Legal Ethics Archive » February, 2015

Legal Ethics - February, 2015

277 articles

• Volvo Seeks Atty Sanctions In $5M Car Defect Class Action
• Texas Bar Slams Lawyer's Handling Of Daughter's Suit
• Skadden Blasts 'Vexatious' Radnor Founder's Fraud Claims
• Judge Won't Boost Firm's Cut Of Volkswagen Oil MDL Fees
• AlvaradoSmith DQ'd In SM Graphics Patent Fee Row
• Kan. High Court Suspends Judge For Sexual Harassment
• Texas Judge Dismisses Fen-Phen Conspiracy Suit As SLAPP
• Public Defender Fired For Contesting Plea Program, Suit Says
• Venable Atty's Lapses In Bebo Suit Cost $5M, Suit Says
• A Warning To Tech-Savvy Prosecutors
• 3 Deepwater Attys Disqualified Over Improper Referral Fees
• NY Judge Uses Stones Lyrics To Sanction Collections Attys
• Court Upholds Texas Atty's Suspension Over Fee Dispute
• Bharara Sued Over Insider Trading Raid On Hedge Fund
• High Court's History With Rough Amici Could Save Foley Atty
• Ex-Willkie Atty's Personal Emails Sought In Swipe Fee MDL
• NY Atty Sanctioned For Not Disclosing Larceny Arrest
• Texas Lawyer Sued For Ethics Violations In Bankruptcy Suit
• CFTC Suit Claiming Atty Aided Investment Scam Can Proceed
• Marshall Dennehey Can't Dodge Ex-Associate's ADA Claims
• Patent Practitioners Need Privilege Protections, USPTO Told
• Steven Tyler Atty Can't SLAPP Away Agent's Suit: Calif. Court
• ABA Tells 9th Circ. Heller Can't Claw Back Atty Profits
• Wachtell Ducks Icahn's Malpractice Claim Over Deal Fees
• Reed Smith Wants Mansion Fire Malpractice Row Arbitrated
• Ex-Milbank Atty Gets 15 Months For Investment Fraud
• Caesars Juniors Want Kirkland DQ'd Over Sponsor Ties
• Judge Gets 2 Years, Must Pay $3M For Gov't Program Scam
• Ex-Dewey Execs, DA Trade Barbs Over Trial Evidence
• Texas Pol Files Judicial Complaint Over Austin Gay Wedding
• Former Antonelli Attys Fight $8M IP Malpractice Verdict
• Fla. High Court Wants Suspension Added To Judge's Penalty
• IRS Whistleblower Cites Bias Due To Judge's Kin's Bribe Case
• Convicted NY Attorney Disbarred Over Immigration Fraud
• Removed Fla. Judge Faces Additional Bar Charges
• Ill. High Court's Rescission Ruling A Warning For Firms
• Union Boss Tries To Revive Pepper Hamilton Malpractice Suit
• Univ. Counsel Suspended For 9 Months For Kickback Scheme
• No Liquidated Damages For Departed Partners, DC Bar Says
• Firm Owes $2M For Botching Hazing Injury Suit, Pledge Says
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Sanctions In Telecom Exec Bankruptcy
• DLA Piper Hit With $6.9M Suit Over Chicago Property Deal
• Wis. Justices Say Late Notice Sinks Malpractice Coverage
• Katrina Example Negates Freedom Industries' DQ Bid, US Says
• Cochran Firm Escapes DQ Bid In Row Over Law Firm Venture
• Fla. Judge Faces Misconduct Charges Over Verbal Assault
• Firm Urges Sanctions On SC Resorts' Attys In Trademark Row
• Disbarred Atty Tells 3rd Circ. He Didn't Steal Clients' Cash
• Plaintiff's Attys Sanctioned In Kia Wrongful Death Dispute
• Berger & Montague, Others Ask Judge To Recant Criticism
• NY High Court Reverses Atty Censure Related To Fraud Case
• OSG Wants Law Firms Sanctioned Over Asbestos Suit
• Pryor Cashman Hit With $5M Suit Over Employment Audit
• Philly Atty Says Offit Kurman Slandered Him As 'Mob Lawyer'
• Former NY Assembly Speaker Pleads Not Guilty To Corruption
• US Says Atty Defrauded Wells Fargo With Mortgage Scheme
• EXCLUSIVE: Faruqi Accuser Rejected $425K Settlement
• NY High Court Backs Atty Privilege Pre-Litigation
• NY Judge Censured After Jailing Defendant For Smirking
• Sidley Must Give Emails To Judge Mulling DQ Bid In Tuna Row
• Accused Pa. AG Alleges Grand Jury Judge Has Personal Bias
• Sheldon Silver May Be Able To Beat This
• Legal Departments Are Ramping Up Revenue Searches
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Blank Rome's Christopher Lewis
• Foley Atty In High Court Row May Have Broken Ethics Rules
• South Korean Couple Sues USCIS To Get Visa Back
• Convicted DC Benefits Lawyer Escapes Formal Bar Sanction
• CH2M Doubles Down On Hogan DQ Bid In Cleanup Row
• McGuireWoods Scolded By UK Court Over $3.5B Suit's Length
• 5 Ways To Avoid The Hidden Ethical Dangers Of Client Gifts
• Ex-'Girls Gone Wild' Atty, Resort Face $2M In Clawback Suits
• Pa. Justices Nix Recusal Bid In Ford Asbestos Appeal
• Dow Jones Wants Edelson Attys Sanctioned In Privacy Suit
• Oregon Attys Dodge Conflict Row Over Securities Action
• The Buck Stops With JPMorgan And Counsel
• After Withdrawal, Pa. High Court Likely To Stay Shorthanded
• Judge Nixes Malpractice Suit Over Nike Patent Case
• Firm Claims Opposing Counsel Hacked Network, Stole Docs
• Ex-Faruqi Associate Seeks $1.4M In Atty Fees For Assault Case
• Atty To Get A Lesson In Ethics For Improper Closing Statement
• 5th Circ. Judge Cleared In Alleged Racist Remarks Probe
• US Atty Won't Be Disqualified From Ferriero Racketeering Suit
• Hagens Berman Faces Call For Sanctions In Thalidomide Suit
• Ill. High Court Backs Rescission Of Firm's Malpractice Policy
• Foley Partner Defends Jumbled Supreme Court Petition
• Sandusky Atty Charged With Stealing $535K From Clients
• Ex-Atty, Financial Adviser Pleads Guilty To Ponzi-Like Fraud
• Ch. 15 Liquidator Renews Push For Paul Weiss Docs
• Texas High Court To Review Atty Fee Arbitration Exemptions
• Sidley Austin Atty Accused Of Stealing Client's Idea
• In-House Counsel's Dirty 'Little' Secret: Data Leakage
• Iowa Judge Punished For Granting Search Of His Own Client
• Ex-Willkie Atty Leaked Confidential MasterCard Info, Firm Says
• DC Firm Says It Never Represented Malpractice Accuser
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: LeClairRyan's Corbin Walker
• O'Melveny Dodges Sanctions In Sirius Ruling Fight
• Ex-Greenberg Client Wants Fraud Claims Revived Against Firm
• Nike Kicks Soccer Monopoly Accusations, Wins Atty Sanctions
• Ex-NJ Powerbroker Looks To DQ US Attys In Racketeering Row
• Fla. High Court Suspends Atty Who Claimed Microchip Plot
• Malpractice Claims Against Crowley Hoge Revived In DC Court
• Fox Rothschild Must Face $2M Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
• 6th Circ. Revives Immigrant's Bid To Appeal Drug Conviction
• NYC Bar Warns Firms To Tread Lightly With HR Outsourcing
• Marsh, Atty Escape Ex-VP's Breach Suit Over $2.3M Deal
• Investors Smear Young Conaway's Sunken Treasure Defense
• Sheldon Silver Indicted On Fraud, Extortion Charges
• Philly Lawyer's $1M Sanction On Hold By Appeals Court
• Kookbox Wants To Wipe Out Milberg As Surfer's Atty In IP Suit
• NY Attorney Disbarred For Photos Of Nude Minor
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Jackson Lewis' David Jimenez
• Atty Ducks Contempt After Calling Prosecutor 'Little Girl'
• Sidley Should Be DQ'd In Tuna Antitrust Row, Court Told
• NJ Appeals Court Overturns Atty's Harassment Conviction
• Patent Litigator Slings DQ Motion Against Cooley Attys
• Pa. AG's Lawyer Calls Own Reported Leak 'Inadvertent'
• Fla. Court Affirms Dismissal Of Law Firm's Defamation Suit
• The Compliance Issues Putting GCs In Regulators' Crosshairs
• Court Orders Psych Testing In $35M Allen & Overy Sex Suit
• QBE Fights Recusal Bid In Vandalism Coverage Row
• Civil Rights Group Asks Ethics Board To Probe Top Ala. Judge
• Nixon Peabody, Mintz Levin Seek Exit From Malpractice Row
• Ga. Atty Dodges Discipline For 'Appalling' Deal Requests
• Patterson & Sheridan Failed To Rein In 'Bad Actors': Atty
• Jailed DHB Founder Sues Atty In $246M Malpractice Suit
• Google Wants Walker Digital, Russ August Attys Sanctioned
• Lucchese Fraudster Asks NJ Judge To Recuse Himself
• Winstead Botched $62M Loan Workout, Texas Suit Says
• J&J Drops Plaintiff Solicitation Discovery Bid In Mesh MDL
• Steadfast Fights Hogan Lovells DQ Bid In Cleanup Row
• Judge Slams 'Vitriol' In Dentons Estate Malpractice Row
• $7M Facebook Malpractice Row Against Law Firm Revived
• Insurer Sues Iowa Firm Over Coverage Of Client Theft Suits
• Squire Patton Boggs DQ'd In Corn Syrup False Ad Row
• Mich. Attorney Suspended For Trying To Have Rival Killed
• Littler Mendelson OT Tip Draws Texas Malpractice Suit
• The Ins And Outs Of Benefit Corporations
• Jackson Walker Nixes Jury's $3.8M Fraud Verdict On Appeal
• Wis. Atty Gets 2-Year Suspension For Embezzling From Firm
• Lewis Brisbois Botched Deal In Worker Row, Restaurant Says
• Ford Wants Butler Snow Attys DQ'd From Dealership Row
• Airlines Fight Review Of Fish & Richardson's Tie To Mediator
• Kramer Levin Atty Should Be DQ'd In CEO Row, Court Told
• Pa. Court Affirms Sanction Against White & Williams Atty
• Fla. Atty Suspended For Failing To Show Up At Sentencing
• EXCLUSIVE: Gibson Dunn Partner Submitted False Affidavits
• Dallas Hotel Docs Protected By Privilege, Court Rules
• Georgia Probate Judge Gets 21 Months For Embezzlement
• AUSA's Affair With Fed. Agent May Upend Ga. Sting Operation
• 6 Calif. Anti-SLAPP Fights To Watch In 2015
• Developer Sues DC Law Firm Over Allegedly Bad Tax Advice
• Barrack Rodos Sued For Breaching Deal With Pa. Consultant
• Atty Arrested For WTC Transit Hub Insurance Fraud Scam
• Schlumberger Settles Texas Patent Infringement Dispute
• GCs On Notice After UniTek Privilege Ruling
• Willkie Given Protected Info In AmEx Battle, Retailers Say
• DC Court Backs Dismissal of Wiley Rein Termination Suit
• Rothstein Wife's Ex-Atty Disbarred In NY For Hiding Assets
• 3rd Circ. Won't Seal FBI Affidavit In Union Boss' Libel Case
• Ohio Justices Suspend Magistrate Over Abusive Behavior
• Travelers Has Right To Pick Insured's Counsel, Judge Rules
• Adult Site, Attys May Face Sanctions Over Discovery In IP Row
• Squire Patton Boggs Should Face ERISA Claims, Alliance Says
• Blank Rome Urges Wary Appeals Court To Ax Malpractice Suit
• Calif. Bar Restricts Disclosures By Attys Seeking To Withdraw
• 5th Circ. Snubs Jailed DA's Appeal Over Juror Facebook Post
• Ill. Lawyer Spared Theft Sanction On Pleading Technicalities
• CVR Reveals SEC Probe As Wachtell Malpractice Battle Rages
• Judge Urged Not To Undo Sanctions On Sandy Suit Attys
• Judge Says Iowa Fired Her For Criticizing Official Pressure
• Expert Eyes Sheldon Silver 'Of Counsel' Role At Weitz Firm
• Proskauer Says Different Firm Triggered $255M Tax Bill
• Brooks Adams Firm Wins Back Rescinded Malpractice Policy
• Fla. Judge Who Took Bench Drunk Quits, Charges Dismissed
• Ohio Top Court Said To Invite Unchecked Discovery Abuse
• 7th Circ. Rules Atty Sanctions Over Lien Notice Went Too Far
• Ex-Freedom Exec Wants US Attys DQ'd From Spill Suit
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• No Quick Appeal For Greenberg, Hunton In Stanford Suit
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Calif. Bar Says Atty Falsely Accused Judge Of Bribery
• NJ Discovery Ruling Arms Attys Facing Malpractice Suits
• Nelson Brown Owes Ex-Attys Their Unpaid Bonuses, Suit Says
• Weil Gotshal Atty Scolded Over Witness In Risperdal Trial
• Keep $13M Bracewell Malpractice Suit In Court, 3rd Circ. Told
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• Calif. Firm, IRS Spar Over Timeliness In $1.9M Tax Bout
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• IGate Says Atty In Sex Harassment Suit Cleared Hard Drive
• Pittsburgh Atty Pleads Guilty To Bogus Mortgage Scam
• Pa. Bar Dings Judge Covey In High Court Recommendations
• Ohio Justices Nix Suspension Of Atty Who Represented Sister
• Chicago Atty Gets 70 Mos. For Stealing $2.3M From Clients
• Fed. Judge, Wife's Suit Over Sperm Bank Row Can Be Moved
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Angela Russell
• Skadden Hit With Bid For Fraud Sanctions By Radnor Founder
• Dickstein Slams Malpractice Suit, Says Britannica IP Invalid
• Atty Denies Liability For Rock Musical's Blown Warner Deal
• ABA Asks Officials To Crack Down On Atty Mortgage Scams
• Ex-Venezuelan Judge Gets 6.5 Years For Protecting Drug Lord
• Dershowitz Didn't Do Work On Conviction Appeal, Suit Says
• Pa. Judge Blasts State Bar's Judicial Candidate Rating System
• The Case For Professionalizing Pro Bono Services
• Ala. Chief Justice Risking Seat With Same-Sex Marriage Stand
• NY Court Benchslaps Judge Over AIG Atty Stalking Claims
• New York Atty Suspended For Fla. Law Firm Embezzlement
• 5th Circ. Finds Atty Who Didn't Pay Fine Deserves Contempt
• Law Firm's Iranian-Targeted Ads Didn't Flout TM, Judge Finds
• Scientists Try to Subpoena Prosecutor In $10M Fraud Case
• Ill. Firm Facing $70M Malpractice Suit By Keywell Trustee
• Ex-Kerns Pearlstine Partner Suspended After Assault Plea
• New Support For Joint Representation Of Co. And Directors
• Cochran Ex-Partner Slips Former Colleagues' Counterclaims
• Calif. Atty Ethics Panel Eyes ABA Rules With Reform In Mind
• Fla. Court Orders Lowndes Back On Bus In Malpractice Suit
• DC Hits Atty With Suspension After NJ Sanction For Sarcasm
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Avoid An Epic Email Fail
• Faruqi Trial Jury Took Command Of Complex Legal Concepts
• Akin Gump Owes SAS $426K In Fraud Row Over Patent Suit
• Judge Rips No-Show Atty In Warner Bros. Unfair Firing Suit
• Faruqi Back To Business As Usual After 'Minuscule' Verdict
• FTC Nails Down $28.6M Deal With Mortgage Relief Cos.
• Pa. Judge Defends $1M Fine For Atty's Witness Instructions
• Firm Allegedly Threatened Disbarment Over IP Fees Loses Suit
• The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
• Squire Patton Boggs Slams GetFugu's Sham-Suit Claim
• JPMorgan Says Enforcing Simpson Thacher Gaffe 'Seismic'
• Ex-Hunton & Williams Partner Disbarred For Child Porn Charge
• Greenberg, Hunton Can't Buck Stanford Fraud Class Action
• Both Sides Claim Victory After Faruqi Trial Wraps
• Assault Suit Hurt Faruqi Even Before Verdict, Attys Say
• DOJ Chiefs Share The Wrong Way To Respond To A Subpoena
• Faruqi Case Seen As An Outlier In Today's BigLaw Culture
• Attorneys in Anti-Police Video Resign From Bronx Defenders
• Bose McKinney, Booth American Settle $7.6M Malpractice Suit
• Atty Sues ND Bar For Spending Dues On Political Donations
• Tax Firm Slaps Weitz & Luxenberg With $1.36M Fee Row
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Bankruptcy Court Can Impose Sanctions
• Pa. AG Kane Urges Justices To Toss Grand Jury Probe
• Faruqi, Monteverde Partially Liable In Sex Assault Case
• Product Liability Atty Kept Client's Death Secret, Court Told
• United Airlines Attys Slip Sanctions In Cargo Contract Row
• Meet The Key Players In The Faruqi Assault Trial
• Sandy Suit Attys Blame Co-Counsel In Bid To Ax Sanctions
• Dismissal Upheld In O'Melveny Suit Over School Sex Abuse
• Radar Co. Accused Of Destroying Evidence In Patent Case
• Ill. Lawyer Argues Against Feds' 10-Year Sentence Request
• Court Upholds Sanction Against Atty For Evidence Tampering
• Reed Smith Accused Of Malpractice In $20M Insurance Deal
• NJ Town Goes For Sanctions Against Developer
• Firm Botched Burger Joint's Workers' Comp Deal, Suit Says
• Avoid Spoliation Anxiety With Litigation Readiness Plans
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Deepwater Claims Admin Has Conflict
• Kelly Hart Snafu Shows It's Key To Double-Check Client Docs
• Facebook Snooping Case Is NJ Justices' Domain, Court Says
• 'Boardwalk Empire' Author Explores Dark Days Of NJ Courts
• Calif. Atty Botched $2M Loan Suit, Ex-Client Alleges
• Faruqi Jurors Start Deliberations In Sex Assault Case
• Judge Says Relationship With Clerk Doesn't Warrant Removal
• SEC Says Sales Agent Can't Stay Investment Scheme Suit
• Hedge Fund Sues Baker Donelson Over Alleged Loan Trickery
• 5 Tips For Lasting Law Firm Success
• Persels Can't Defeat Predatory Debt Relief Suit On Remand
• NJ Atty Owes Stolen Funds In Bankruptcy, 3rd Circ. Hears
• Cuomo Unveils Ethics Reform Plan Following Silver Arrest
• Attys Refute Counter Sanctions In Sunken Treasure Con Suit
• Silver Case Unlikely To Spur Referral Fee Rule Change
• Calif. Bar Tries To Nix Fired Exec's Whistleblower Suit
• Judge Urged To Sanction United Cargo Attys In Contract Suit
• O'Quinn Firm Says Texas Justices Should OK Ethics Sanction
• Atty Disbarred For Taking Client Funds In Stalled Jet Deal
• Prosecutor Seeks 10-Year Sentence For Chicago Area Lawyer
• Joint Clients Can Both Access Atty Docs, Calif. Court Rules
• Calif. Bar Forms Committee To Revise Ethics Rules
• DOJ Reverses Course In Row With Rakoff Over Evidence Rules
• Faruqi Judge Won't Rethink Decision Paring Assault Case
• An Update On USPTO's Patent Pro Bono Initiative