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Legal Ethics - June, 2016
333 articles
- Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty Can't Get Docs In $30M Firing Row
- Apache Wants Atty 'Expert' Booted From $44M Contract Suit
- Girardi Keese Could Get Costs In Nixed Excessive Fee Row
- Calif. Bar Unveils 1st Major Conduct Rules Revamp Since 1987
- Political Operative Charged With Bribing Former NY Judge
- Judge In Houston Law School Name Dispute Recuses Himself
- Pa. Atty Suspended 5 Years For Abusing Judicial System
- Goetz Fitzpatrick Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Biz Spat
- Attys Want Out Of SEC Fraud Suit Against 'Stalker' CEO
- Google Renews Sanctions Bid For Oracle Atty In Java IP Suit
- NY Should Unify Standards For Atty Fees Against State Agency
- NY State Judge Pleads Guilty To Taking Bribe
- 'Patent Troll' Lawyers Broke Deal, Litigation Funder Says
- Texas Atty Can't Duck $1.1M Malpractice Row In Illinois
- Time Warner Worker Again Fails To Salvage Wages Suit
- NY Bars Use Of Malpractice Settlement In CMBS Row: Dexia
- Lawyer Shouting Match Erupts At Ex-AXA Broker's $20M Trial
- DLA Piper Attys Lied Under Oath About Witness Calls: Judge
- Pomerantz, Client, Fee Request Booted From 'Botched' Case
- Ex-Fla. Judge Loses Attys' Fees Appeal For 'Sham Pleading'
- Goodyear, Fennemore Atty Can't Ditch Sanctions, Justices Told
- Attys Liable In $8M Antonelli Malpractice Row, Tech Co. Says
- Texas Court Won't Revive $12M Akin Gump Tax Shelter Suit
- Texas Atty Insists 'Sapo' Wasn't Meant As Slur In ADA Suit
- How To Manage Your Law School Debt After Graduation
- Pa. Atty Defends Filing 'Fanciful, Farfetched' FCRA Suits
- Porn Company Says Fla. Law Firm Breached Fiduciary Duty
- $50M Malpractice Suit Against Blecher Collins Beefed Up
- NJ Atty Seeks Murder Plot Retrial, Says Gov't Witnesses Lied
- No Sanctions For Johnson Controls In Chem Suit, Court Rules
- Barnes Atty's Sanction Move Baseless, Nutmeg Investors Say
- How To Become The Firm Every GC Wants To Hire
- Calif. Judge's Gender Discrimination Firing Suit Nixed
- The 24 Firms GCs Love The Most
- Disbarred Atty Gets More Than 3 Years In Fraud Scheme
- Atty In BP Fraud Case Can't Use Trial Delay To Dodge Charges
- Sheppard Knocks $3.8M Fee Forfeit In Calif. High Court
- Texas Firm Says Silica Malpractice Suit Is Too Late
- Sears, Whirlpool Slam $15M Fee Bid In Dishwasher Defect Row
- Broker Admits Role In Fake $200M Market Cap Scheme
- The Firms That Won Big At the Supreme Court
- The Top Supreme Court Dissents Of The Term
- The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
- The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
- Hueston Hennigan DQ Order Stands In Kickback Fraud Suit
- A Divided Court Finds New Ways To Be Unanimous
- Fla. Tribe Fights Ex-GC's Bid To DQ Firm In Sanction Row
- 8 Wasn't Enough For Lawyers Seeking High Court Clarity
- Indicted Ex-Willkie, Hunton Atty Says Phone Seized Illegally
- Pa. Appeals Court Won't Disturb 'Killer Nurse' Row Ruling
- Disbarred OJ Atty Hits Bankruptcy With $5.1M In Tax Debt
- Atty Quits Manziel Domestic Violence Case After Text Misfire
- Judge Removes Self From Prepa Kickback Suit
- Oaktree Capital Atty Arrested Over UAE Criminal Charges
- Calif. Bar Facing Another Retaliation Suit Over Alleged Backlog
- Atty In BP Fraud Case Wants Charges Axed Over Trial Delay
- Ex-NY Real Estate Atty Gets 4-Plus Years For $4.5M Theft
- The Cloud And Ethical Considerations For Lawyers
- Proskauer's $20M Malpractice Win Nixed In Appeals Court
- High Court Won't Hear Punished Atty's Fairness Appeal
- Greenberg Traurig Wants Own Experts In Hard Rock Hotel Row
- Mayer Brown Escapes Class Action Over $1.5B GM Loan
- Suspended NY Atty Sued Over Actions In Real Estate Row
- Stoel Rives Says Tri-Med Ponzi Row Must Stay Federal
- Texas IP Firm Accused Of Stealing Client's Invention
- Casino Builders Say Dickinson Wright Gave Bad Advice
- Texas AG Reaches Deal With Disbarred Immigration Atty
- Texas High Court Backs Atty Disbarment In Mineral Lease Suit
- Chrysler Demands Solicitation Docs In Drivers' Steering Action
- ETE Cleared To Ditch $38B Williams Deal In Win For Latham
- Genova Burns' Settlement With NJ Water Agency Hits Snag
- Pa. Bill Would Set Districts For State Judge Elections
- Attys Off Hook For Malpractice Because Texas Judge Erred
- Boies Schiller Beats Ex-Model's Malpractice Suit On Appeal
- Proskauer Says Investor Group Can't Sue Over Stanford Scam
- Mine Investors Seeking $6M Award Owe For Flubbed Depo
- How Lawyers Can Harness The Power Of Social Media
- Young Conaway Seeks Sanctions In Bogus Treasure Scheme
- Fla. Judge Loses Patience With Attys In Contract Spat
- Suit Over Missed Arbitration Clause Tossed As Time-Barred
- Age Bias Led To Norris McLaughlin Asst.'s Firing, Jury Told
- Losing Atty Fights $195K in Fees In Jay Z Copyright Suit
- 11th Circ. Remands Greenspoon's Atty Fee Sanction Award
- Fox Rothschild Attys Accused Of Meritless Litigation
- 1st Circ. Won't Rehear Golfing Atty's Insider Trading Case
- Aletheia Trustee Says Gibson Can't Represent O'Melveny
- $8M Patent Malpractice Award Just Partly Covered, Judge Says
- Ex-Fla. Atty Gets 6 Months For Embezzling Funds As Trustee
- Pa. Justices Say Dilworth Can't Dodge Frivolous Suit Claim
- Firm Partner Safe From Malpractice Suit, NJ Justices Say
- Ex-Reed Smith Atty Rebuts DQ Attempt In Copyright Case
- Florida Courts Step Up To Address Public Records Abuse
- Law Firms Must Advise Clients About Available Insurance
- From The Partner's Desk: Tips For Recent Law Grads
- 'Serial Objector' Atty Faces DQ Bid In Sears Defect Deal
- Texas Judge Suspended After Indictment Over Contract Award
- Calif. Court Halts Gibson Dunn's DQ In Malpractice Case
- Altaire Can't Dodge Claim GC Lied In Eye-Drop Supply Deal
- Napoli Files $132M Suit Against Ex-GC Over Sex Bias Suit
- Ohio High Court Slams Judge's Overreach In Fen-Phen Case
- Miami Loses Appeals On Bid To Halt Boat Show Suit
- Jones Day Accused Of Gender, Pregnancy Discrimination
- How Legal Malpractice Lawyers Can Win Business
- Sandusky Seeks Grand Jury Judge's Testimony In Relief Bid
- Atty Says He Needn't Split Fee In $54M Wrongful Death Case
- Holland & Knight Says It's Not To Blame For Client's Fraud
- 'Taking My Talents To South Beach': Law Firm Version
- Ex-Akin Gump Atty Gets More Limits On Contact In Bias Row
- Variant Wants Probe Of Ex-Counsel For Alleged Malpractice
- Latham's Good Faith Pivotal In Williams-ETE Merger Trial
- Sports Manager Says Claims Over NFL Star Deal Can't Stick
- Jury Hears Wiretaps Of Fla. Atty In Bogus Securities Sting
- Orrick Denied Legal Fees But Wins Sanctions In Firing Suit
- Norris McLaughlin Accused Of Smear Tactic In Age Bias Row
- Judge Blasts Atty Over 'Fanciful, Farfetched' FCRA Suit
- NJ Justices Won't Shake Defunct Firm's Malpractice Defeat
- DC Atty Faces Disbarment After Not Even Doing 'The Basics'
- 2nd Circ. Denies Harvey Newkirk's Motion For Bail
- Atty Denied Fair Shake In Hasty Suspension, Conn. Panel Says
- Locke Lord Denies Conflict In Swiss Army Trademark Case
- Kane Loses Vindictive Prosecution Bid To Ax Criminal Charges
- Your 401(k) Plan: A Ticking Time Bomb Of Liability?
- DLA Piper, Kasowitz Fight DQ Bids In Dustup Over IAC Rights
- Pa. Justices Revive Foreclosure Fee Suits Against Law Firms
- Law Firm Dodges Class Claims In Immigrants' Fraud Suit
- Firms Must Plant Roots In These Cities To Compete Globally
- 4 Firms Lead The Pack In Global Expansion
- Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2016
- Ex-Acclarent Execs Slam Gov't's Tactics At Fraud Trial
- Judge's Marriage Ads Crossed Line, Iowa High Court Says
- Disbarred Atty Avoids Jail For Charges He Spent Client Funds
- FBI Fights Bid To Suppress Wiretaps In Bid-Rigging Case
- Condo Buyers Fight To Keep Greenberg Traurig Out Of Action
- Former Exec Fights Dismissal Of RICO Suit With Trump Ties
- Fired Calif. Bar Exec Gets Green Light On Retaliation Claims
- Does 3rd-Party Funding Complement The Arbitral Process?
- Perception Of Judicial Bias Wins Immigrant Convict New Trial
- Proskauer Says Stanford Investor Attys Can't Redo Suit
- Supreme Court Won't Hear Immigrant Atty Advice Appeal
- High Court Won't Revive $10B Philip Morris Judgment
- Attorneys' Fees Disputed In Heated Calif. Visa Fraud Case
- Atty Asks 5th Circ. To Rethink DQ From BP Claims Program
- Ex-Fla. Atty Who Embezzled Funds As Trustee Seeks Probation
- Judge Poised To Toss Jailed Lawyer's Suit Against Ex-Firm
- SEC Bans Texas Atty After $1.7M Securities Fraud Judgment
- Ex-EPA Official Allowed To Testify In 'War On Coal' Suit
- Scared Attys No Excuse For Default Judgment, 7th Circ. Rules
- Pa. Judge Faces Disciplinary Charges Over Sexual Misconduct
- Real Estate Atty Disbarred For Spending Client Funds On Self
- 'Bully' Atty's 2nd Bid To DQ Judge 'Improper,' 'Meritless'
- Baby Products Co. Alleges 'Web Of Lies' In $10M Shiboleth Suit
- Fla. Judge Divides Sanctions Bond Between Tribe, Ex-GC
- Pa. Justices To Mull Legality Of Frivolous Lawsuit Claims
- NJ Judge Suspended After Helping Family File Criminal Case
- Atty Must Pay For Stolen Fen-Phen Funds: Ky. High Court
- Nixed $1M Sanction Sends Pa. Judges Due Process Warning
- Fla. Judge Accepts Reprimand For Improper Email, Outbursts
- NY Atty Gets 16 Months For Faking Judge's Signature
- Callister Nebeker Floats Deal To End $11.5M Tax Penalty Suit
- DLA Piper Partner Fined Over Sexist Emails To Soccer Chief
- CVS Says Worker Must Pay For Skipped Deposition
- Texas Atty Accused In Ponzi Scheme Loses Dismissal Bid
- Greenberg Says Atty Immunity Must Halt Stanford Ponzi Suit
- Texas AG Wants Appeals Court To Rethink Securities Case
- Pa. Reporters Must Hand Over Notes To Judge In Libel Case
- Texas Firm Dodges Malpractice Claims In Messy Biz Divorce
- Pa. AG's Bid To Nix Criminal Charges Tossed As Premature
- Attys Fight Sanctions In USAA Class Settlement Suit
- Legal Malpractice Claims Needed Expert Opinion, Court Says
- Attys Missed Criminal History Of Medicaid Fraudster, Suit Says
- Utah High Court Reverses Disbarment Of Belligerent Atty
- O'Quinn Firm Gets Malpractice Fight Sent To Arbitration
- California DA Pulls Stanford Sex Trial Judge From New Case
- 9th Circ. Revives Widow's Rheingold Valet Malpractice Suit
- Skadden Blasts $30M Malpractice Suit Over Alleged Conflicts
- Yurko Rightly Booted From Bryan Case, Mass. Court Says
- Atty's 'Unprecedented' $1M Sanction Scrapped By Pa. Court
- Ex-Sandusky Atty Cops To Tax Evasion Charges In Pa.
- Wells, Paul Weiss Get Ex-NFL Coach's Defamation Suit Paused
- For M&A Attys, A Warning On Inadvertent Disclosure
- Mich. High Court Sends Miller Canfield Row To Arbitration
- 2nd Circ. Stalls Knife Trademark Appeal Over Firm DQ Bid
- Mitchell Silberberg Can Arbitrate $1.3M Bergstein Fee Row
- SEC Urges 2nd Circ. To Back Ruling On Atty's Ponzi Scheme
- Ohio Atty Suspended After Sexting With Client
- Ex-Adelson Partners Blast Trade Secrets Suit
- Cowen Wants Firm DQ'd In Oil Trade Publisher Copyright Fight
- Jailed Stock Scheme Atty Seeks Indictment Dismissal
- Ex-Employee Says Firm Had No Losses From Alleged Hacking
- Pa. High Court To Rule On Terminated Atty Contingency Fees
- Ohio Atty Suspended After Failing To Aid Discipline Probe
- 2nd Circ. Raps 'Dirty Lawyers' Quip But Won't Toss Judge
- Ute Tribe Says State Judge Can't Oversee Row With Ex-Worker
- Doctor Says Attys' Neglect Led To Arrest, Deportation
- Lloyd's Sued Over Ex-Dickstein Atty's $64M Malpractice Loss
- 6 Factors Every Law Firm's Gender Diversity Initiative Needs
- Genova Burns Settles With Defunct NJ Water Agency For $1M
- Heller Ehrman Tells 9th Circ. Ex-Attys Can't Keep Profits
- Ex-Grant Thornton Atty Wants ERISA Suit Reinstated
- Ex-Social Security Chief ALJ Cops To Retaliation Scheme
- In-House Attys Feeling Ethics Pressure, Report Says
- Ex-Akin Gump Atty Barred From Contact In $17.6M Bias Row
- EB-5 Center Manager Fined $1M For Paying Immigration Attys
- Legal Interns With Clerkships May Create Conflicts, Ohio Says
- Texas DA Hit With Ouster Suit After State Bar Suspension
- Pa. AG Kane Fights Special Agent's Retaliation Claims
- Furniture Makers' Bid For Whistleblower Sanctions Tossed
- Sidley, Deloitte Look To Duck $350M Ponzi Scheme Suit
- Goodyear Atty Tells High Court $2.7M Sanction Overreached
- A Wrestler, A Billionaire And Revenge Level New Media Titan
- Ex-Staffers Want Out Of Fla. Law Firm's Email Break-In Suit
- Atty Contempt Hearing Set Over ID Of Trump-Linked Cooperator
- Dickstein Beats Back Britannica's IP Malpractice Claims
- NY Judge Censured For Talking To Judge In Personal Case
- Wrigley Rooftop Owner Wants Emails Barred In Tax Case
- Winston & Strawn Tries To Bundle Secretary's Bias Cases
- NJ Atty Who Flouted Ohio Fed. Judge's Order Faces Arrest
- Ex-Miss. Judge Admonished For Partisan Social Media Post
- Girardi Keese Beats Settlement-Skimming Suit As Time-Barred
- Time Warner Fails To Kick Atty Off Sale Interference Suit
- Mass. High Court To Mull VisionAid Counterclaim Coverage
- Gawker To Sell Assets After Sex-Tape Verdict Tilts It Into Ch. 11
- Attys Don't Have Trump's Leeway On Judicial Criticism: Prof
- HP Atty Didn't Puff Up Work History, Court Finds
- In-House Teams Are Voting With Their Feet — And Then Some
- 9th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Corinthian Workers' FCA Suit
- Fla. Justices Question Eased Penalty Bids In Atty DUI Setup
- NJ Lawmakers Back Tenure For Recently-Disciplined Judge
- Texas AG Denies Misleading Investors In SEC Fraud Suit
- Female Attys More Likely To Be Disbarred, Study Says
- Texas Bar Says Houston Atty Withheld Settlement Funds
- Top NY Court Won't Expand Attorney-Client Privilege
- NY Lawmakers Eye Proposed Prosecutorial Conduct Panel
- Fla. Judge Faces Suspension Over Misleading Campaign Ads
- Shakira Copyright Case Nets Sony $400,000 Atty Fees
- DQ BakerHostetler Or Russian Crooks Win, 2nd Circ. Told
- Pa. Justice Wrongly Sat On Death Row Case, High Court Says
- Ex-NFL Coach Says Paul Weiss Can't Pause Defamation Row
- Atty Isn't Pursuing Suit Against Ex-Client, Court Hears
- Ceding Atty Conflicts, Energy Investor To Cop To $45M Tax Plot
- O'Quinn Argues Arbitration Clause Needed No Explanation
- Former Ethics Judge Cops To $3M Fraud
- Attys Eyed In 'Stalker' CEO Fraud Case Lose Bid To Push On
- NY Ethics Panel Weighs In On Firm Name Changes In Ads
- Trial Judges Can't Impose Monetary Sanctions, Pa. Court Told
- NY Ethics Panel Says Attys Must Disclose Co-Counsel's Errors
- Thompson Coburn Can't Duck Tech Firm's Negligence Claims
- Canadian Firm Advised KPMG On Tax Avoidance Plan
- Golfing Atty Asks 1st Circ. For 2nd Swing At Insider Case
- NY Ethics Panel Says Debt Collecting Attys Needn't Give ID
- Pa. Atty's Suit Against Bank Should Be Axed, Judge Says
- Texas Bar Says Houston Atty Ignored Client's Calls
- 'Side-Switching' Bracewell Atty Can't Testify For Murray: EPA
- 7 Tips For Writing An Effective Amicus Brief
- The 25 Law Firms GCs Recommend To Their Friends
- Farrar & Ball Sues Paralegal Fired For Faking Hours
- TWC Seeks Sanctions For 'Outlandish' Reconsideration Bid
- MLB Broadcast Deal Objector Can't Dodge Deposition
- Ex-Antonelli Atty Fights Liability In $7M IP Malpractice Appeal
- 5 Insights From Garden City Group GC Scott Nader
- Atty Should Be DQ'd From Case Against Ex-Client, Court Told
- Calif. Tribe Says Firm Conspired To Aid In Takeover Attempt
- Rakoff Looking Into Claims Uber Detective Lied To Get Dirt
- Pa. AG Retaliation Suit Stayed Pending Criminal Case
- USF Says Prof Judge Not Conflicted In Civil Rights Suit
- Firm Leaves NFL Players' Suit Over Concussion Award Fees
- Fla. Tribe's Ex-GC Urges 11th Circ. To Overturn Sanctions
- Dewey Trust Says Malpractice Row Duplicates Past Lawsuits
- Sanctions Bid In $6M Mining Arbitral Row Is Ploy, Court Told
- Social Media Co. Floats Counsel DQ Bid In Securities Row
- Pa. AG Faces Wage Discrimination Claim From Twin Sister
- 9th Circ. Won't Halt Atty Disbarment In Sex-For-Fees Row
- 3 Things Legal Malpractice Attys Should Never Tell Clients
- Pa. Prosecutor Ensnared In Porn Email Scandal Resigns
- The Mysterious Alford Plea Raises Evidentiary Challenges
- 3rd Circ. Gets Clashing Claims On Spokeo In Firm's Appeal
- Tri-Med Investors Want Stoel Rives Ponzi Suit In State Court
- 2 Plaintiffs Firms Hit With New Asbestos Racketeering Suits
- Skadden Faces Sanctions Bid In Trade Secret Row
- Merck Atty's Lies Unravel $200M Patent Win Against Gilead
- Girardi Keese Nears Win Over Claims It Skimmed Settlement
- Texas Atty On Hook For $1.7M Fraud Settlement With SEC
- Fla. Judge Disciplined For Going 'Too Far' For Defendant
- Ex-Prosecutor In Online Posts Scandal Loses Bar Status
- Dewey Moves From Courtroom Stage To Musical Spotlight
- Fla. Prosecutors Challenge Indicted Doctor's Spying Claims
- Houston Metal Co. Accuses Kelley Kronenberg Of Overbilling
- Shkreli, Ex-Kaye Scholer Atty Deny New Fraud Charge
- WV Atty Suspended After Client's Entrusted Funds Seized
- Top Hershey Trust Atty On Leave After Letter Slamming Board
- Dallas Firm Burt Barr Fights Client's Malpractice Suit
- 'Missing Pants' Judge's $67M 'Crusade' May Net Suspension
- 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Out-Of-State Atty Practice Ban Case
- BCC'ing Your Clients: Not Just A Bad Idea, But Unethical?
- Greenberg Traurig Should Face $2.2M Clawback, Agent Says
- Husch Blackwell Beats DQ Bid In Broker-Dealer Contract Suit
- Immigrant Again Urges Justices To Review Atty Advice Row
- Fla. Gov. Wins 3 Of 4 Judicial Appointment Cases
- Stanford Receiver Hits Back On Proskauer's Bid To Nix Claims
- 5th Circ. Won't Let 86'd Attys Back In BP Claims Program
- Trump Records Release Gets Ex-Texas AG Staffer Warned
- Judge To Reconsider Sanctions in Toxic Water Suit
- Immigration Atty Urges High Court To Snub Malpractice Row
- Onetime Skadden Atty Disbarred After Ponzi Scheme Sentence
- Fla. Tribe Presses To Undo Bond Despite Ex-GC's Objections
- Carnival Injury Atty's Facebook Posts Go To Conduct Panel
- Feds Hit Back At PG&E's Claim Of San Bruno Grand Jury Lies
- Bracewell Atty Can Testify In Coal Jobs Suit: Murray Energy
- Del. Law Firms Beat Sex Abuse Survivor's Malpractice Suit
- 2nd Circ. May Let New Judge Resentence 'Dirty Lawyer'
- Philly Lawyer Charged In Starbucks Coffee-Throwing Assault
- Ex-NFL Coach's Flawed Libel Suit Merits Stay, Wells Says
- Discover, Citigroup Say DA's Deal With Law Firms Illegal
- Ex-Model Tries Reviving Boies Schiller Malpractice Suit
- Pa. Atty Can't Escape Suit Over Bad Estate Advice To Widow
- Samsung Loses Fed. Circ. Bid To Withhold Apple Leak Docs
- A Brief History Of Law Firm Cyberattacks
- Fla. Atty Gets 3-Yr Suspension For Mishandling Escrow Funds
- Ex-Nixon Peabody Atty Can't Arbitrate $1M Malpractice Row
- Pa. Sens Say Delay Of Judicial Retirement Vote Overstepped
- Ex-O'Quinn Client Slams Arbitration Bid In Malpractice Suit
- Cadwalader Wins Trial Bid In $17M Six Flags Malpractice Suit
- 'Bully' Atty Can't Boss Judge Off Calif. Disbarment Suit
- Texas AG Loses Appeal Bid To Halt Securities Fraud Charges
- 8th Circ. Rebuffs Tribe's Land Appeal, But Drops Sanctions
- Arbitration Of O'Melveny Malpractice Claim Stalls
- Masimo Asks Justices To Review Arbitrator Bias Row
- Firm Says Jury Erred In Denying Claims For $1M In Legal Fees
- NC High Court Takes Up Judge Double Discipline Row
- Nooksack Appeals Court Says Clerk Must Accept Firm's Suit
- Calif. Assembly Rejects State Bar Dues Legislation
- Texas Atty Wants New Trial After $1.77M Fraud Finding
- IP Litigator Can't Halt USPTO Disciplinary Proceedings