Legal Ethics Archive » January, 2015

Legal Ethics - January, 2015

284 articles

• Faruqi Wants To Cut Punitive Damages In Sex Assault Trial
• Urban Outfitters Wants Law Firm Sanctioned For Duplicate Suit
• Engle Trial Judge Won't Recuse Self Over Wife's Death
• Pa. Supreme Court Disbars Philly Atty For Abandoning Clients
• 'Who Dat' IP Atty Must Ask Permission For Future RICO Suits
• Pressler & Pressler Fights Class Cert In NJ Debt Suit
• Law Firms Beat Malpractice Suit By Coal Royalty Claimants
• Attorney Who Concocted Bogus Settlement Spared Disbarment
• Atty Suspended For $300M Suit Against Soda-Bottling Tycoon
• Ex-Rothstein Atty Gets 18 Mos. For Role In $1B Ponzi Scheme
• NCAA Antitrust Judge Recuses Self Over Butler U Trusteeship
• Calif. Judges Can Hear Some Cases They Worked On As ADAs
• Faruqi Accuser Tries To Revive Claims Against Co-Founders
• Duane Morris Partner Suspended By Fla. Bankruptcy Judge
• Schlumberger Wants Former In-House Atty DQ'd In Patent Row
• Florida High Court Gives Immunity To Local Review Boards
• Simpson Thacher May Be Haunted By $1.5B Loan Gaffe
• Frustrated Judge Rakoff Quits DOJ Forensic Science Panel
• NJ Judge Faces Ethics Accusations Over Contractor Charges
• Brown Rudnick Gets Partial Win In Malpractice Fight
• Wash. Developer Hit With $1M Atty Fee For 'Abuse' Of Process
• False DaVita Testimony Jeopardizing Privilege In FCA Suit
• Texas Court Nixes $1.3B Malpractice Claim In Chevron Case
• Nixon Peabody, Mintz Levin Using Barred Defense, Court Told
• Patterson Belknap Escapes DQ In Mexican Auto Parts JV Row
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Court Approval Required For Mediation, Texas Judge Says
• Ala. Chief Justice Faces Ethics Case Over Marriage Letter
• Salacious Faruqi Trial Showcases No-Frills NY Judge
• Estate Can Sue Atty Over Handling Of Trusts: Texas Court
• Silver Arrest Could Complicate 421-A Renewal Talks
• Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Departs Law Firm
• Hagens Berman Didn't Verify Thalidomide Claim, Court Told
• Faruqi Co-Founders Off Hook In Sex Assault Trial
• Wis. High Court Disbars Atty Famous For Armored Car Suit
• US Supreme Court To Disclose Lawyer Discipline Docs
• Corruption Charges Cost Silver Top NY Assembly Post
• Calif. Judge Must Rethink Immigrant's Claim Over Atty Advice
• Employment Atty Accused Of Groping Worker Can't Hide Name
• Fla. Bar Says Attys Can Advise Clients On Social Media Posts
• Ford Rips Bid To Recuse All Pa. Justices In Asbestos Row
• High Court Fundraising Case Could Hinder Pa. Judicial Reform
• Attack On Pa. Bar Reciprocity Rule Won't Get 2nd Look
• Atty Who Sued Former Client Suspended Indefinitely
• Faruqi Avoids Sanctions For Replacing Stained Carpet
• Big Tobacco Wants Judge Off Engle Trial After Wife's Death
• Atty Blasts 'Baseless' DQ Bid In Enviro Settlement Fight
• IP Firm Can't Dodge Med. Device Co.'s Malpractice Claims
• Orioles Beef Over Proskauer Ties 'Baseless': MLB Commish
• Secret Patent-Examination Program: Rare But Consequential
• 3rd Circ. OKs Sanctions In Telecom Exec.'s Bankruptcy
• Judge Fines Himself $25 For Tardiness In Clothing TM Row
• 9th Circ. Upholds Conviction Of Harry Reid Fundraiser
• Faruqi Accuser Helped Destroy Bloodstain, Firm Says
• High Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Judge's Affair With Witness
• Faruqi Atty Tells Jury He Was Too Drunk To Perform
• Convicted 'Kids for Cash' Atty Disbarred In Pa.
• Mayer Brown DQ'd From Representing HSBC In MBS Row
• Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Denies Insider Trading Charges
• Diamond McCarthy Ex-Partner Can't Escape Texas Court
• Judges Must Leave Boy Scouts Over Bias: Calif. High Court
• Paine Hamblen Settles Spokane Diocese's Malpractice Suit
• Garlock Claims Of Dirty Tactics To Renew Transparency Push
• 2nd Pa. Atty Disbarred Over Role In Annuities Scheme
• Faruqi Accuser Wants Sanction For Bloodstained Carpet
• Ex-Schlumberger Atty Backs Anti-SLAPP Law's Use In IP Suit
• Prosecutor PowerPoint Voids Murder Conviction, Court Says
• $8M Bin Laden Book Malpractice Suit Fails, Attys Say
• NJ Judges Told When To Clap At State Of The State Speeches
• Pa. High Court Win Won't Guarantee End To Kane Charges
• Faruqi Judge Says Founders Might Duck Personal Liability
• Ex-PilePro CFO Gets Former Firm DQ'd In IP Theft Case
• Fainting Plaintiff Sanctioned In Nixed Grant Thornton Suit
• J&J Fraud Claims Fall Flat In Mesh MDL, Plaintiffs Attys Say
• Ex-Galleon Trader Cites Newman In Bid To Nix Conviction
• Katten Looks To Ax $4M Suit Over Payday Loan Service
• Ex-Dewey Atty Consents to Disbarment Over Insider Trading
• Ill. Atty Suspended 6 Months For Denying IRS Authority
• Diamond McCarthy Refutes Ex-Partner's Special Appearance
• Ex-Client Of Judge's Defense Atty Killed Witness, Sources Say
• Silver Arrest May Herald New Crackdown On Lawyer Pols
• Stites & Harbison Says Attys Hijacked Social Media Accounts
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• No Early Trial In Suit Alleging Groping At Employment Firm
• 'Girls Gone Wild' Trustee Accuses Atty Of Fraudulent Transfers
• Womble Carlyle Disability Suit Wrongly Nixed, EEOC Says
• Attys Attack Dershowitz's Bid To Enter Sex Slave Case
• New Docs Counter Pa. AG's Claims Of No Leak Violations
• OLG Hits Venable With $6M Counterclaim In Fee Fight
• Atty In Rothstein Scheme Seeks To Avoid Jail Time
• Baker & McKenzie, Yahoo Rip Contract Row Coercion Claims
• Philly Judge Gets 2 Years Following Corruption Plea
• NY Assembly Speaker Charged Over $6M Law Firm Income
• Longtime Houston Attorney Leaves Beck Redden To Start Firm
• Pasricha & Patel Settles Paralegal's Overtime Suit
• Liens Safe After $1.5B Mayer Brown Loan Gaffe Upheld
• What Legal Departments Can Expect If Buying Into E-Billing
• Sex Scandal Cost Faruqi Partner Bonus, Firm Head Testifies
• NJ Judges Who Dined With Indicted Official Avoid Sanctions
• Grand Jury Recommends Charges Against Pa. AG
• PR Judge Guilty Of Taking Bribes In Homicide Acquittal
• NJ Atty Sentenced To 46 Months In Facebook IPO Scheme
• Quinn Emanuel Pads Houston Expansion With Susman Hire
• Atty Avoids Sanctions Over Leaked Email In Derailment Suit
• Duane Morris Kicked Off Concierge Medicine Antitrust Suit
• Baker Botts Sued By Would-Be Client Over Email Disclosure
• Ford Fights Asbestos Row As Mechanic Seeks Justice Recusal
• 2nd Circ. Holds JPMorgan To Faulty Mayer Brown Loan Deal
• Supreme Court Torn On Fla. Judicial Campaign Funding Rule
• Ex-Clients Try To Revive Girardi Suit Over $100M Quake Deal
• Edward Wildman Hit With Malpractice Suit Over EFT Fraud Row
• Accused Faruqi Partner Apologized To Firm Head, Jury Hears
• Garlock Says Attys Told Asbestos Clients To Hide Evidence
• Cozen Atty Receives Stayed Suspension For Hit And Run
• Dewey Exec Gets Bail Refund To Help Foot Defense Costs
• Ex-DLA Piper Atty Sues Firm Over Disability Coverage
• 6 Ways Technology Hobbles Attorney Efforts To Recruit Clients
• Supreme Court Won't Revive Locke Lord Racketeering Suit
• Hogan Lovells Faces Disqualification Bid In Cleanup Row
• Pa. Bill Would OK Probing Judges During Criminal Inquiries
• Bar Character Test Seen As Vital Despite Flaws
• Biz Owners Say Pepper Hamilton Counsel Hurting Their Shares
• Young Conaway Rips Sunken Treasure Investors' RICO Suit
• Justices Won't Hear Recruiter Web Defamation Row
• Supreme Court Case Threatens To Undo Fla. Judicial Reform
• Fla. Tribe, Atty Ordered To Pay $1M In Sanctions Fight
• Pa. High Court Accepts Convicted Ex-Justice's Resignation
• Board Wants To Boot Pa. Judge For Unlicensed Shoe Store
• 5th Circ. Won't Give Jailed Fen-Phen Atty New Hearing
• Credit Suisse Attys Misled Court In Loan Suit, Landowners Say
• Prosecutors Aided 'Sham' Wildfire Probe, Sierra Pacific Says
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Richards Kibbe's James Walker
• Chadbourne Says Stanford Malpractice Suit Is Time-Barred
• Plaintiff In $185M AutoZone Bias Case Defends Attys' Actions
• Fla. Atty Who Mishandled Escrow Funds Broke Bar Rules
• 3rd Circ. Revives Ex-Pa. Public Defender's Retaliation Suit
• Texas Court Says Ex-Provost & Umphrey Atty Didn't Steal Suit
• Ex-Simpson Clerk Indicted For Trades As Broker Takes Plea
• Faruqi Accuser Denies Spiteful Motives In Sex Assault Trial
• Fed. Circ. Says IP Malpractice Suit Belongs In State Court
• NJ Judge Tries To Downplay Name-Calling Allegations
• Ex-Criminal Atty Gets 2 Years For Laundering Client's Money
• Lawyer Charged With Scheme To Launder $1M In Tax Returns
• Loss In Nike Air Jordan Patent Case Prompts Malpractice Suit
• Telemundo Runs Off With Atty Fees In Telenovela IP Row
• Sanctions Sought Over 'Frivolous' Bid To Ax FCA Suit
• Firm Can't Get Full $34M Verdict In Malpractice Insurance Row
• Stroock Faces Malpractice Suit Over Ryan Reynolds Film Fight
• BigLaw Sees Green With Legal Pot Despite High Ethical Risks
• 'Odd' Proskauer Suit Against OSG Execs Nixed
• Latham & Watkins Settles Trade Secret, Contract Claims
• Wachtell Says Prior Ruling Bars Icahn's Malpractice Claim
• Faruqi Partner's Sex Assault Caused PTSD, Ex-Associate Says
• Pa. High Court To Review Foreclosure-Related Atty Fees
• Former Texas Congressman's Law License Suspended
• Defunct Co. Can't Claim Atty-Client Privilege, Pa. Court Says
• A Shift In Discoverability Of Litigation Hold Notices?
• Ex-Philly Judge Gets 20 Months In Ticket-Fixing Scheme
• Ex-Secretary Sues Arnstein & Lehr For Alleged Harassment
• Women Asked To Lie To Join Pelvic Mesh MDL, J&J Claims
• 5th Circ. Nixes Sanctions For Atty Honoring Client Privilege
• Conflicts DQ Atty In Fight Over Enviro Settlement, Court Told
• Edelson, Husch Blackwell Lose Dueling Sanctions Bids
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over Alleged Dallas Venue Mischief
• Ex-PetroTiger CEO's Talk With GC Who Wore Wire Released
• Calif. Bar Warns Blogging Lawyers To Rein In Self-Promotion
• Return Sought For Claims O'Melveny Lied In Sex Abuse Case
• NJ Judge Fights Court Worker's Demeaning Behavior Claims
• Sandy Suit Attys Sanctioned For Ignoring Court Orders
• 8th Circ. Tears Down Class Cert. In FDCPA Suit
• Faruqi Accuser Says Alleged Sex Assault Sowed Job Fears
• Mass. High Court Backs Atty-Client Privilege For Cellphone
• Wood Herron Sanctioned Again, Must Give Up Privileged Docs
• Bard Can't Delay Upcoming Mesh Trial Over Judge's Remarks
• Thomas Thomas & Hafer Wants Expert's Defamation Suit Axed
• Antonelli Says Alice Kills Protostorm's $8M Malpractice Win
• Girardi Keese Fights Off Ex-Clients' Class Cert. Revival Bid
• Ex-Clinton Adviser Seeks Sanctions In Sunken Treasure Fight
• O'Melveny Rips Sanctions Bid In Sirius' Pre-1972 Fight
• Kenyon Hit With Discovery Sanctions In Pinterest IP Row
• Dewey & LeBoeuf, Proskauer Rose Face Tax Malpractice Suit
• NY Biz Court Getting Fed Up With 'Merger Tax' Suits
• IP Firm Niro To Pay HTC's Fees After Client's False Statements
• Norton Rose Faces Revived $6M Fraud Appeal After Fee Mix-Up
• Firm Wants To DQ Arbiter In $5.6M Texas Contract Dispute
• Faruqi Disputes Sex Assault Claim As Trial Opens
• Kramer Levin Hit With Sanctions For Misrepresentations
• W.Va. Top Court Nixes Bid for Judicial Ethics Stats
• High Court Nixes Appeal Over Calif. Atty Discipline Rulings
• Grossman Roth Beats High Court Appeal In Age Bias Suit
• Justices Won't Mull Whether Janus Applies To Criminal Cases
• Indiana Supreme Court Puts 'Meth Lab' Lawyer On Ice
• Ear-Licking Hawaii Atty's Conviction Upheld On Appeal
• Supreme Court Won't Review Disbarment Of Jailed Texas Atty
• Dewey Heads Look To Spend $1M On Expert Testimony At Trial
• Ex-Dewey Exec Drops Hughes Hubbard Ahead Of Trial
• Pa. Court Denies Access To Judge's Email In Sandusky Probe
• Sheppard Mullin Flubbed Sibling Trust Row, $13M Suit Says
• Gossipy Judge Admits To Being Bought In Nursing Home Row
• Suit Targeting Law Firm, Debt Collector Barred By Privilege
• Jones Day Seeks Oral Args Over Sanctions In Abbott Row
• Faruqi Faces Jury Trial Over Partner's Alleged Sex Assault
• Calif. Real-World Training Rules May Spark National Trend
• 2 Pa. Lawmakers Want AG Fired Amid Grand Jury Rumors
• Judge Bars Quick Appeal Over Atty-Client Privilege Exception
• Reorganized Developer Hits Fla. Law Firm With Contempt Suit
• Convicted Terrorist Freed After Feds Admit Withholding Docs
• JAG Reservist Says Bezaire Ledwitz Booted Him For Service
• Squire Patton Boggs Settles Bankruptcy Trustee's Fee Suit
• Atty For Apparel Co. Chastised For Calling Defendant 'Racist'
• Asbestos Claimants Denied Class Cert In Malpractice Suit
• Md. Firm Wants Malpractice Claims Over Asbestos Loss Nixed
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• NJ Pol, Wachtell Partner Fined For Late Campaign Docs
• Diamond McCarthy Says Texas' Long Arm Reaches Ex-Partner
• New Caperton-Massey Trial After Atty Swayed $5M Jury Award
• Quinn Emanuel Reinstated In Wrongful Firing Suit
• NJ Appeals Court Frees Hill Wallack From Malpractice Suit
• Grand Jury Suggests Charges Against Pa. AG For Info Leak
• DC Circ. Questions Atty Penalty In $3M Fraud Scheme Suit
• Insurer Asks For Atty Sanctions For Counsel Choice Suit
• Ex-Sidley Partner Faces 1-Year Suspension For Fake Expenses
• Troubled Atty Faces Probe For Bailing On Homeaway Suit
• What Constitutes An Enforceable E-Signature?
• The Year Ahead In Pro Bono, US And Abroad
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• Houston Tax Firm Sues Ex-Employee Over Bad Online Reviews
• US Attys Blast Ceglia's Public Filing Of Confidential Doc
• Patent Atty Can't Snare Other Firms In AT&T License Row
• 6th Circ. Revives Part Of Disgraced Judge's Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says Stock Fraudster Can Try To Dump Counsel
• Ill. Atty Told To Clean Up Sloppy Books Or Face Suspension
• Bard Fights To Delay Mesh Trial After Judge Urges Settling
• Texas Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Vodka Investment Fraud
• NY Commercial Division Warns Foot-Dragging Lawyers
• Judge In Faruqi Sex Assault Case Nixes 'Rainmaker' Evidence
• Ex-NJ Judge Who Dated Bailiff Tries To Revive Bias Row
• Turtles Eye O'Melveny Sanctions In Sirius Pre-'72 Case
• Judge Slams Attorneys' 'Same, Tired Excuses' In Geico Suit
• Ex-Atty Gets 4 Years For Stealing From Clients To Gamble
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Atty Denies Conflict, Exits Michael Jackson Hologram IP Row
• California Bar Wants More Input On E-Discovery Ethics
• Va. Firm Balks At Atty Claims of Discrimination, Bullying
• Miami Atty Sued Over $1.6M Loss After Real Estate Default
• Greenberg, Hunton Say Stanford Receiver Suit Lacks Legs
• Fla. Judge Who Took Bench Drunk Faces Removal
• Ex-Philly Traffic Court Judge Wants Back Pay, Hearing
• State Judges Tell High Court To Keep Judicial Fundraising Ban
• Akin Gump Shakes Ex-Getty Owners' Malpractice Suit
• 11th Circ. Keeps Out Of State Dismissal Of Suit Against Judges
• Texas Court Restores $2.8M Punitives In Law Partner Dispute
• Pa. Judge Faces Misconduct Charges Over Arrests
• Pa. Judge Resists Testifying In 'Kids For Cash' Trial
• Construction Co. Can't Revive Malpractice Suit In 9th Circ.
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Fights Subpoena To Testify At Harassment Trial
• Former City Atty DQ'd In Memphis Rape Kit Testing Row
• Mackie Wolf Asks Texas High Court To Weigh Atty Immunity
• Texas Justices Told State Court Can't Sanction Case Removal
• Duane Morris Dodges Malpractice Reboot In Landmark IP Suit
• Former Dewey GC Grabs Gig As Partner With Hinshaw In NY
• Morris & Clemm Tried To Force Unearned Fee, Pa. Court Says
• Ex-Philly Traffic Judge Gets 1-Year Probation For Ticket-Fixing
• 3rd Circ. Chief Says Philly Has Transformed On Corruption
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Calif. Atty Seeks Reversal Of USPTO Ban
• Pa. Judge Retires Amid Mismanagement, Tampering Claims
• 'Rude' Atty Told To Apologize To Judge In Malpractice Row
• Alston & Bird Atty Can Stay In Contact With Fainting Plaintiff
• Philly Judge Nixes Recusal Bid In Building Collapse Suit
• Pa. Justices Tighten Rules For Attys Investing Client Funds
• Former OSC Head Suspended In DC
• Atty Recently Named Partner At Pa. Firm BMZ May Be a Fake
• Thompson & Knight Seeks Arbitrator DQ In Texas Energy Beef
• Wachtell Can't Ditch Federal Icahn Malpractice Suit
• Fla. Judge Can't Escape 'Bizarre' Behavior Charges
• Disbarment Eyed For Convicted Ex-White House Atty
• Ex-Bush Atty Urges ABA to Limit Lobbying of State AGs
• DLA Piper Says Facebook Suit Over Failed Case Falls Short
• GlaxoSmithKline Atty Suspended For 6 Months For M&A Work
• Morgan Lewis Sued Over Alleged BDO Tax Shelter Conspiracy
• Jones Day Atty's Sanctions Should Be Upheld, 8th Circ. Told
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