Legal Ethics Archive » November, 2014

Legal Ethics - November, 2014

217 articles

• NY Firm Sues Ex-Partner For Stealing Client Files, Chairs
• Dechert's Hiring Is Biased, Drexel Law Student Says
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Arbitrate $10M Malpractice Suit
• Defunct Firm Boss Liable For $4.4M Owed To Atty, Court Says
• Penn State Libel Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Wachtell Rips Counterclaim By Icahn's CVR In Legal Mal Row
• 5 Things Associates Can Do When In An Ethical Minefield
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Of Atty Defamation Settlement
• Miller Weisbrod Can't Buck Suit Over Eye Doctor TV Ads
• Are You Ready For Florida's New LLC Law?
• Texas Panel Boots Suit Over Untimely Discrimination Claim
• Mitts Law, IT Co. Settle Malpractice Suit Over IBM Suit
• Ex-Dinsmore Partner Freed Of Sex With Client Charges
• Moore & Van Allen Can't Duck Fla. Malpractice Suit
• Fla. Stock Scheme Atty Sees Post-Trial Motions Rejected
• Corrupt Philly Municipal Court Judge Disbarred
• Calif. Court Says Edwards Wildman Can Protect Internal Docs
• Full 4th Circ.: Unreviewable Remand Orders Can Be Vacated
• Squire Patton Boggs Fights DQ In Corn Syrup False-Ad Brawl
• NY Judge Says $18M Venable Overcharge Suit Belongs In DC
• Fla. Supreme Court Retires Judge Due To Disability
• Alston & Bird Atty Is 'Abusive', Fainting Plaintiff Says
• Ex-PilePro CFO Seeks To Disqualify Firm In IP Theft Case
• Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty's Gay Bias Suit To Advance
• Ousted Judge Didn't Pay Biz Taxes, Fla. High Court Told
• Ex-Pa. Judge Disbarred After Plea Deal In Bribery Case
• Texas Malpractice Suit Puts Fee Agreements In Crosshairs
• Philly Atty Meehan Charged In Underage Prostitution Probe
• Morgan Lewis 'Bled' Philly Papers For Fees, Suit Says
• Remembering Doar: Justice As A 4-Letter Word
• Philly PE Firm Sued For Citing Cozen To Secure Loans
• Nossaman Fights DQ Bid In LED Trade Secrets Row
• Toshiba Flouted Discovery Rules In CRT Case, Judge Says
• Hinshaw Atty Fights Sanctions Bid In Geico, Bell TCPA Suit
• Cancer-Stricken Ex-Boss Sues Unlicensed Atty For $8M Heist
• Md. Atty Cleared Of Misconduct For Relationship With Client
• House Dem Digs Into GOP's Use Of Law Students On ACA Suit
• Pa. Bar's Facebook Advice May Spur Obstruction Claims
• Harassment Suit Against LA Firm Managing Partner Dropped
• Honigman Says Blue Cross DQ Motion Is 'Baseless'
• Ex-Kerns Pearlstine Atty Takes Plea Deal In Sex Assault Row
• CVR, Icahn Fight Wachtell Bid To Upend Malpractice Row
• Rule 54(b) No Substitute For Appealable Final Judgment
• UNUM Atty Dodged Questions In Disability Row, Judge Says
• 'Dark Horse' Writer Loses Bid For Atty Sanctions
• Ex-Thelen Attys Lose Bid To Keep Partner Draws
• Suspended Atty Asks Justices To Look At Discipline In Calif.
• Vanderbilt Rape Trial To Go Forward Despite Atty Suspension
• Judicial Fundraising Ban Violates Free Speech, Justices Told
• Lawyer Called Sociopath By Judge Suspended From Pa. Bar
• Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Bigwig's Wife Wants To Keep Cash
• Pepper Hamilton Stay Bid Axed In Penn State Privilege Row
• High Court Asked To Review Janus Criminal Relevance
• Schlumberger Questions SLAPP Ruling In Trade Secret Appeal
• Garlock Says Asbestos Racketeering Claims Not Time-Barred
• Dewey Insurer Balks At Execs' Fees As Firm Tab Tops $35M
• Kirkland & Ellis Atty Will Not Lead U of Va. Rape Probe
• Differentiate Your Litigation Practice With Data Security
• 5 Questions To Ask About Your Legal Malpractice Insurance
• Do Lawyers Enjoy Immunity In Drafting Orders For Judges?
• AutoZone Says Attys Schmoozed With Jury For $185M Verdict
• Keeping Pace With Texas Hail Claim 'Case-Runners'
• Heller Goes After Attys' Unfinished Biz Profits At 9th Circ.
• The Practice Areas Putting You At Risk For Malpractice Suits
• Ex-PetroTiger Counsel Disbarred For Role In Bribery Scheme
• Fla. Bar Can't Escape Free Speech Suit Over New Ad Rules
• Atty Must Face Ex-Client's Claim He Botched Surgery Suit
• Estate Lawyers Have No Ethical Duty To Beneficiaries: NY Bar
• Law Grad's College Drinking Skeletons Delay His Bar Exam
• NJ Court Nixes Atty Contempt Order In Discovery Row
• Texas Court Clears Littler Atty In Employment Settlement Row
• Patent Holder Matches Sony's Sanctions Bid In IP Fight
• Insurer Says Legal Malpractice Cost It Subrogation Win
• Sanctions Sought For IP Firm's 'Baseless' $42M Counterclaim
• NY High Court To Mull NYC Bid To Limit Atty Debt Collection
• The Print Room: How To Spend Less And Get More
• Ousted Calif. Bar Exec Denies Misleading Board
• Fla. Judge Agrees To Sanctions Over Campaign Violations
• NY Judges Freed To Follow Emily Post And Send Thank-Yous
• Judge Who Leaked Celeb Adoption Accused Of Being Bought
• Winstead Covered Up Think Tank Sex Scandal, Suit Claims
• NY Lawyer Gets 9 Years For $2M Debt Relief Scam
• Ariz. Sheriff's Attys Want Out Of Racial Profile Appeal
• Ohio High Court Indefinitely Suspends Atty Over Child Porn
• Stoel Rives Beats Condo Title Row At Ore. Appeals Court
• UConn Law Professor Nabbed In Local Prostitution Sting
• Acquitted Philly Traffic Court Judge Gets Suspension Lifted
• 'Porn Troll' Attys Escape Sanctions In Copyright Suit
• DLA Piper, Greenberg Suits Open Door For More Deceit Cases
• Where Lawyers Impact The Triple Bottom Line
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms
• Rabbi Asks NJ Court To Revive $2M Fox Rothschild Fraud Suit
• Lawyers Tell 8th Circ. To Uphold Jones Day Atty Sanctions
• Finnegan Blasts 'Surprise' $2M Sanction In Dow IP Suit
• NCAA Fights To Depose Ex-Hausfeld Atty In Antitrust Case
• SEC Asks To Jail AWOL Atty Who Skipped Out On $3M Fine
• Ex-Ohio Judge Gets 6-Month Suspension For Misconduct
• Sony Wants Former In-House Counsel DQ'd In Patent Row
• Hinshaw Atty Threatened With Sanctions In Geico TCPA Suit
• McDermott Tries To Cut Scrapbooker's Malpractice Suit
• 6 Firms To Have On Speed Dial If Malpractice Trouble Hits
• US Wants Downey Brand Attys DQ'd In $123M Wildfire Suit
• Abbott Labs Wants Trucking Co. Atty DQ'd In Contract Row
• Wiley Rein Fights Atty's DQ Bid In Continental Policy Suit
• Former NJ Mayor Says Developer Can't DQ Attys In RE Fight
• Dewey Partner Clawback Ruling May Hurt New York Law Firms
• Why Can't We Be (Facebook) Friends? You Be The Judge
• CNOOC Sanctions Counsel For Baker & McKenzie Conflict
• Katten Settles Lowis & Gellen's Malpractice Claims
• Groupon Cries Foul Over 'Judge-Shopping' In OT Fight
• Manatt Beats Investors' Negligence Claims In $200M Ponzi Row
• Fredrikson Drops Sanctions Bid To End IP Malpractice Row
• Cole Scott Sued For Representation In Wrongful Death Suit
• Calif. Bar 'Bewildered' By Ousted Exec's Whistleblower Claim
• Brach Eichler Faces Malpractice Suit Over Industrial Site
• Botched Murder Trial Kills Colonial-Dressed Atty's Law Career
• Big Malpractice Payouts Mean Big Worries For Firms
• Edelson Wants Husch Sanctioned For Spoliation Claims
• How To Use A Sanctions Motion To Help Win Your Case
• Pa. Judge Suspended For Allegedly Shaking Down Staff
• Judge Recuses Herself In Cochran Firm Trademark Suit
• Judge Rejects Philip Morris' Recusal Bid In Engle Suit
• Fox Rothschild, Tarter Needn't Disgorge Pay In Ch. 7 Row
• Ex-Fla. Judge Asks For Rehearing On Removal From Bench
• Cozen O'Connor Fraud Suit To Stay In Bankruptcy Court
• Law Prof Loses Fight Over Brief In $173M Qualcomm Appeal
• Lying Attorney Rightly Banned From Mass., 1st Circ. Says
• Pa. Partner To Keep Law License After Stealing Thousands
• Swartz Campbell's Fee Fight With Ex-Atty Sent To Arbitration
• Travelers Needn't Defend Law Firm In Rival's Privacy Suit
• Lead Attorney Sanctioned In Scotts Seed IP Dispute
• Arent Fox, Manatt Sued For Involvement In Betty Boop IP Spat
• Howrey Judge Kicks Unfinished-Business Suits To 9th Circ.
• Practical Advice For Documenting Conflict Waivers
• Kilpatrick Urges Toss Of Medication-Cart IP Theft Claims
• Dickstein Can't Ditch Pawnshop's $30M Malpractice Suit
• Plaintiffs In NCAA Antitrust Case Slam Atty Deposition Bid
• Judge's Conversion Of IP Firm To Gen. Partnership Reversed
• Judge Faces Ethics Charges After Demanding Campaign Cash
• PPG Can't Stop Enviros' Atty From Testifying In Pollution Row
• Alston Slams Claim It Deposed Woman After She Passed Out
• 'Dark Horse' Writer Rips Attys For Citing Kesha Assault Row
• Reed Smith Says Dealership's Malpractice Suit Has No Chance
• Garlock Fights Venue Change In Law Firm Fraud Suit
• Fired Calif. Bar Director Blows Whistle On Ethics Breaches
• Zurich Says Atty Side Deals Kill Firm's Malpractice Policy
• DOJ Admits It Misled 9th Circ. In FBI Letter Suit
• Landfill Owner Topples NJ DEP's Takeover Order, DQ Bid
• Yacht Club's Sandy Damage Insurance Suit Wrecked
• Tory Burch 'Counterfeiters' Faked Docs In TM Suit
• A Curse On Both Attys, But No Sanctions, In FLSA Suit
• Ex-Wilson Sonsini Employee Cops To Insider Trading
• Anapol Schwartz Says It Got Records Fairly In Gay-Bias Suit
• CLOs: Fight Fraud With Better Analytics
• Parrish V. Latham Hasn't Changed Malicious Prosecution
• O'Melveny Hit With $14M Legal Mal Suit By Investing Co.
• Texas House Floats 2 Bills Over Atty, Contingency Fees
• Pa. AG Fires 6, Reprimands Dozens In Porn Email Scandal
• Michelman & Robinson Led Client Into $8.8M Debt, Suit Says
• Panel To Probe Dickstein Shapiro's Wooing Of AG
• Pa. Gov.-Elect To Ban No-Bid Contracts With Law Firms
• Drug Testing For Judges Weighed In Ill.
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Botts' Cristina Rodriguez
• Texas Bill Requiring Law License Could Affect New AG
• Chicago Hits Back At Drugmakers' Cohen Milstein DQ Bid
• Keith Haring Foundation Seeks Sanctions In Defamation Row
• Supreme Court Leaves Atty-Client Privilege Carveout Intact
• High Court Rejects Rite Aid Exec's Fraud Conviction Appeal
• Atty With Unpaid $3M SEC Fine Threatened With Contempt
• FTC Settlement With 'Patent Troll' May Signal Wider Action
• Attys Tend To 'Buy Themselves Off' In Class Deals, Judge Says
• Ex-Philly Traffic Judges Can't Get Perjury Convictions Axed
• Owen Gleaton Rips Insurer's Doc Request In Malpractice Row
• Ex-GC Can't Kill Slot Machine Maker's Trade Secrets Suit
• Pa. High Court Won't Eye McNees Wallace Malpractice Win
• Contractor Demands Sanctions For US In $78M Forfeiture Suit
• 5 Insights From Honeywell General Counsel Kate Adams
• Dewey Brass Can't Dodge Criminal Trial
• UK Spies Can Target Atty-Client Communications, Docs Show
• 'Patent Troll' To End Deceptive Tactics In Deal With FTC
• Reprimand In Rader Email Flap Shows Pitfalls Of Boasting
• 3rd Circ. Affirms 10-Year Sentence For Tax Fraudster Atty
• CSX, Asbestos Attys End 4th Circ. RICO Fight With $7.3M Deal
• Ex-Navy SEAL Slams Attys Over Advice On Bin Laden Book
• Antonelli Terry Rips Bid To Double $8M Malpractice Verdict
• Pa. Hospital's Atty Must Pay $1M For Witness Instruction Flub
• Calif. Judge Scolded For Calling Litigants 'Rotten,' 'Stupid'
• Plaintiffs Firms Again Dodge Claims They Lowballed $1M Deal
• Fla. High Court To Reprimand Judge For Bailiff Relationship
• 5 Ways To Uncover Bias During Jury Selection
• Prosecutors Refused DLA Piper Docs In Facebook Scam Suit
• 'Rambling' Inventor Can't Shake Cowan Liebowitz Sanctions
• Texas Atty Sued For $6.7M Over Ponzi Scheme Investment
• Atty Takes $90K Hit For Baseless IP Suit Against Indybay
• Pa. Court Watchdog Wants Review Of OAG, High Court Emails
• How Senate Without Filibuster-Proof Majority Avoids Gridlock
• Nexium Buyers Seek Litigation Docs From AstraZeneca
• Gov't Stands By Faegre Atty In Petters Ponzi Plea Deal Row
• NJ Judge Suspended For Conflict In Atty Dealings
• Weil Atty Reprimanded By Fed. Circ. For Sharing Rader Email
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: WilmerHale's Debo Adegbile
• Judge Bows Out Of $10M Zurich Subsidiary Insurance Dispute
• Tivoli Demands DQ Of Its Former Atty In Trade Secrets Row
• Convicted Pa. Justice Must Rewrite Apologies, Judge Says
• ITC Adds $2M To Finnegan's Spoliation Sanction In Dow Suit
• Hausfeld Accused Of Improper Billing In NCAA Antitrust Case
• Eckert Seamans Can Stay In Pa. 'Kids For Cash' Fight
• Telemundo Wins Access To Privileged Docs In IP Fight
• US Says DQ Bid In NJ Bar Rules Suit Is Sound, But Moot
• Do Hospitals Need A Compliance Officer Privilege?
• Orrick Draws Ivory Coast Bar's Ire Over Atty Descriptions
• Dickstein Shapiro Faces Ethics Claims Over Fla. AG Ties
• Ex-Dick's Atty Urges High Court To Toss Mail Fraud Verdict
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Recusal Row In DuPont Kevlar Case
• Simon Greenstone Wants Garlock Asbestos RICO Suit Nixed
• High Court Lets Stand Ex-Dorsey & Whitney Atty's 7-Year Ban
• J&J Heir Wants Proskauer Documents In Tax Shelter Suit