Legal Ethics Archive » June, 2014

Legal Ethics - June, 2014

184 articles

• Conn. Law Firm Blames Brown Univ. Atty For Patent Lapse
• Texas Firms Say They Should Be Able To Use Officer Title
• Pa. Judicial Code Falls Short On Recusals, Experts Say
• SEC Gets $7M Damages, Partial Ban Against Nevada Lawyer
• Insurer Sheds Policy For Law Firm Tied To Ponzi Scheme
• McElroy Deutsch Dodges Sanctions In RE Investment Dispute
• Kelly Hart, Beard Kultgen Say RE Co.'s Ch. 11 Axes Suit
• Judge Affirms Morrison's $4.2M Award For ResCap Fees
• RI Law Firm Strikes $4.4M Deal To Exit 38 Studios Row
• O'Quinn To Face Ironshore Silica Malpractice Coverage Suit
• Kelley Witherspoon Wants Malpractice Verdict Dumped
• Zimmerman Reed, Lockridge Botched FedEx Claims, Suit Says
• Cushman & Wakefield Can't Shake $27M Philly Project Suit
• Texas Supreme Court Snubs Porter Rogers Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Rothstein CEO Gets 2.5 Years For Campaign Scheme
• NY Judges Urged To Punish Slacking Litigators
• Ex-Texas Prosecutor Gets Nearly 3 Years For Taking Bribes
• 4 Things Every Law Firm Should Do Upon A Cyberbreach
• Top NY Court Upholds Removal Of Albany County Judge
• Mass. Justices Say Atty's Encrypted Files Not 5th-Protected
• GFH Slams Former GC's Claims Over Gibson Dunn Conflict
• Pa. Justice's Libel Suit Against Inquirer, Daily News OK'd
• Indicted Ex-Judge Can't Blame His Colleagues, Motion Says
• Developer Says Chicago Atty Bungled Condo Project Feud
• BoyarMiller Sued Over Radio Host's Alleged Investment Scam
• Ethics Barriers Could Protect BigLaw From Big 4 Competition
• Legal Fee Row Returns To Trial Court After Bribery Allegation
• Kline & Specter Sued For Botching Misdiagnosis Claims
• Coverage Suit Over Dish's Malpractice Claims Stays Alive
• Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss Gets 15 Years For $7B Tax Fraud
• TelexFree Investors Target Banks, Attys Over $300M Losses
• Pa. High Court Nixes Dillon McCandless' $19M Award Appeal
• Texas Attorney Can't Collect Fen-Phen Referral Judgment
• Jones Day In TM Battle With EFF Over Detroit Parody Website
• Fla. Judge Ordered To Show Why She Shouldn't Be Removed
• Ex-Rothstein CEO Asks Court To Spare Him Jail Time
• Jailed Dick's Atty Wants No Fine In RE Kickback Row
• CareOne Says Union Blocked It From Deposing Dying Witness
• Airlines Want Kaplan Fox DQed In Air Cargo Antitrust MDL
• Weil Atty Says Rader Did Not Taint Fed. Circ. Panel
• Sandusky Investigation Delayed By Missteps, Pa. AG Says
• Ex-Wilentz Goldman Attys Launch Whistleblower Suit
• Cox Castle Bungled $68M Property Deal, Seller Says
• Quinn Emanuel, Samsung Sanctioned $2M For Patent Leak
• Ex-Spector Gadon Atty Gets 2 Years For Thefts From Clients
• Fla. Atty To Pay $3.8M To Resolve SEC Investment Fraud Case
• Juror Fraud Aided $3M Ford SUV Deal, Says Texas High Court
• Houston Atty Faces $1M Malpractice Suit Over Blown Appeal
• Fla. Atty Asks High Court To Review Campaign Rule
• Strasburger & Price Owes $161M For Delay, Ex-Client Says
• Law Firm Tressler Gave Shoddy Advice On OT Pay, Suit Says
• Texas Justices Ax $26M Award Citing Wrongful Arbitrator DQ
• A-Rod Atty Misconduct Proof 'Overwhelming': Ex-NYPD Boss
• Client Fabricates Evidence, Perjures Testimony — Now What?
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Ax Malpractice Suit In NY Court
• 5 Freed In 'Central Park Jogger' Case Reach $40M NYC Deal
• Akin Gump, Ex-Execs Beat USAE Claims Of Fraud Conspiracy
• NJ Man Accused Of Stealing $3.5M Via Sham Law Firm
• Feds Want 20-Year Jail Term For Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss
• Ex-Texas State Judge Indicted For Taking Bribes From Atty
• Georgia Law Firm Settles $1M Mineral Lease Contract Suit
• NJ High Court Suspends Atty For 3 Years Over Tax Conviction
• Philly Firm Can't Kill Fee Award To Disgraced Ex-Associate
• Fla. Justices Amend Rules For Judges Serving As Mediators
• Cadwalader Can't Slip $17M Malpractice Ruling In Six Flags Suit
• How Attys, Judges Can Be Pals Without Crossing The Line
• 11th Circ. Punts Legal Service Query To Ala. High Court
• Ex-Gordon & Rees Atty Accused Of Skirting Depositions
• UK-Based LLP Partners Now Enjoy More Protections
• RICO Suit Against Ex-Jones Day Atty Faces Dismissal
• NJ Atty's $2M Suit Says Client Falsely Accused Her Of Theft
• Philly Prosecutor Reopens AG's Dropped Corruption Probe
• Houston Attys Call Ex-Boss' Defamation Suit 'PR Tool'
• Rape Charges Against Ex-Kerns Pearlstine Partner Dropped
• Deloitte Freed From Backfired Tax Plan Suit In Canada
• Ex-Gen Re Atty Cleared To Practice Before SEC Again
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bush Seyferth's Cheryl Bush
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Davis Wright's Kelli Sager
• Union Boss Wants FBI Affidavit Sealed In Pa. State Court
• Akin Gump Must Face $120M Libel Suits, Calif. Panel Told
• Ropers Majeski Dodges Malpractice Suit Over Securities Row
• Wilson Elser Sinks $1.5M Malpractice Suit In NY Court
• McCarter & English Fends Off DQ Bid In $41M Loan Row
• Fla. Judge Imposes Sanctions On Trump In Condotel Suit
• Texas AG Can't Duck Whistleblower Suit, Appeals Court Says
• Retired NJ Judge Wants Race Bias Claims Thrown Out
• Dewey Brass Says Judge Misread Law In $35M Note Fraud Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Monica Shilling
• Rader Resignation A Head Scratcher Despite Email Flap
• Jackson Walker Cleared Of Conflict In $11M RE Fraud Case
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Sued Over Botched Filing, $1.6M Award
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe & Johnson's Flanery
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nexsen Pruet's Marguerite Willis
• Andrews Kurth Settles $51M Suit Over Client's Stanford Deal
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Dodge Malpractice Trial
• Goldman Tries Again To Nix Investors' Abacus Dispute
• McAndrews Held Sues Ad Agency For Fees In TM Row
• DLA Piper Welcomes Ex-Norton Rose Fulbright Securities Pro
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sterne Kessler's Eldora Ellison
• Cassidy Turley, NJ Attys Sued Over Botched Lease Deal
• 3rd-Party Law Firm May Be Liable For Malpractice: NY Court
• Travelers Sues To Nix Policy Of Atty Convicted In RE Scams
• DLA Piper Should Be Ousted From Casino Ch. 11, Trustee Says
• Partner Canned For Charging Up Firm's Card Loses Appeal
• Adopt Value Or Be Left In The Ash Heap Of History
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bryan Cave's Chris Cesare
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gordon & Rees' Leslie Benitez
• Andrews Kurth Should Have Told Stanford No, Jurors Told
• Norris McLaughlin Was Conflicted In RE Deal, NJ Court Says
• Greenberg Says $2.7M Malpractice Suit Should Be Arbitrated
• 4 Ways Transactional Attys Can Avoid Malpractice Claims
• The Hidden Costs Of Spreadsheets In Risk Management
• Waffle House CEO Says Attys Behind Sex Video Extortion
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gardere's Kim Yelkin
• ResCap Objects To $1M In 'Unnecessary' Morrison Cohen Fees
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Margaret Dale
• Bingham Sanctions Case Exposes Dangers Of Privilege Tactics
• Developer's Suit Over Failed Trump Property Deal Gets Pared
• Miller Barondess' $430K Bond Request 'Outrageous': Judge
• Fla. JQC Dismisses Some Ethics Charges Against Judge
• O'Quinn Fights Bid To Revive $1.3B Chevron Malpractice Suit
• Criminal Records Can Be Accessed In Judge Probes: NY Court
• Attys' 'Scandalous' Remark Stays In Aluminum Duties Spat
• Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss Wants Mercy In Tax Sentencing
• Baker Botts Beats Convicted Ex-Client's Fee Forfeiture Suit
• 9th Circ. Upholds ICE Atty's 18-Year Sentence For Bribery
• Winston & Strawn Tries To Kill Store's Tax Malpractice Suit
• Irell & Manella Fights DQ Bid In Insurance Fraud Row
• Ex-Andrews Kurth Client Targets RE Deal As $51M Trial Opens
• Former BDO Partner Gets 3 Months For $1B Tax Shelter Scam
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thacker Martinsek's Martinsek
• Ex-BDO Execs Get Prison Time For Tax Shelter Scheme
• Andrews Kurth Ex-Client Facing High Bar As $51M Trial Begins
• 11th Circ. Rejects Fla. Tribe's Request To Reinstate Atty
• Former W.Va. Judge Gets 50 Months In Corruption Case
• Apple's Leaks Irrelevant To Quinn Sanctions, Judge Says
• The Purpose Of Proposed Rule 37(e)
• Faruqi Says Ex-Atty's Sex Harassment Suit Has 'Distortions'
• Attys Can Use Remote Office As Primary Address: NY Bar
• Rader Email To Weil Atty Not Enough To Restart Cases
• Fla. Justices Deny Judge's Pay Request During Suspension
• Judge Chides Fla. Tribe's 'Ludicrous' Counter-DQ Attempt
• Jury's $8M Atty Fee Award Out Of Line, Calif. Panel Told
• Pa. Court Revives Suit Against Eidelman Crossley Atty
• Tax Evader Wants Justices To Review Atty Conflict Of Interest
• Bingham May Be Sanctioned For Hiding Docs: Mass. Court
• Texas Justices Won't Review Bickel & Brewer DQ In $60M Suit
• PGA Officials' Union Loses Bid To Revive Malpractice Suit
• Nuke Developer Sues NJ Atty Over $2M Loss In Botched Deal
• Fla. Tribe's Counsel DQ'd In Ex-Attys' Sanctions Bid
• Dreier Bankruptcy Trustee, Attys Seek $18M In Fees
• Tampa Attys Face Ethics Charges Over Opponent's DUI Arrest
• Fed. Circ. Douses Sanctions Appeal In Water Bottle IP Row
• NY Court Mulls Judge's Prior Censure In Removal Appeal
• Porter Hedges Dodges $1M Suit Over IP Settlement
• NY Suspends Lawyer Who Wrote 'Go Ahead And Disbar Me'
• Akin Gump Freed From Bogus $25M Trade Secrets Case
• Keys To Successful Legal Outsourcing
• Indicted Pa. School Founder Says His Attys Were Taped
• Atty Liable In Hospital Takeover Scheme, Panel Rules
• Fla. Ex-Judge Disbarred Over Relationship With Prosecutor
• Google Beats Expunction Order In Atty Discipline Case
• Keiser U Dodges Sanctions, FCA Relators Dinged Instead
• 2 Texas Attys Accused Of Illegally Soliciting Clients
• Writing Judge's Order Doesn't Give Atty Immunity: 9th Circ.
• Feds Hit Ex-Herrick Atty With Illegal Tax Shelters Suit
• Dewey Trustee Wants Clawback Row Kept In Bankruptcy Court
• Atty In Dick's Kickback Scheme Resigns From Pa. Bar
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Can't Get Billing Docs In Sex Harassment Suit
• Greenberg, Hunton Can't Hide Behind Immunity, Court Told
• Disbarred Atty Asks Texas Court To DQ Judge In Fee Fight
• Porter Hedges Agreed To Malpractice Jury Trial, Appeal Says
• How To Control Your Law Firm's Real Estate Costs
• Judge In School Finance Case Biased, Texas AG Says
• Baker Botts, Ex-Client Duel Over $40M Patent Verdict
• 5 Insights From Nationwide Chief Legal Officer Pat Hatler
• Ex-Brooklyn DA, NY Judge Implicated In Ethics Violations
• Andrews Kurth To Face $51M Trial Over Client's Stanford Deal
• Bailey & Galyen Asks High Court To Ax $10M Malpractice Suit
• Ropes & Gray Settles Malpractice Suit Over Patent Delay
• Creative Collaborations: Law Firms And Corporations
• 1st Circ. Suspends RI Atty Who Filed Fraudulent Docs
• Judge Had Conflict In Wis. Archdiocese Case, 7th Circ. Hears
• Indicted Dewey Leaders Want SEC Fraud Case Halted