Legal Ethics Archive » September, 2014

Legal Ethics - September, 2014

217 articles

• NY Judge Says Ad Studies' Timing, Not Content, Important
• Nixon Peabody Can't Beat Jailed Ex-Partner's Defense Suit
• Icahn Unlikely To Win Bid To Stay Part Of Wachtell Suit
• Wood Herron Attys Sanctioned For 'Reckless' IP Case Conduct
• Fross Zelnick Dodges Buck Rogers Malpractice Claims
• Alleged Facebook Scammer Fights Requests For Atty Docs
• Pa. Judge Can Stay On Bench During Ethics Case
• Texas Court Affirms Ethics Sanction In O'Quinn Fee Dispute
• BakerHostetler Partner Ignored Tax Fraud Conflict, Client Says
• Prosecutors Ask Pa. High Court To Stay Ex-Justice's Sentence
• And Now A Word From The Panel: ABCs Of JPML Practice
• Disbarred Texas Atty's Former Firm Drops Theft Claims
• Firm Slams 'Shameful' Honeywell DQ Bid In $42M Enviro Fight
• KPMG Loses Sanctions Bid In $400M Sex Bias Suit
• 9th Circ. Urged To Deny 'Absurd' Delay In Calif. Bar Rules Row
• Shuttered Miami Firm Escapes Negligence Suit For Now
• 11th Circ. Judge Leads Domestic Abuse Probe Into Ala. Judge
• K&L Gates Disputes Alleged Conflict In IP Suit, But Bows Out
• Disbarred Atty Gets 3 Years Probation For Tax Fraud
• Univ. Counsel Gets Probation For Hiding Kickback Scheme
• The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most
• NY Lawyers Indicted In Referral-For-Cash Bribe Scheme
• DuPont Tells High Court Kolon Wrong On Recusal Request
• Attys Hit With $1.7M Suit Over Medical Partnership Row
• Ex-Pa. Justice Asks High Court To Review Criminal Conviction
• Cronin Says Rival's Hands 'Unclean' After Remark To Law360
• Holder To Nix Waiver Of Appellate Rights
• Fox Rothschild Booted From Hacking Case For Client Conflict
• Ex-Texas Judge Cops To Defrauding Social Security Agency
• Wilson Sonsini Staffer Eyes Swift Resolution To Charges
• Firm Says Insurer Must Produce Docs In Malpractice Row
• Fox Rothschild Says No Conflict In Hacking Case
• Ex-Akin Gump Attys Launch New Firms After Telling On Client
• NJ Panel Backs Municipal Judges' Ability To Share Fees
• Lawyer Who Deleted Emails In Copyright Suit Owes Attys' Fees
• Texas Ethics Rules Murky On Bickel & Brewer Name Change
• Two Philly Judges Suspended After Colleague's Guilty Plea
• NY Disbars Atty For Stealing $9.3M From Client For Comics
• Greenberg Glusker Beats 'Scary Movie' Producer's Spying Suit
• Pa. Mayor's Suit Says Judge Used Court To Settle Vendetta
• Ex-Atty Gets 7 Months For Ripping Off Bankruptcy Clients
• Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Rejects Insider Trading Plea Deal
• Antonelli Owes $15M For Botched Patent Filing, Tech Co. Says
• 4th Circ. Says Waiver Lets Chevron See Ecuadorean Atty Docs
• Fla., Conn. AGs Ice Firm Assets In $5M Mortgage Rescue Case
• 2nd Circ. Denies Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Head's Bail Bid
• Stanford Denies Keeping Google Funds From Privacy Studies
• NJ Court Says McElroy Deutsch Didn't Violate Privilege
• Utica Mutual Can't Shake Reinsurers' Bid To DQ Hunton Attys
• Philly Judge Pleads Guilty To Corruption Charges
• EEOC Age Bias Email Survey Didn't Harm Co., Judge Rules
• McKool Smith Replaced By MoloLamken In Versata Appeal
• Pa. Judge Axes Law Firm's Abusive Litigation Claims
• Ex-GC Challenges Fla. Tribe's Bid To DQ Judge
• SEC Charges Two Florida Attys With Aiding Offering Fraud
• NJ Judges Defend Dinners With Indicted Official At High Court
• Nixon Peabody Says It Didn't Owe Jailed Ex-Partner Defense
• Texas Court Remands Criminal Defense Lawyer's Fee Fight
• Pond Lehocky Says Ex-Atty Launched Rival While At Firm
• Freeborn Urges 7th Circ. To Nix $1M Malpractice Verdict
• Davidoff Hutcher Says Fired Lawyer Overbilled Client $2M
• Plaintiffs Firms Dodge Suit Over Undervalued $1.2M Settlement
• Wachtell Ripped Over Deal To End HP Derivative Suits
• Opportunities And Pitfalls In The Legal Cloud
• Care One Denied Bid For Atty Sanctions In TCPA Class Action
• Cohen Milstein Wrongly Handed Police Powers: Drugmakers
• Ky. Judge Permanently Disbarred For Vote-Buying Scheme
• 11th Circ. Backs Atty Sanctions Over Frivolous Motions
• Fleming Nolen Accuses 2 Firms Of Fen-Phen Deal Conspiracy
• Thompson & Knight Avoids $960K Malpractice Judgment
• Signature MD Fights To Keep Duane Morris In Antitrust Suit
• Bochetto & Lentz Wants Referral Fee Suit Kept Alive
• Quinn Emanuel, Samsung Lose Bid To Lower $2M Leak Penalty
• A General Counsel's Top 10 Billing Tips
• $10M Suit Against Johnson DeLuca Over Hospital Ch. 11 Pared
• Timing Criticized In Fla. Tribe's Attempt To Oust Judge
• Calif. Atty Hit With Sanctions In Farmers Market Fee Row
• Pa. Atty Gets Stayed Suspension For Concealing $1M Loss
• Judge Convicted Of Corruption Faces Disciplinary Charges
• Broker Cops To Relaying Simpson Thacher Clerk's Inside Tips
• 'Bonusgate' Atty Foreman Disbarred By Pa. Supreme Court
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO's Sentencing Delayed Again Over E-Book
• KPMG Decries Futile Discovery 'Frolic' In $400M Sex Bias Suit
• Perry Prosecutor Faces Reopened Witness Tampering Case
• Venable-Acquired Firm Ducks LA Times Reporter's Spying Suit
• Judge Wants Details On Alleged BakerHostetler Conflict
• Fowler White Burnett Client Says Firm, Ex-Partner Shared File
• Morgan Lewis Beats Malpractice Suit Over $112M RE Deal
• Willkie Farr Again Escapes Suit Over $100M Loss
• Calif. Bar Wants Atty Punished For Putting Self In Celeb Pics
• 3 Ways To Avoid Conflict Of Interest Land Mines
• Fla. Judge Due For Reprimand Hit With New Charges
• K&L Gates Accused Of Playing Both Sides In Calif. IP Suit
• Atty Eyed In Cemetery Theft Faces Escrow Larceny Charges
• Wife-Abusing Fed. Judge Needs To Step Down, Say Senators
• Hunton Mostly Escapes Gas Co.'s $50M Malpractice Suit
• NJ High Court Takes Hard Line On Attorney Bribery
• McDonnell & Whitaker Off Hook For Novice Atty's Failed Suit
• Wilson Sonsini Scandal Brings Unwanted Glare To M&A Group
• Startup Says Plaintiff In Junked IP Suit Not A Sham Co.
• Dropped Appeal Should Sink Malpractice Case, NY Court Told
• OneBeacon Denied Again In Dish Malpractice Coverage Suit
• Finnegan Withdraws As Counsel In Hepatitis C Drug IP Row
• Cadwalader-Nomura Malpractice Fight Stayed By Top NY Court
• Schlumberger To Appeal Ex-GC's Award In Trade Secret Case
• Judge Recused From Noncompete Row After Bias Accusations
• Court OKs Moving Pa. Atty's Child Abuse Defamation Suit
• Ex-Mayer Brown CIO Should Get Prison Time, Prosecutors Say
• 2nd Circ. Told E&Y Tax Docs In Schaeffler Row Are Protected
• Raff & Becker Attys Urge Court To Toss Ex-Judge's FCA Suit
• Getty Buyers Sue Akin Gump For Conflict In Lukoil Deal
• Preserving The Attorney-Client Privilege In M&A
• Wilson Sonsini Tech Worker Charged With Insider Trading
• Cowan Attys Urge Court To Toss Inventor's Malpractice Suit
• Dechert Prevails With Request To Strike Constar Report
• Epstein Becker Seeks Toss Of Oncologist's Malpractice Suit
• Clifford Law Offices Tapped To Lead Pella Window Fight
• Feds Want DLA Piper, Kasowitz Docs In Facebook Scam Case
• Malpractice Insurer's Arbitrator Ties Don't Ax Win, Court Says
• Firm Behind Pella Window Scandal Sued By Ex-Partner
• Ex-McCarthy Atty Cites Privilege In $1.4M Dreier Fee Row
• Attys Slam DQ Bid In TCPA Suit Over Shopping App
• Bancorp Blasts Friedman Schuman Venue Bid In $8M Mal Row
• Next Possible CFPB Targets: Foreclosures And Law Firms
• Ford, GM Kick 'Frivolous' Display Patent Suits
• Don't Fear The Courtroom When Fighting Malpractice
• Kilpatrick Helped Client Steal Confidential IP, Suit Says
• NJ Atty Charged With Practicing With Suspended License
• Plaintiff Blasts Effort To DQ McKool From Guardrail FCA Suit
• Saying 'Sorry' Can Be The Best Defense Against Malpractice
• OPINION: Pro Bono May Help Diversity Recruiting Efforts
• Chase Denied Atty Docs In $775M Fight With Insurer's Trust
• Virginia & Ambinder Denies Coercing Letterman Intern To Sue
• Bose McKinney Fails To Quash $7.6M Malpractice Suit
• Tripp Scott Can Stay As Developers' Counsel In $12M RE Row
• Ex-Dentons Montreal Tax Head Hit With Extortion Charges
• Ex-Pennsylvania Judge Charged For Fixing DUI Case
• Insurer Can't Skirt Ex-Giacometti Smith Atty's Malpractice Suit
• Yahoo, Baker & McKenzie Sued For Skirting $2.8B Judgment
• Cyberattacks Put Firms In Crosshairs For Waiving Privilege
• Malpractice Rulings Extend NYC Lawyers' Ties To Old Clients
• 'Eat What You Kill' Culture Drives Up Malpractice Risk
• Don't Let Wife Abuser Hear Cases, Judge Blogs To 11th Circ.
• Greenberg Wins Arbitration Bid In $3M Malpractice Suit
• Ex-McDermott Atty Gets 13 Months For Not Reporting Taxes
• Fla. Tribe Wants Fed. Judge DQ'd From Sanctions Case
• Gibson Dunn Fights Con Ed Call To Quit Remediation Case
• Philly, London Bar Reps Call For Aggressive Self-Regulation
• 'Kids For Cash' Defendant Wants Plaintiffs' Attys Sanctioned
• Fla. Atty Denied Admission In NJ Suit For Ducking State Bar
• How Research Efficiency Impacts Law Firm Profitability
• Ex-Letterman Intern Says Attys Coerced Her Into Suit
• 5 Insights From Ford General Counsel David Leitch
• Proskauer Can't Dodge Malpractice Suit Over $255M Tax Bill
• Fox Rothschild Has Conflict In Hacking Case, Ex-Client Says
• Calif. Panel Revives ACT's $1M Greenberg Traurig Fee Suit
• Moses & Singer Gave Bad HIPAA Advice In Merger, Suit Says
• Squire Patton's DQ Experts Accused Of Bias In False-Ad Row
• Atty Advocacy Org Pushes For End To Pa. Reciprocity Limits
• 9th Circ. Asks For Input On Malpractice Insurance Fight
• Paul Hastings Loses Fight To Stay In Toshiba Secrets Row
• Cozen Tells Justices Election Law Doesn't Cover Pol's Debt
• Best Business Planning Practices For Lawyers
• Novak Druce Name Partner Gets 2-Year USPTO Ban
• Ironshore Says Policy Doesn't Cover Shamoun Fee Dispute
• NY High Court Eyes $44M Graubard Miller Fee, Lawyer Gifts
• Fulbright Attys Rip DQ Bid Over Norton Rose Merger
• CFTC Says Atty Aided Precious Metals Investment Scam
• Holland & Hart Wins Malpractice Dismissal In RE Deal
• Paul Hastings Ousted From Toshiba Trade Secrets Suit
• Chicago Fights Bid To DQ Cohen Milstein In Painkiller Suit
• Sheppard Mullin Hit With Fraud Suit Over $8M Judgment
• McLeod Alexander Beats Enviro Co.'s Witness Tampering Suit
• Thompson & Knight Botched Deal To Buy Metal Co., Suit Says
• Ex-USPTO Colleagues Jump To Cohn's Defense After Exit
• Friedman Schuman Sues Bankrupt Co. Over Santander Loan
• Donziger Dodges Ecuadoreans' Suit Over $18B Judgment
• Reed Smith Wants Dealership's $15M Malpractice Suit Axed
• Mistaken Doc Distribution Doesn't Waive Privilege In FCA Row
• $12M RE Malpractice Suit Against Olshan Frome Ruled Timely
• Schlumberger Ruling Raises Bar For Trade Secrets Claims
• Acacia Unit Blasts Schlumberger's DQ Motion In Patent Suit
• Embattled USPTO Trademark Chief Deborah Cohn To Retire
• Perjuring Ex-Troutman Atty Denied Piece Of $2.2B Deal
• Firm Opposes Ford, Honeywell Motion To Unseal Garlock Docs
• Ex-Dorsey & Whitney Atty Asks Justices To Mull 7-Year Ban
• Fed. Judge Gets Diversion In Wife Assault, Denies Affair
• Out-Of-State Atty Who Didn't File For Admission Denied Fees
• Texas Bar Wants Ex-DA Disbarred Over Bribery Scheme
• 5 Insights From AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts
• McDermott Says Antioch Negligence Claim Should Be Nixed
• McKool's Exit Puts Heat On Replacement In Versata Appeal
• Convicted Oil, Gas Investment Fraudster Faces Disbarment
• Document Storage Tips: Inside The Email Vault
• Halliburton Sanctioned For Destroying Deepwater Evidence
• Disbarred Texas Atty Loses Bid To Oust Judge In Fee Fight
• Pa. Justices Won't Intervene In Colleague's Libel Suit
• Squire Patton Boggs Fights DQ Bid In Corn Syrup False Ad Suit
• Cahill Gordon Must Face Claims Of Asbestos Doc Destruction
• BSH Class Seeks Discovery Sanctions In Moldy Washer Row
• 10th Circ. Boots Ex-Grant Thornton Tax Partner's RICO Appeal
• Trinity Wants McKool Smith Off Guardrail FCA Suit
• Asbestos Attys Expose Social Security Nos. In Garlock Ch. 11
• Conducting A Braintrust Review Of The Complex Case
• Judge Won't 'Micromanage' Discovery In Justice's Libel Suit
• Sham Plaintiff Dooms Startup's IP, Trade Secrets Suit
• Kirkland Takes A Gamble With Feisty Detroit Playbook
• BP Tries To DQ Atty Overseeing Deepwater Claims Payouts
• NJ Court Reverses Fox Rothschild Win In Malpractice Row
• Ca. Commission Censures 2 Judges For Sex In Chambers
• Trump Casino, Attorney Defend Age Discrimination Probe
• MasterCard Ruling Warns In-House Attys On Privilege Limits
• Landfill Owner Fights DEP's Bid To Boot Atty In Property Row
• Dow Lohnes Can't Ditch Al Jazeera's Malpractice Suit
• US Trustee Rips Dechert's Call To Strike Constar Report
• McKool Smith Quits As Versata Counsel In $391M Patent Case
• Are You Really An 'Expert' In Md., Va. And DC?