets 5 Years For Laundering Drug Money
- Law Firm Should Face Tax Credit Malpractice Suit, Judge Told
- BofA Wrongly Pinning Bond Row On Buchanan, Court Told
- A Test For Determining If Attorney-Client Privilege Exists
- Dickstein Can't Rely On Alice In Malpractice Suit: Britannica
- Ex-Skadden Atty Says Plea Talks Coming Over Ponzi Scheme
- Nicholson & Eastin Can't Rep FCA Whistleblowers, Judge Says
- Chadbourne Loses Discovery Bid In Stanford Ponzi Suit
- Belluck & Fox Can't Move Garlock Asbestos Suit To NY
- Pa. Attys Could Face More Suits Over Frivolous Filings
- Hagens Berman Sanctioned For Bad Thalidomide Suits
- Atty Defends Fee Bid In $320M Taylor Bean FCA Row
- ADA Plaintiff Wants 7-11 Attys Split From Witness In Suit
- Fla. Tribe Accused Of Delaying Tactics Over Sanctions
- Firm Can't Dodge Finding It Pushed Employee To Perjure Self
- Milberg Firm Pounds Kookbox's DQ Bid In Surfboard IP Row
- 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of $270K Boies Schiller Sanction
- Dow Jones Sanctions Bid Is Baseless, Edelson Says
- Ex-Tenn. Judge Asks Supreme Court To Nix Drug Conviction
- Investigator Who Worked For Law Firms Admits Hacking Plot
- Buchanan Ducks Malpractice Claims In $53M Loan Default Row
- Judge Won't DQ Sidley Austin From Tuna Antitrust Row
- Stroock Accused Of Mishandling 'Conjuring' Deal In $32M Suit
- Crowell Gets Doctor's $10M Legal Malpractice Suit Tossed
- Law Firm Accused Of Fla. Bar Process, Public Records Abuse
- Watt Tieder Urges End To $52M Malpractice Suit
- Journalists Seek Ex-Federal Judge's Allegedly Racist Emails
- Duane Morris' Negligence Sank Shoe Insert Biz, Suit Says
- Gibson Dunn Partner Admits 'Mistakes' In Djibouti Filings
- Airboat Cos. Slam Sanctions Bid In La. Boat Patent Fight
- Insurer Says Law Firm Hid Ties To Stanford's Ponzi Scheme
- More Law Firms To Face Suits Over Sensitive Client Data
- Suspect In MLB Doping Scandal Moves To DQ Atty
- Prosecutors Trim Bribery Charges Against Ex-Texas Judge
- Pa. High Court Won't Hear Dispute Of Disgraced Atty's Award
- DA Defends Handling Of Dewey Exec's Testimony
- Bharara Denies Tainting Silver Case Through Media Blitz
- Ex-Penn State Execs Get Sandusky Cover-Up Suit Put On Hold
- Firm Slams Ex-Secretary's Bias Appeal As 'Fraud On Court'
- Pa. Justices Deny Judge's Challenge To Board Service Ban
- Wis. Appeals Court Revives Estate Tax Malpractice Suit
- Trinity Tries Again To DQ Judge After $8M Verdict
- Morgan Lewis Wants Philly Papers' Billing Suit In Delaware
- Nonrefundable Retainers OK Under Strict Limits, NY Bar Says
- Public Storage Attys Exit Class Action Following DQ Bid
- Sanction Bid In Steakhouse FACTA Suit Is Baseless, Firm Says
- Law Firm Tensions Mount In Africa — What Does It Mean?
- Atty Says Orrick Got Him Fired After Failed DQ Bid
- Proskauer, Chadbourne Get Stanford Ponzi Suit Trimmed
- 5th Circ. Lifts Fine On 'No Money Down' Bankruptcy Attys
- Judge Ups OneBeacon Liability In Malpractice Insurance Row
- 7-Eleven Attys Can't Rep Third Party, ADA Plaintiff Says
- Volvo Allegedly Smearing Atty In Car-Defect Class Action
- BigLaw Insurer Rating Drop To Prompt Coverage Scrutiny
- Fined Pa. Atty Tried To Stop Barred Testimony, Witness Says
- Rival Of Facebook's Oculus Sanctioned in Trademark Row
- Judge Threatens Sanctions In Interstate Hotels Wage Suit
- Atty Jailed For Contempt In Calif. Police Beating Suit
- Sullivan & Cromwell Denies Witness Coaching In FHFA Suit
- Hiscock & Barclay Can't Escape IP Malpractice Row
- Judge Takes Back Rebuke Of Berger & Montague
- Greenberg Traurig DQ'd For Conflict In Auto Title Loan Row
- Alston & Bird Sued For $3M In Calif. Over 'Shoddy' Tactics
- Texas Judge Accused Of Sexual Harassment
- Atty Ordered Back To School For Harassing Deposition
- Firm Fights DQ, Contempt Orders In Centex Row At 9th Circ.
- Buchanan Fumbled AFL Team Buy, $15M Malpractice Suit Says
- Paul Weiss Rips Med. Co. Liquidator Push For Privileged Docs
- Nelson Brown, Lewis Brisbois Can't End Atty-Laptop Suit
- Suit Over Jacoby & Meyers Litigation Support Costs Trimmed
- NY Appeals Court Rebuffs Ex-Dorsey Atty's Bid To Slip Ban
- Pa. Businessman Pleads Guilty In Judge Corruption Scheme
- Fla. Senate Passes Bill Over Post-Retirement Judgeships
- Blank Rome Can't Kick Morgan Stanley Exec's Ex-Wife's Suit
- CFPB Wins Injunction On Law Firm In Mortgage Scheme Suit
- Fla. JQC Advises Suspension For Judge's Campaign Violations
- Burr & Forman Rips $5M Sanction Bid In Contract Tiff
- Pharmas Fail To Nix Cohen Milstein's Contract With Chicago
- Insurer Wins Atty Fees In DBSI Investor's Bad Faith Suit
- RI High Court Rejects Challenge To Bar Oversight Authority
- Former JAG Atty Protests Naval Suspension To High Court
- Kirkland & Ellis Denies Conflicts In Caesars Retention
- Pa. Justices Scrutinizing Nonprofit Atty Reporting Duties
- Ex-Philly Judge In Ticket Scandal Wants Interim Jail Release
- Client Sues Texas Firm Over Missed $3M Judgment Payout
- Panel Tosses Law Firm's SLAPP Defense To Malpractice Claim
- Ex-Pa. Deputy AG Guilty Of Child Endangerment Disbarred
- Fla. Judge Convicted Of DUI Agrees To 20-Day Suspension
- FinCEN Fines Pa. Bank $1.5M For Bank Secrecy Act Violation
- Judge's Attempt To Skirt State Age Limit Faces High Hurdle
- Class Counsel Say Tesla's Sanctions Bid Is 'Retaliation'
- Cooley Attys Scoff At DQ Bid In Patent Suit