Legal Ethics Archive » August, 2014

Legal Ethics - August, 2014

173 articles

• Texas High Court Won't Overturn Fraudster's Disbarment
• Eckert Seamans Pushes To Stay In 'Kids-For-Cash' Fight
• Class Suit Targets Jacoby & Meyers Litigation Support Costs
• John Wayne Estate Wants Fulbright DQ'd From Duke TM Suit
• EXCLUSIVE: SEC Mistakenly Reveals Whistleblower's Employer
• Gibson Dunn Bills Disputed By Mining Co. SouthGobi
• Attys Snag Arbitration Award From Failed Malpractice Claim
• Care One's Sanctions Motion In TCPA Row Called A Diversion
• How To Protect In-House Legal Privilege Internationally
• Robbins Geller Rebuke Shows When To Bail Out Of Litigation
• Suspension Lifted For Judge Cleared In Ticket-Fixing Scandal
• 2 Pa. Firms Escape Malpractice Suit Over Broker Fee Appeal
• Irell 'Train Wreck' Exposes Risks Of Deposition Tactics
• Fla. Judge Who Took Bench Drunk Fights Removal Bid
• Tax Dodgers Can't Blame Attys In Accuracy Penalty Row
• GeoTag Sues Atty For Assigning Patent Rights To Himself
• Inventor Fires Back At Patterson Belknap In Surgical IP Row
• NY Court Lets Forchelli Lawyers Exit 'Con Man' Fraud Suit
• Philly Papers Want Owner Out Of Pa. Justice's Libel Suit
• Seeking Retrial, Stock Scheme Atty Says Gov't Hid SEC Docs
• Pa. Atty Loses Appeal Of Unauthorized Practice Conviction
• Bracewell Penalty Proves Lying To Win Isn't Worth It
• Latham & Watkins Back On Hook For Malicious Prosecution
• Calif. Judges Warned About Accepting Small-Value Gifts
• Fla. Bar Wants Supreme Court To Vet Judicial Campaign Ban
• Cherry Petersen Escapes Sanctions Order In Texas Court
• Greenberg Glusker Spied, 'Scary Movie' Producer Tells Court
• Firms Accused Of Malpractice In Greenberg Traurig Fraud Suit
• Atty Can't Discharge Stolen Client Funds In Bankruptcy
• Schlumberger Fined, Trade Secrets Suit Against Ex-Atty Gutted
• Squire Patton Boggs Faces DQ Bid In Corn Syrup False Ad Suit
• Trump Entertainment Secretly Taped Employee Interviews: Suit
• The 8 Gotchas Of Technology Contracting: Part 2
• Proskauer, Greenberg Traurig Duck $18M Facebook Fraud Suit
• Stevens & Lee Atty Named To Pa. Judicial Conduct Board
• Commisa & Campanile Slams Suit Over $41M Resort Loan Loss
• Bracewell Atty's Lie To Judge Sinks Drilling Patent Case
• McDermott Asks Judge To Nix Takeover Malpractice Claims
• Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss Seeks Bail Pending Appeal
• Bickel & Brewer Wants Texas Justices To Rethink DQ Order
• Robbins Geller Sanctioned In Confidential Witness Scandal
• Browne George Gets Arbitration For Sargon Malpractice Suit
• Friedman Schuman Wants $8M Legal Mal Row Out Of Philly
• The 8 Gotchas Of Technology Contracting: Part 1
• Judge Blasts Irell & Manella's 'Train Wreck' IP Deposition
• Dismissal Of Sprague's Daily News Libel Suit Is Upheld
• Ex-Mahalo Energy Attys Denied Sanctions Against Trustee
• Charges Filed Against Fla. Judge Over 'Bizarre' Behavior
• ZeekRewards Atty Fights Recovery Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
• Pa. Venue Transfer Ruling Could Help Cases Exit Philly
• Embezzling DeHay & Elliston Partner Hands Over Bar Card
• Ex.-Va. Lawmaker Can't Blame Bribery Conviction On Lawyer
• HP Inkjet Settlement Objectors Continue Fight To DQ Cotchett
• Beirne Maynard Sued For Malpractice Over Developer's Ch. 11
• Lansing & Hannum Can't Nix Fee Pact With Prior Counsel
• Dechert's Privilege Misstep Exposes Ethical Minefield
• Sutherland To Pay $176K For 'Litigation By Attrition' Plan
• NY AG Fires Shot Across Bow Of Private Mortgage Defense Bar
• Texas Bar Allowed To Use Expunged Records Against Ex-DA
• Texas Justices Will Hear K&L Gates Drilling Data Dispute
• Pa. Firm Can't Reargue Disgraced Ex-Atty's Arbitration Award
• Evanston Fights Coverage For Nev. Atty's Malpractice Suit
• Texas High Court Lets $125M Tenaska Judgment Stand
• Swartz Campbell Can't Get Chartwell DQ'd In Fees Suit
• Ex-Pa. Justice's Sentence Upheld, Minus Handcuffed Pics
• Chicago Defense Atty Helped Witness Lie On Stand, Feds Say
• Sullivan & Cromwell Hit With $325M Atty Bias Suit Again
• Texas Anti-SLAPP Law Covers Legal Filings, Court Rules
• How To Control Risk And Cost Of E-Discovery
• Texas Atty Arrested For Plot To Murder Witness
• NFL Star's Lost Investment Suit A 'Shakedown,' Ala. Atty Says
• Deal Ending $7M Fen-Phen Referral Fee Row May Be Near
• Texas Firm Can't Use Immunity To Duck Atty Fraud Claim
• Allens Creditor Seeks Sanctions Against Freeborn Atty
• IP Firm Claims Getty Falsely Targeted It For Infringement
• Attorney Sues Florida Bar Over His Suspension
• Locke Lord Escapes Atty's 'Frivolous' $15M RICO Suit
• Thompson & Knight Gets $960K Malpractice Judgment Nixed
• Firm Conflict Led To Unfair $32M HSBC Deal, Class Says
• Detroit Slams Syncora For Ch. 9 Grand Bargain 'Falsehoods'
• Greenberg Traurig Atty Knew Client Forged Doc, Motion Says
• Schlumberger Suggests Ex-GC Is Behind Second Patent Suit
• Ex-Bell Officials' Claims Against BB&K Nixed As Unspecific
• Travelers Fights To Nix Policy Of Atty Convicted In RE Scams
• Ford, Honeywell Say Sealed Garlock Docs Allege Atty Fraud
• Investment Manager Pleads Guilty To Aiding Rothstein Scheme
• Skadden's $4M Fee Award In Radnor Bankruptcy Upheld
• ConAgra Unit Fights Dismissal Sanctions In Snack Fraud Suit
• McDermott Bungled Push-Up Patent, Bra Co. Says In $6M Suit
• Schlumberger Says Ex-GC's Conflict Fatal To Patent Suit
• Texas Bar Sues Atty For Repping Son Fired By Ex-Client
• Gray Plant Beats Bankrupt Food Co.'s Fraud Suit In 7th Circ.
• NJ Court Revives Malpractice Suit Over Injury Settlement
• 11th Circ. Denies Fees For Withdrawn Atty In Tobacco Suit
• ATopTech, Synopsys Patch Rift Over Dickstein DQ Bid
• Discipline Board Orders Suspended Pa. Magistrate Reinstated
• Fla. Judge Faces Discipline For Fight With Public Defender
• Wachtell's Malpractice Brawl With CVR Transferred To NY
• Atty Faces $3M Malpractice Suit Over Enviro Contracts Case
• Schlumberger Suit Against Ex-IP Counsel Likely To Proceed
• Atty Sanctions Sought In OT Suit Against Costume, Gym Biz
• Diamond McCarthy Overbilled Dreier Estate, Ex-Partner Says
• Consumers In Toxic Foam Action Look To Dodge Sanctions
• Chicago Attorney Avoids Lifetime Penny-Stock Ban
• Attack On Pa. Bar Reciprocity Rules Faces Uphill Battle
• HP Investor Calls For Cotchett's Ousting In Autonomy Row
• Consider Hearsay Issues Before A Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition
• 5 Law Firm Malpractice Cases Attys Need To Know
• Judge Sues DOJ For Allegedly Discriminatory Recusal Order
• Schlumberger Attacks Anti-SLAPP Law In IP Fight With Ex-GC
• Boxing Promoter Jabs Reed Smith With $10M Defamation Suit
• O'Quinn Agrees Not To Disclose National Union Settlement
• Law Firms May Be Violating Copyrights
• 7th Circ. Warns Attys To Keep Dismissal Bids Spin-Free
• Syncora Rips Judge At Center Of Detroit 'Grand Bargain'
• Scrushy Judge Jailed For Beating Wife In Hotel
• NJ Judge Accused Of Letting Atty Feud Affect Conduct
• Porter Hedges Avoids Jury Demand In Texas Malpractice Row
• NY Lawyer Blasted For Deleting Evidence In Copyright Case
• Ex-Schlumberger GC Seeks $1.2M In Trade Secrets Brawl
• Gilead Wants Finnegan DQ'd In Hepatitis Drug IP Row
• Texas Prosecutor Caught In Bribery Scam Loses Law License
• Boies Schiller Fined For Conflict In $350M Antitrust Suit
• Holthouse Carlin, Venable Hit With $13M Malpractice Suit
• Kelley Drye Malpractice Suit On Thin Ice After Atty No-Show
• NFL Vet Wants Subpoenas Blocked In Atty Investment Row
• Port Authority Airs Details On Bridgegate Subpoenas
• Baker Botts Won't Face New Trial In $41M Malpractice Suit
• Fox Rothschild To Return Money, Continue As Revel Counsel
• Convicted Rite Aid Exec Drops Duane Morris Malpractice Bid
• Cronin Sues Rival For Defamation After Contract Goes Sour
• Compliance Reigns Supreme As In-House Demographics Shift
• 5th Circ. Nixes Firm's Suit Over Criminal Records Access
• Nevada High Court Clarifies Timeline For Malpractice Suits
• CORRECTED: Adam Sandler's Co. Wins Appeal Over Nanny Who Alleged Slavery
• Disbarred Fla. Atty Gets 6 Years For $28M Medicare Scam
• Ex-Biz Partner Of 'Kids For Cash' Atty Seeks $200M Freeze
• Pa. High Court Disbars Philly Atty After Fraud Conviction
• Collaboration In The Shadow Of The Billable Hour
• Texas Law Firm, 3 Attys Sanctioned For Time-Barred Suits
• Class Counsel Contest Heats Up After Doomed Pella Deal
• Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge Gets 30 Months For Fraud
• Texas Bar Asked To Probe AG Candidate Over Securities Work
• Shook Hardy Adds Experienced Trial Atty In Miami
• Calif. Firm's Former Clients Sue Over Fee Agreement
• Ill. Lawyer Faces Sanctions For Boeing, Malaysia Air Filing
• Contract Management Survey Reveals Untapped Opportunities
• Schlumberger IP Fight Highlights GC Privilege Obstacle
• 9th Circ. Backs Judges' Power To Ban Bankruptcy Advisers
• Class Action Atty On Hook For $42M Fen-Phen Judgment
• Judge Kills Oksana Baiul's 'Frivolous' DQ Bid In NBC Row
• Norton Rose Fulbright Survives DQ Bid In Pamlab Suit
• Moore & Van Allen Urges Fla. Court To Toss Malpractice Suit
• Greenberg Traurig, Corwin Settle Epstein Malpractice Suit
• Bingham Ruling's Lessons On Proper Assertion Of Privilege
• Ex-Bell, Calif., Officials Say BB&K Failed To Flag Illegal Pay
• 'Fraudulent' $47M Suit Over BP Asset Sale Axed By Judge
• Sharp, Dell Accuse Niro Haller Of Hiding Damaging Docs
• Attys Vie To Rep Class After 'Scandalous' $90M Pella Deal
• Synopsys Again Tells Judge To DQ Dickstein From IP Dispute
• Pa. Court Refuses To Nix Settlement In Atty Defamation Row
• UK Firms Expand Global Empire, But US Firms Gaining Ground
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Take Global To New Heights
• Duane Morris Gets NJ Malpractice Suit Tossed On Appeal
• Dallas Plaintiffs Firm Says Ex-JV Partner Went Rogue
• McKenna Long Loses Bid For Sanctions In Malpractice Row
• Fish & Richardson Fraud Suit Booted By Texas High Court
• Oksana Baiul Aims To Put NY Judge On Ice In NBC Dispute
• Ex-Client Wants Lynch Chappell To Arbitrate $1.2M Fee Fight
• Pepper Hamilton Ducks Philly Union Boss' Malpractice Suit
• Swartz Campbell Asks Pa. Court To DQ Chartwell In Fees Suit
• Castel Ups Stakes For Lawyers Who Barge Into Federal Court
• The Crisis: The More We Know, The Less We Understand