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Legal Ethics - May, 2016
316 articles
- Fox Horan Hit With Suit Over $800M Divorce
- Chiquita Blasts Law Firm's Bid To Split From Colombia Suit
- Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
- Ex-Dewey Exec Wants Slew Of Evidence Barred From 2nd Trial
- Ala. Chief Justice Says His Suspension Is Unconstitutional
- Mich. Judge Suspended For Tossing Charges Without Hearings
- How To Deal When Your Opposing Counsel Is A Jerk
- Racketeering Suit Tied To Trump Hotels May Be Fully Unsealed
- Philly DA Spurns Sanctions Over Building Collapse Docs
- Wandering, Snacking Judge Made Trial Unfair: La. High Court
- Mass. Justices Revive Ex-Mintz Levin Atty's Sex Bias Suit
- Judge Offers To Do Quinn Emanuel Atty's Job In Cozen Row
- Pa. Justices Told To Bar Suspended Attys From Benefit Cases
- Panama Papers Firm Shutters 3 Offshore Tax Haven Offices
- Firms Dodge Pa. Malpractice Suit Over Axed RICO Claim
- Former Miccosukee Attys Reject Ex-GC's Claims Of Collusion
- Acquitted Atty Fights For Do-Over In Gawker Defamation Suit
- No Discovery, No Recovery In Nutmeg Investor Row: Receiver
- Prison Phone Co. Accused Of Recording Atty-Client Calls
- Facebook Post Earns Atty A DQ Bid In Cruise Injury Suit
- Freedom Watch Head Loses Defamation Suit In 11th Circ.
- Calif. Utility Wins Some Docs In San Bruno Explosion Case
- Gibson Dunn DQ Shows Danger Of Handling Privileged Emails
- Insurer Sues Atty In Pa. Court Over Unauthorized Settlement
- Recruiter Not Owed For NFL Star's $40M Deal, Court Told
- Ex-CEO Mounts Last Charge Over Skadden Bankruptcy Fees
- Dickinson Wright Slams Malpractice Claims In Casino Row
- Bankruptcy Atty Needn't Report Sanctions, 9th Circ. Says
- Obermayer Wants Ex-Associate's Bonus Bilking Suit Arbitrated
- Saudi Court Calls Clifford Chance License Into Question
- Behind The Curtain: Technical Advisers In Complex Cases
- Texas High Court Revives Investor's Suit Against DLA Piper
- Scared Attys Led To Default Judgment, 7th. Circ Told
- Texas Atty Can't Duck Claims In $8M BP Spill Contract Suit
- Dewey's DiCarmine Taps Seward & Kissel, Drops Pro Se Plans
- Thiel's Gawker Crusade Belies Business Of Litigation Funding
- DOJ Unsure Which Attys Are Allowed In TX Immigration Case
- Fraud Suit Off-Base, Kluger Peretz Attys Tell 11th Circ.
- Ex-Becker & Poliakoff Atty Charged With Money Laundering
- AG Kane Refiles Vindictive Prosecution Motion
- Atty In Sex Fees Row Says Treasonous Judge 'Targeting' Him
- Fox Rothschild, Not Attys, Takes $25K Sanctions In IP Suit
- Philly Atty Can't Blame Cos. For Mob Case Prosecution
- Philly Judge Cops To Lying To Feds In Case-Fixing Scheme
- The Alan West Story: Why An Innocent Man Pled Guilty
- Buchanan Accused Of Distracting Court In Team Buy Fight
- How To Prepare Your Employees For Litigation Discovery
- 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
- Gibson Dunn DQ'd As McDermott Rep In Malpractice Row
- PG&E Says Gov't Lied To San Bruno Explosion Grand Jury
- Mass. Atty In Porn Cos.' IP Fight Dodges Sanctions
- 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling 'Shaming' Bankrupt Atty
- IP Atty Says Ex-Partner Stole Trade Secrets In Firm Split
- Product Liability Atty Who Hid Client's Death Disciplined
- NJ Attys Didn't Get Client OK For Fee Sharing, Panel Says
- 11th Circ. Denies Rehearing Bid In Fla. Bar Denial Suit
- Munger Can't Slip Malpractice Suit With 1-Day Deadline Miss
- Feds Charge NY Atty With Fraud Over Forged Lease
- NY Judge Reprimanded For Giving Town Atty Judicial Power
- Fla. Firm Says Ex-Client's Bankruptcy Bills Suit Is Skimpy
- Leading Qs Not Enough To Nix Re-Entry Conviction: 9th Circ.
- Atty Who Pulled Stun Gun In Depo Found Guilty Of Contempt
- Holland & Knight Can't Pin Mistakes On Client, Court Told
- Steptoe Beats $129M Legal Malpractice Suit Midtrial
- NML Seeks Sanctions For Mossack In Argentina Bond Suit
- Schiff Hardin, Atty Dodge Malpractice Suit Over Arena Deal
- Quarles & Brady See No Claims Left In Tire Investor Row
- Ex-Houston Atty Who Swiped $2M From Client Gets 15 Years
- 3rd Circ. Axes Appeal In NJ County Atty Malpractice Complaint
- Fla. Gov. Defends Appointment Power In Judicial Challenges
- Ex-Vanguard Atty Can't Argue Wrongful Termination Again
- Faegre Ordered To Return Fraudulent Deepwater Claim Money
- Tenn. Judge Admonished For 'Sneaky Snake' Comment
- Green Lights Ahead For Medical Pot Legal Work In Pa.
- Winston & Strawn Rips Jurisdictional Claim In Negligence Suit
- Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
- Judge Going To Facebook Recuses Self In Google Email Suit
- Criminal Defense Atty To Replace Fla. Judge Arrested For DUI
- Nuns' Atty Facing Contempt In $14M Katy Perry Convent Row
- Disbarred Ga. Atty Reinstated But Must Pass Bar Again
- Philly DA Dinged For Ignoring Building Collapse Record Order
- Cochran Firm Disqualified In TM Dispute Over Firm Name
- Reger Rizzo Partner Accused Of Helping Steal From Client
- Goodyear, Fennemore Atty Sanction Punitive, Justices Told
- Ex-Client Says Texas Law Firm Can't Shake Malpractice Claims
- Gov't Says Reversal Doesn't Justify Recusal In Superfund Suit
- Mintz Levin Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In $100M Bond Suit
- Jailed Stock Scheme Atty Says Gov't Misconduct Tainted Case
- NJ Bar Group Backs Review Of NY In-State Office Rule
- Foreclosure Firm Parent Argues To Dismiss Chancery Suit
- Ex-Private Eye Avoids Prison For Bribing NYPD Cop
- 'Bully' Atty Wants New Judge In Suit Over Calif. Disbarment
- Britannica Asks DC Circ. To Revive Dickstein Malpractice Row
- Ga. Law Firm Sued For Infringing 'Trusted Counsel' Trademark
- Ex-Texas Atty Gets 10 Years For Soliciting Murder Of Witness
- NJ High Court Bars Drunk-Driving Judge From DUI Cases
- Ex-Gilead Recruiter's Atty Defends Use Of Settlement Details
- NJ High Court Won't Hear Orloff Lowenbach Malpractice Row
- Judge Admonished For Taking Free Legal Help in Divorce
- CORRECTED: PNC Bank Sues Ill. Atty For Hiding Assets From Creditors
- 5 Times Judges Wound Up On The Wrong Side Of The Law
- OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
- Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
- Fla. Tribe Pays $4M For Fraud Suits Against Ex-Attys, Leaders
- Texas Judge In Immigration Row Orders Ethics Class For DOJ
- Baiul's Atty Sanctioned Over 'Frivolous' NBC Suit
- 2nd Circ. Halts Wachtell Malpractice Row During NY Appeal
- Winston & Strawn Takes Aim At NY Malpractice Suit On Appeal
- Stevens & Lee Insurer Says Bad-Faith Claims Belied By Facts
- Law Grad's Good Works Save Bid To Join Bar, Wis. Court Says
- Sedgwick, Buchalter Can't Nix Utility 'Slush Fund' FCA Suit
- Motel Says Atty 'Broke All The Rules In The Book' In ADA Suit
- Houston Atty Wants Part Of $56M A&M Wrongful Death Award
- Onetime Skadden Lawyer Gets 5 Years For Ripping Off Friends
- Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
- The Back-End Of E-Discovery
- Dvorin And Prosecutorial Vindictiveness: A Hard Row To Hoe
- Judge Posner Slams Courts' Use Of 'Stale, Opaque' Jargon
- Marathon Aims To DQ Boies Schiller From AG's Antitrust Suit
- Facebook Denied Another Shot At DLA Piper, Milberg Suit
- Egyptian Bros. Seek Atty Sanctions For Refiled 'Ambush' Depo
- Atty In King & Spalding Condo Suit Can't Shake Sanctions
- Students Want Judge With Facebook Gig Off Google Case
- Man Blames Atty's Failures For Conviction In $127M Fraud
- NJ High Court Panel Posts Atty Ad Rules Warning
- Ariz. Bar Says 9th Circ. Can't Order Stay Of Atty's Disbarment
- Calif. Bar Floats Tougher Chief Trial Atty Recusal Rules
- NJ Judge Reprimanded Over Remarks To Prosecutors, Witness
- Gordon & Rees DQ Hearing Is Unnecessary, Toys R Us Says
- Fla. Securities Atty Gets 2.5 Years For Tax Evasion Scheme
- Ohio Justices Say Parts Of Legal Invoices Not Public Record
- Sheldon Silver's Sentence On Hold For McDonnell Ruling
- Utah High Court Affirms USA Power's $115M Trade Secrets Win
- Ex-Clausen Atty Gets Stranded-In-China Suit Remanded
- 7 Ex-Calif. City Officials Charged In $43M Corruption Case
- Pa. Judge Suspended Over Charges Of Stealing $115K
- Texas Atty Looks To Bar Conviction Docs In $32M Fraud Case
- O'Quinn Law Firm Avoids Magistrate Who Testified Against It
- HP Slams Ex-Workers' Claim That Atty Puffed Up Work History
- Investors, Counsel Face Sanctions Bid In Coal Mining Row
- Husch Blackwell Slams DQ Bid As Scare Tactic
- Workers Say Atty Should Be DQ'd For Deportation Threats
- Sheppard Didn't Lie To Court In Delivery Suit, Safeway Says
- Judge Won't Kick Kane Charges Over Vindictive Prosecution
- Disbarred Atty Jailed For Failing to Pay Up In ERISA Order
- OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
- Estate Lawyer Stole $1.5M From Clients, NJ AG Says
- LA County Says Atty Tricked Doc Into Testifying In Jail Row
- Attys Sanctioned For Disrupting Depos In Breg False Ad Row
- Calif. Atty Found Guilty In $3M Ticket Broker Stock Fraud
- Sacramento Judge Abused Authority, Commission Finds
- High Court Ruling On Debt Collectors Could Spur CFPB Action
- Cuneo Gilbert Says Fired Atty Sent Threatening Email
- Justices Leave Atty Complaints To Bar, Nixing Man's Appeal
- NY Attorney Sent To Prison For $800K Client Funds Heist
- 7th Circ. Affirms Insurer Win In Karlin Fleisher Wage Row
- Becker & Poliakoff Faces Malpractice Suit Over Mall Project
- Buchanan Says Accountant Can't Escape AFL Team Buy Fight
- GCs Rally Behind Call To Rethink NY Nonresident Atty Law
- Greenberg Traurig Slams Bankruptcy Estate's $2M Clawback
- Freeh Report Asserts 'Facts,' Ex-Penn State President Says
- Palmer Reifler Had Duty To Defend Sephora In Shoplifter Suit
- Justices Rule Private Debt Attys Can Act As State Officers
- Convicted NY Pol Sheldon Silver Suspended By High Court
- The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
- The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
- White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
- US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
- The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
- Ex-NY Pols' Graft Appeals May Depend On McDonnell Case
- 'Aggressive' Bankruptcy Trustee Can't Escape Suspension
- NJ's Pashman Stein, Walder Hayden Merge
- NJ Appeals Court Orders Mistrial Over Atty's Role As Witness
- O'Quinn Wants Magistrate DQ'd In Texas Malpractice Suit
- Texas Attys Hit With SEC Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
- Hospital Loses DQ Bid In Arbitration Row Over Witness Pay
- Texas Justices Won't Revive Malpractice Claims In Crash Row
- 10th Circ. To Review Ex-DC Chief Judge's Disciplinary Case
- Pa. Woman Settles Phony Immigration Practice Claims
- Troutman Slams DQ Bid In Battle Over $117M Building Project
- Ex-Nelson Mullins Partner Gets Probation For Flight Fiasco
- Proskauer Fires Back At Steelworkers' 'Sideshow' DQ Motion
- Geragos Seeks Atty Ouster Over 'Collusive' $100M Uber Deal
- Ex-Skadden Atty Deserves 4-5 Years For Ponzi Scam, US Says
- NJ Law Firm Securities Head Accused In SEC Shell Co. Row
- Proskauer DQ Sought In Steelworkers' $86M Pension Row
- Sullivan Denies Link To Doc Destruction In Aluminum MDL
- Limit To Ky. Judges' Political Speech Ruled Unconstitutional
- NJ Advances Bill Protecting Jurors From Gender ID Bias
- Calif. State Bar Audit Targets Budget Management, Salaries
- Judge Slams Time-Wasting 'Personal Attacks' In Visa Case
- Proskauer Wants Lion's Share Of Stanford Ponzi Suit Axed
- Chesapeake Lease Row Attys Shed Sanctions At 6th Circ.
- Ex-Sandusky Atty Pleads Guilty To Stealing Client Funds
- 'Housewives' Star Says Malpractice Suit Isn't A Ch. 7 Asset
- Texas AG Blasts 'Volunteer' Grand Jury In Investor Fraud Row
- Pa. Judge Charged For Stealing Court, Fire Funds
- Atty, Objector Seek To Dodge Sanctions In MLB Antitrust Suit
- How New Attorneys Can Turn 'Benchslaps To Backslaps'
- Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
- Discipline Sought For Fla. Judge's Improper Email, Outbursts
- S&W Drops Claims Dickstein Breached NYC Office Sublease
- 9th Circ. Overturns, Nixes Judge From Kaplan Fees Fight
- Denial of Disbarred Atty's Fee Needs Explanation, Court Says
- Law Firm Staffer Blasts Sanctions Bid In Email Hack Row
- Panama Papers Firm Doubles Down On Legal Action Threat
- Trump Campaign Atty Lied About Tax Filings: Ill. Ethics Board
- Fla. Tribe Ends Appeal Of Order To Pay $1M In Sanctions
- Judge Eviscerates Pa. DA's Suit Alleging Smear Campaign
- What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
- Atty In Tom's 'Natural' Labeling Suit Might Escape Sanctions
- BakerHostetler Bid To Dump Atty Client's Fraud Claim Paused
- ALPS Says Atty Not Covered For Bruce Lee Movie Deal Suit
- Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Gets Time Served For Murder Threat
- Furniture Manufacturers Want FCA, Antitrust Claims Tossed
- Greenberg Tentatively Gets Experts Cut From Doc Forgery Suit
- High Court Urged To Take Immigration Malpractice Dispute
- Investors Fight To Revive $610M Culligan Buyout Claims
- Pa. AG Says Lack Of Like Cases Proves Vindictive Prosecution
- Seyfarth's Wells Fargo Filing 'Incomprehensible,' Judge Says
- Ex-Amtrak GC Merits Reprimand For Backdating, Panel Says
- Atty, Others Kept In $4B Gas Startup's Suit Over Share Deal
- Akin Gump Says Prior Deal With Atty Blocks Her Suit
- Stoel Rives Helped Prop Up $17M Ponzi Scheme, Investors Say
- Watt Tieder Can't Duck $52M Malpractice Row, 2nd Circ. Told
- Receiver Rips Winston's Tactics In $107M Malpractice Row
- Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty, Rendell Aide Cops To Wire Fraud
- Staffers Slam Fla. Firm's Sanctions Bid In Email Hacking Row
- Loeb OK'd To Drop Client Suing Ex-IP Atty Over Secrets
- Calif. Firm Loses Sanctions Bid In EB-5 Row With Ex-Client
- Ex-Adelson Partners Stole Trade Secrets For New Firm: Suit
- Atty For Ala.'s Top Judge Vows To Fight Ethics Charges
- Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Should Pay $3.1M For Fraud, Gov't Says
- Panama Papers Data Dump Includes BigLaw Intermediaries
- Texas Attys Lose Bid To Toss $8M BP Spill Contract Suit
- Gov't Seeks 5 Years Probation For Atty After Flight Incident
- Obermayer Bilked Associates Out Of Bonuses, Suit Claims
- 3 Recent Rulings On Client Conflicts You Should Know
- Bharara To Appeal Level Global Raid Ruling To 2nd Circ.
- Gilead Says Secret Info Being Used By Atty In Harassment Suit
- Dewey's DiCarmine Charts Dangerous Course In Pro Se Bid
- Law Firm Beats Claim That Debt Collection Suit Caused Stroke
- 3 Fla. Judicial Hopefuls Challenge Cancellation Of Elections
- Stanford Ponzi Investors End Suit Against Firm's Ex-GC
- Texas County Judge Sentenced To 3 Days In Jail For DWI
- Seward & Kissel's Advice Got Financier In Hot Water, Suit Says
- Houston Atty Escapes Sanctions Over Frivolous RICO Suit
- Election Attack Ads Impact Judges' Rulings, Study Finds
- Texas Justices Refuse To Review Atty Hospital Fraud Row
- Atty Asks 11th Circ. To Reconsider Suit Over Fla. Bar Denial
- Conflict Bars Dechert From Representing Shlosberg Creditor
- 5th Circ. Won't Revive Signal Claims In Human Trafficking Suit
- A Lesson In Defending Legal Malpractice Claims
- The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
- Skadden Fees Under Scrutiny In SunEdison Bankruptcy
- Nomura Tells 2nd Circ. $806M FHFA Case Needs New Judge
- 3 Ethical Traps Awaiting The Devious Lawyer
- Dewey's DiCarmine Wants To Represent Himself At Retrial
- Playing Nice Doesn't Pay Off For GCs
- Texas Chemical Co. Says Atty Caused Its $2M Devaluation
- 9th Circ. Urged To Rethink Tossing Calif. Bar Rules Fight
- Atty Group In 9/11 MDL Making Premature Fee Bid, Court Told
- Prosecutor Fraud Behind $122M Wildfire Deal, 9th Circ. Told
- Sandusky Wins Hearing To Prove Missteps In Sex Abuse Case
- Tire Cos. Wants New Judge After 8th Circ. Partial Reversal
- Pa. Justice Recusals Renew Questions Over Judicial Elections
- NJ Atty Gets Prison For Doctoring Asbestos Complaints
- 'Ice And Dice' Threats Obliged US Atty Recusal, 11th Circ. Says
- NJ Court Upholds Atty DQ For Flouting Discovery Order
- Don't 'Poke' The Bear: Using Social Media To Investigate
- 1st Circ. Panel Says Judge Properly Cleared Of Bias Claim
- Home Lender Wants OT Suit Axed For 'Deceptive' Atty Conduct
- Edelson Targets Chicago Law Firm Over Lax Data Security
- $1.4B Arbitration Windfall A Beacon For Private Funders
- Dow Jones Asks 2nd Circ. To Uphold Sanctions In Fraud Row
- 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
- 5th Circ. Upholds Atty's Suspension Over Recusal Bid
- Mostyn Firm Duels With Property Damage Biz Over Bills
- Stroock Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Soured Loan Deal
- Seyfarth, PwC, Others Promoted Illegal Tax Shelter, Suit Says
- Boston IP Firm Settles With GPNE In $100M Malpractice Suit
- 'Abusive' NY Judge Suspended While Court Mulls Removal
- Atty Can't Dodge Sanctions For Racketeering Suit, Judge Told
- McDermott Sued For Negligence By Shopping Center Financier
- Consultant Wants New Pa. Rule On Fee-Sharing With Firms
- Texas AG Faces Rebooted Ethics Dispute At State Bar
- Macy's Labeling Class Leader Can Back Out To Save Counsel
- What Is Your Squirm Factor?
- Corinthian Workers Tell 9th Circ. Quota Docs Save FCA Suit
- Law Firm Loses Sanctions Bid In Jet Co. Contract Suit
- Maine High Court Hits Atty With Long List Of Practice Orders
- Ex-Willkie Atty Wants Cellphone Evidence Axed Before Trial
- NJ Atty Can't Dodge $50K In Sanctions For Frivolous Claims
- Philly Firm Sues Insurer Over Ex-Atty's Criminal Defense
- KaloBios Investor Settlement Hints At Kaye Scholer Suit
- Ex-Kaye Scholer Worker Seeks To Compel Firm's Documents
- Calif. Appeals Court Tosses Libel Suit Against Law Firm
- Pa. AG Kane Wasn't Singled Out For Prosecution, DA Says
- Ind. Litigation Funding Law May Serve As National Model
- Sheldon Silver Gets 12 Years For Corruption
- BP Drops Deepwater Spill Fund Payment Fight
- Gordon & Rees Fights Against DQ Bid In Toys R Us Patent Row
- Former NYC Atty, 2 Others Charged In $5M Escrow Heist
- 9th Circ. Lifts Sanctions On Atty Who Sued Ch. 11 Trustee
- Ex-Ohio Prosecutor's Candidate Suspended After Conviction
- Court Affirms Injury Suit's Dismissal Over Misbehaving Atty
- Nixed Penn State Appeals Stoke Criticism Of Kane's AG Role
- Greenberg Traurig Sued Over $2M In Pay From Bankrupt Firm
- Texas Pol's Law License Suspended During Criminal Appeal
- Chadbourne Can't Evade Sanctions In Award Row, Court Told
- NJ High Court Disbars Atty For Taking Client Funds
- Judge Slams 'Outrageous' Delay In Settlement Malpractice Row
- High Court Won't Review $6M Win For Allstate In RICO Case
- Buchanan Can't Shift Blame In AFL Team Buy Fight, Court Told
- Stinson Atty, Others Fouled $200M AT&T Unit Deal, Suit Says
- Calif. Panel Backs Roscoe's Chicken Malpractice Arbitration