Legal Ethics Archive » May, 2014

Legal Ethics - May, 2014

196 articles

• Davis Wright In-House Memos Privileged In Patent Fight
• Texas Atty Gets 20 Years For Oil, Gas Investment Fraud
• Pa. Lawyer, Client Charged By Feds In Bankruptcy Fraud
• Lundy Beldecos Atty Sued Over Role In Co. Ownership Fight
• Nothing Wrong With Reporting Attys To Bar, 9th Circ. Says
• Can Bankrupt Law Firms Claw Back 'Unfinished Biz' Profits?
• Judge Unimpressed By $51M Suit Against Andrews Kurth
• Cadwalader Seeks To Ax Malpractice Ruling Over Six Flags Suit
• O'Melveny Loses Fed. Circ. Bid To Rejoin Synopsys IP Row
• Feds Say Tax Shelter Player Deserves Softer Sentence
• Forgery Lands Atty 3-Year Suspension From Fla. High Court
• Fla. Judge Suspended For Alcohol Issues Requests Pay
• 5 Problem Clients That Drive Attys Crazy
• Plaintiffs' Atty Resists Sanctions In Cabot Drilling Fight
• Fla. Hospital Hit With Sanctions In Medicare Fraud Case
• Paul Hastings Hit With Racial Harassment Suit
• Judge Criticizes Fraud Suit Against Real Estate Attys
• Akin Gump Made Right Call In Reporting Client, Experts Say
• Pepper Hamilton Wants Union Chief's Malpractice Suit Nixed
• GCs Question If Partners Are Worth The Cost
• Firm Admits Signing Ex-Associate's Name On Complaint
• Fla. Judge Arrested For DUI After Crash In Courthouse Lot
• 5 Insights From Ingram Micro's Lily Hughes
• Fox Rothschild Fraud Suit Heads To Discovery
• Suit Claims Chicago Firm Bungled $2.5M Toxic Tort Deal
• Akin Gump Accused Of Breaching Privilege In Trade Secrets Case
• Toned-Down NY Pro Bono Hours Disclosure Rule Is Likely
• Miccosukee Tribe's Ex-GC Wants Sanctions For Missing Tapes
• Ex-Thompson Hine Partner Suspended For Tax Conviction
• Ex-Philly Judges Slam Corruption Charges In Trial Opener
• 7th Circ. Urged To Revive Grant Thornton Malpractice Suit
• High Court Declines $42M Fen-Phen Fund Atty Looting Case
• 5 Insights From MetLife General Counsel Ricardo Anzaldua
• RE Co. Accuses Beard Kultgen, Kelly Hart Of Malpractice
• US Court System, ABA Sued For Excessive PACER Fees
• Auto Workers In Bias Suit Seek New Punitive Damages Trial
• NJ High Court To Mull Salary Forfeiture In Atty Fraud Case
• Rader's Note To Weil Atty Crossed Ethical Line, Experts Say
• Dewey Can't Get Arbitration For Couple's Investment Suit
• Malpractice Claim Against Andrews Kurth Could Reach $51M
• NYU Prof's Study Calls NY Attorney-Discipline System 'Broken'
• NJ Judge Censured Over Stripper Relationship
• 11th Circ. Sends Fee Award Spat In Bias Suit To Ala. Court
• Donziger Mounts Case For Nixing Patton Boggs-Chevron Deal
• Arbitrator's Nixon Peabody Ties Fell $125M Tenaska Judgment
• Fla. Judge Charged With Taking Bench Drunk Is Suspended
• Relator Says Ex-Attys In Aluminum Duties Suit Maligned Him
• Wells Fargo Wrongly Charged Attorneys' Fees, $5M Suit Says
• Allegedly Bogus Houston Firm Sued For Illegal Law Practice
• Temp Atty Hits Back In Quinn Emanuel OT Discovery Row
• Andrews Kurth Atty Wanted At $10M Stanford Malpractice Trial
• 5 Insights From Hewlett-Packard GC John Schultz
• Atty Targeting Usher Hit With Sanctions In Copyright Row
• Ex-Philly Judge Charged With Theft, Conflict Of Interest
• Squire Sanders Calls Halt To Patton Boggs Merger Vote
• Browne George Faces Malpractice Suit Over Sargon-USC Row
• CORRECTED: Cadwalader Didn't Snub 'Red Flags' On Loan Appraisal: Suit
• Queller Fisher Sued Over Joint Atty Fees On $2.5M Deal
• Akin Gump Says Client Faked Evidence In Trade Secrets Case
• The Trial Lawyer's Guide To A Winning Direct Examination
• Tax Fraudster's Legal Malpractice Suit Gets Nixed
• DLA Piper May Lose Business Over Sexist Emails
• 5 Insights From Caterpillar Chief Legal Officer Jim Buda
• 9th Circ. Affirms Tax-Dodging Atty's Conviction
• Freeh Says Ex-Penn State Prez Should File Libel Complaint
• RBC Ordered To Pay CFTC's Legal Bill In Trading Doc Row
• Disbarred Texas Atty Pleads Guilty To Ch. 13 Forgery
• Disbarred Minn. Atty Pleads Guilty To Employment Tax Fraud
• Porter Hedges Reneged On Malpractice Jury Trial, Suit Says
• The No-Nonsense New Yorker: Justice Jeffrey K. Oing
• 5 Insights From Prudential General Counsel Susan Blount
• Calif. City Says Meyers Nave Flubbed Scandal Representation
• NJ Ethics Panel Boots Conflict Complaint Against Senator
• Pa. Court Asked To Nix Settlement In Atty Defamation Row
• Fla. Bar Wants Atty Indicted For $21M Scheme Suspended
• Dewey Trust Sues To Recover Payments To Ernst & Young
• Jiau Can't Unseal Files Amid Malpractice Case: 2nd Circ.
• SEC Commish Hints At More Scrutiny Of Lawyers
• Dewey Brass Can't Quash Insurer's $35M Note Fraud Suit
• North Miami Mayor Charged In $8M Mortgage Fraud Plot
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Concealing $500M Bayou Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Partner Stole $1.8M From Texas Injury Firm, Suit Says
• 5 Insights From Microsoft Deputy GC David Howard
• Judges' Graft Trial Stalls As Philly Gets New Traffic Unit
• Faruqi Statements 'Textbook' Defamation, Ex-Associate Says
• 5th Circ. Asked To Reopen Bias Case Against Texas Judge
• Friedman Schuman Sued For Malpractice In Loan Recovery
• NJ Atty Accused Of Giving Shoddy Advice On Condo Deal
• Ex-NJ Judge Wants Other Judge's Discrimination Suit Tossed
• Disbarred Texas Ethics Attorney Says Sanction Was Unjust
• Pa. Judge's Defense In Traffic Court Case Shot Down
• UK Tribunal Slims Tax Relief For Alleged Charity Tax Scam
• ABA Opens Doors For Reviewing Jurors' Social Media
• Ex-Dewey Execs Say $37.2M Compensation Was Justified
• Miller Nash Accused Of Fumbling FFNW Proxy Battle
• Finger Wag At Rude Judge Reminds Calif. Jurists To Stay Civil
• Law Practice Is Evolving Via 'Legal Project Management'
• Hogan Lovells Threatened With Negligence Suit By Ex-IP Client
• Kasowitz Wants SK Foods Malpractice Suit In District Court
• NJ Attys Demand Ethics Grievance Against Gov. Christie
• Atty Who Slapped Paul Hastings Partner Can't Revive Suit
• Winne Banta Beats Tax Malpractice Suit In NY Court
• 5 Insights From Aetna General Counsel William Casazza
• Fla. High Court To Publicly Reprimand Judge For DUI Arrest
• Atty Indicted In NJ For Client Advertising Scheme
• Texas Ethics Panel Says Nonlawyers Can't Be 'Officers'
• Baker Botts Dodges $41M Verdict In IP Malpractice Trial
• NJ Law Firms Sued Over Bungled Honeywell Pollution Deal
• Texas Jury Weighs $50M Baker Botts Patent Malpractice Suit
• Drinker Biddle Sanctioned For Pelvic Mesh Suit Removal
• 5 Insights From Cisco General Counsel Mark Chandler
• Ex-Quinn Emanuel Attys Fire Back Against Google's DQ Bid
• NY Lawyer Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Property Tax Error
• Judicial Board Admonishes LA Judge For Belittling Lawyers
• NJ Firm Schiffman Abraham Sued Over Lapsed Bias Case
• Proskauer Seeks Discovery Stay In OSG Malpractice Suit
• Dewey Trustee Fires Off 11 Clawback Suits Worth $22M
• Health Co. Trustee Targets K&L Gates In Negligence Suit
• Judge Guts Trader's Suit Over Atty's FINRA Arbitration Work
• Ex-Thompson Hine Atty Settles SEC Insider Trading Case
• NY Atty Suspended Over Secret Profit-Sharing Agreement
• Broker Says Insurer Can't Blackball Attys In Churning Case
• The Tenacious Technocrat: Judge Francis Allegra
• Baker Botts' Ethics Expert Says No Conflict In Patent Work
• Ex-Dewey Employee Wants His Case Severed From Execs'
• 3rd Circ. Says Bad Tax Advice Can Nix Some IRS Penalties
• Fla. Sheriff Cops To Aiding Rothstein's $1.2B Scheme
• 11th Circ. Revives Sex Bias Suit Over Judge's Stock Holding
• 5 Insights From MassMutual General Counsel Mark Roellig
• New Jersey Developer Sues Attorney For Defamation
• Ex-Perkins Coie Atty's 1-Year Suspension OK'd By DC Court
• Baker Botts Experts Pan Ex-Client's $50M Patent Claim
• Fla. Bar To Charge Tampa Attys Over Opponent's DUI Arrest
• 5 Insights From UPS Chief Legal Officer Teri McClure
• Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss Groans About $180M Forfeiture
• Eckell Sparks Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Forged Docs
• 5 Tips For Responding To A Malpractice Suit
• Paterno Estate Renews Discovery Push In PSU Fine Fight
• Ex-Giacometti Smith Atty Launches Malpractice Coverage Suit
• Patton Boggs Can't Quash Suit Over Bad Investment Advice
• NY High Court Won't Redo Its Do-Over On K2 Coverage Suit
• Balancing The Cost Of Legal Research Investments
• Ex-Schlumberger GC Says Oil Giant Has No Case
• Baker Botts Gets Claims Cut From $50M Malpractice Case
• Philly Inquirer, Daily News Blast Pa. Justice's Libel Suit
• Stroock Beats Bergstein's DQ Bid In Aramid Contract Row
• $5M Legal Malpractice Suit Sent Back To NJ State Court
• Not So Fast, Patton Boggs: Ethics Issues Threaten $15M Deal
• Stroock Ducks $80M Malpractice Suit Over Loan Deal Gone Bad
• Law Firm's Sanctions Bid Thrown Out By NJ Appeals Court
• Google Seeks To DQ Ex-Quinn Emanuel Attys In Patent Suit
• 5 Insights From Sprint General Counsel Charlie Wunsch
• Ex-PSU Prez Defends Stay In Libel Suit Over Freeh Report
• NJ Attys' Interest In RE Firm Breaks Fla. Bar Rules: Suit
• Rebuttal: Mandatory Pro Bono Is Needed
• McDermott Says Malpractice Claims Based On Faulty Testimony
• Janus Ruling Doesn't Apply To Criminal Cases: 4th Circ.
• Baker Botts' Work For Rival Shocked Ex-Client, CEO Says
• Insurer Can't Sue Bullivant Houser Over Bias Case, Court Says
• Pittsburgh Atty Wants Defamation Suit Kept In Philly
• Tips For Avoiding Discovery Sanctions In Trade Secret Cases
• 5 Insights From News Corp. GC Gerson Zweifach
• Patton Boggs To Pay $15M To Settle With Chevron
• Shopping Center Can't Sue Attys After $2.6M Defects Deal
• Fulbright's $6M Foreclosure Heads To Texas Appeals Court
• Elder Statesman Of The Capital Court: Judge Paul Friedman
• Ex-PSU Chief Urges Court To OK Bad Faith Prosecution Suit
• Bar Plan Mutual Says IP Firm Not Covered For Malpractice
• Fla. Atty Appeals 5-Year Sentence For $1M Fraud Against Tribe
• Former Tadano Counsel Gets 40 Years For Embezzling $9M
• An Innovative Model For Collaborative Pro Bono
• Tips For Avoiding Discovery Sanctions In Trade Secret Cases
• 5 Insights From Archer Daniels Midland GC Cameron Findlay
• Cadwalader To Pay $17M In Six Flags Malpractice Fight
• Baker Botts GC Denies Conflict In $50M Patent Flub Case
• Pa. Case Challenging Malpractice Insurer Faces Long Odds
• YouTube Takedown Order Reversed In Judicial Bias Case
• Texas AG Candidate Fined For Violating State Securities Law
• 5 Insights From AIG General Counsel Tom Russo
• NY Court Expels Atty Over Frivolous Charles Schwab Suits
• Pa. Law Firm Sued For Exposing SSNs In Court Records
• Jackson Walker Settles Overbilling Malpractice Appeal
• Weak Engagement Letters Fueling Malpractice Litigation
• Firms Should Be Wary Of Lateral Hire Baggage, Experts Say
• Fla. Justices Order Public Reproof For Atty's Campaign Flub
• Baker Botts Hindered Client's Patent Portfolio, Witness Says
• Lawyers Are Catching More Heat For Clients' Bad Acts
• Lawyer Can't Shake KPMG Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Atty Barred From IRS For False Claim On Agency Form
• Fla. High Court Bans Atty For 1 Year Over Tax Violations
• Norton Rose, Snell Attys Hit With Sanctions In Actos Case
• Margolis Edelstein Sued For $2M Over Botched Insurance Deal
• NM AG's 'Severe Misconduct' Kills Medicaid Fraud Case
• RI Real Estate Atty To Serve 4 1/2 Years For Embezzlement
• Best In-House Practices To Mitigate Cross-Border Risks
• Baker Botts Atty Questioned Over Patent Similarities