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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