Legal Ethics Archive » March, 2015

Legal Ethics - March, 2015

324 articles

• CORRECTED: Dell, HP Win Fees As IP Firm Niro Haller Sanctioned Again
• Acacia Unit's Counsel DQ'd, Schlumberger IP Suit Tossed
• Pa. Justices Back Prosecutor Tapped To Probe AG Over Leak
• Orange County Bar Slams DA's Efforts To DQ Judge
• Littler Mendelson Says It Didn't Give Bad Overtime Advice
• Judge Won't DQ Milberg & DePhillips In Surfboard IP Row
• 5th Circ. OKs Health Exec's Conviction In $100M Bribes Case
• Filmmakers Blast Stroock Arbitration Bid In $32M Row
• Ex-Handler Atty Slams Orrick's Bid To Toss Firing Row
• Willkie Slow To Produce Materials In Swipe Fee MDL: Target
• 6th Circ. Told Larry Flynt's Attys Schemed Against Brother
• Dewey Execs Can Tell Jury They Expected Firm To Recover
• How The Dewey Execs Found Themselves Facing Prison
• Dickstein Says Alice Shields It In IP Malpractice Case
• Orrick Partner Slams Ex-Handler Atty's Suit Over Firing
• Duane Morris Malpractice Suit Shows Risk of Atty Moonlighting
• Feds Win DLA Piper, Kasowitz Emails In Facebook Scam Case
• Relators Dispute Atty Fee Bid Over $320M FCA Mortgage Deal
• Sullivan, Nixon Peabody Attys Join New NY Discipline Panel
• Wells Fargo, Overdraft Counsel To Resolve $51M Fee Spat
• Hotel Slams EEOC Conduct During Discovery In Bias Suit
• NJ Justices To Mull Coverage Question For Law Firm Partners
• High Court Passes On Kickback Appeal From Dick's Atty
• Pa. Firm's Ex-Partner Charged For Forging Law License
• 3rd Circ. Told Recent Ruling Affects Pa. Bar Reciprocity Law
• Woman Gets 2nd Shot At Sex Harassment Suit Against Judge
• Mediation And The Thorny Issue Of Settlement Authority
• NY Bar Sets Confidentiality Policy For Laterals, Mergers
• Barrack Rodos Seeks Sanctions Against Ex-Consultant
• Drummond Hits Attys With RICO Suit Over Murder Claims
• Fizer Beck Says It's Not To Blame For $2M Arbitration Award
• Plea Deals Denied For 3 Tampa Attys Accused Of DUI Setup
• Ex-Digital Realty VP Wants Seyfarth Out Of Prejudice Suit
• Pa. Justices Snub Gross McGinley Bid To Ax Malpractice Row
• BigLaw On Notice After Judge Scolds Firms For Bad Writing
• Pa. Court Affirms Bar On Malpractice Suits Over Settlements
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Maryland Disbars Lawyer For Sexting Opposing Party
• Rader Fishman, Co-Founding Partner Settle Competing Suits
• 10th Circ. Slams Immigration Atty For 'Garbled' Petition
• Calif. Appeals Court Rejects Law Firm's SLAPP Defense
• Wrigley Field Rooftop Biz Owner Scammed Cubs, Gov't: Feds
• Butler Snow Scolded For Ford Conflict But Avoids DQ
• What Experts Can Say About Inadmissible Facts During Trial
• Fla. Tribe Wants RICO Suit Against Ex-Chair In Federal Court
• Fla. Developer Improperly Won City Contract, 11th Circ. Rules
• Royston Rayzor Defends Fee Agreement In Texas High Court
• Madoff Trustee Evades Sanctions Over Clawback Claim
• Class Cert. Makes Headway In Shrimp Basket Tip Pool Suit
• 2nd Circ Says Fed Court No Place For State Discipline Cases
• Journalist Suing Law Firm Over Video Must Use Real Name
• No Coverage For Atty In Malpractice Suits, Ill. Court Affirms
• Judge Reams Out BigLaw Firms For Lengthy Filings
• Funk Icon's Ex-Partner Sues Stroock Over 'Malicious' Suit
• Panel Backs Atty's Suspension For Spying On Nude Step-Niece
• La. Disbars Ex-Congressman Convicted Of Bribery
• Calif. AG Seeks To Block Atty's 'Kill Gays' Ballot Measure
• Plagiarism Alone Didn't Prompt Jackson Lewis Sanction
• Marina's Attys Won't Have To Nix Insurance Judgment For Now
• Adams & Diaco Atty To Give Up License Over DUI Setup
• Ariz. Sheriff OK'd To File Doc In States' Immigration Suit
• Lewis Tein Beats Tribe's Malpractice Appeal In Fla.
• Quarles & Brady Can't Dodge Fraud Claims In Investor Row
• IP Firm's Scant Motion Earns Scolding, But No Sanctions
• NJ Atty Gets 10 Years For Ripping Off Elderly Clients
• Firm Escapes Revival Of FCA Suit Over LSU Hospital Deal
• Atty Sanctioned $1M Pushes Pa. Judge To Nix Penalty
• Stanford-Related Fraud Class Sees Some Claims Trimmed
• Black Elk Defends Atty 'Back To School' Sanctions Order
• Locke Lord, Co-Counsel Face DQ Bid In Pyramid Scheme Suit
• Landowners Seek Sanctions In 'Frivolous' Tribal Property Suit
• Kilpatrick Townsend Faces Leaner Drug Device IP Theft Suit
• 'Kids For Cash' Detention Center Cos. Blast Settlement Bid
• Honeywell Says Firm Ignoring DQ In $42M Enviro Fight
• Venable Blasts OLG's $6M Counterclaims In Fee Row
• Porn Co. Says Atty Inflated Fees In BitTorrent Copyright Row
• High Court May Take On Corporate 5th Amendment Privilege
• Holland & Knight Pushes Back Against Sanction Bid In TM Suit
• NJ Judge Shoots Down Lucchese Fraudster's Recusal Request
• Chadbourne, Proskauer Renew Bid For Class Info In Ponzi Suit
• Faruqi Says Marchuk's 'Frivolous' Claims Warrant $10K Fees
• Court TV Star Joe Brown Loses Criminal Contempt Appeal
• DOJ Looks To Nix Florida Tribe's Public Records Suit
• CVS Calls Out Labaton Sucharow For Campaign Donations
• Greenberg Traurig Settles Patent Client's Malpractice Suit
• 2 Attys Sanctioned In OT Suit Against Costume, Gym Biz
• K&L Gates Wants Out Of Oil Co. Client's Securities Action
• Ex-Baker Botts Client Says Firm Can't Escape $41M Verdict
• Atty-Turned-Rabbi Sued For Promoting Tax Schemes
• Med. Co. Wants Atty Sanctions On Top Of DQ In FCA Row
• 9th Circ. Buries Recusal Bid In Apple Anti-Poach Suit
• Pa. Justices Urged To Revive Foreclosure-Related Fee Suits
• H&R Block Immigration Program Was A Bad Idea, Attys Say
• 7-Eleven Attys Denounce 'Hypocritical' DQ Bid In ADA Suit
• Dow Jones Renews Bid For Edelson Sanctions
• 'Erroneous' Case Against Tesla Doesn't Merit Sanctions: Judge
• Texas Commission Says State Judge Violated Election Law
• Justices' Foley Warning Shows Attys Must Rein In Clients
• SEC Says Convicted Atty In NFLer Scam Can't Revisit Ruling
• Manatt Beats EEC Capital's Bid To Nix $7M Arbitration Win
• Judge Suspended Over Facebook Campaigning, Other Charges
• Ex-Smith Giacometti Atty Settles Malpractice Coverage Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Ky. Lawyer's $36M Fraud Appeal
• Justices Won't Mull Judge's Fish & Richardson Ties In IP Row
• Atty In Sen. Reid Campaign Scandal Suspended For 4 Years
• Gibson Dunn Partner Deliberately Misled Court, UK Judge Says
• The Law360 400
• The Demise Of SAWS And The Power Of Public Attention
• High Court Won't Discipline Foley Atty For Jumbled Petition
• Litigation Firms Make Cuts Amid Work Slowdown
• Is MegaLaw Just Big Enough To Fail?
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Ex-Radnor CEO Can't Sue Skadden Until Appeal Over
• Calif. Bar Dinged Atty Over Bad Contempt Order, Justices Told
• Law & Disorder: The Week In Attorney Troubles
• Calif. Appeals Court DQs Attys For Holding Privileged Docs
• Firm Ran Up $1.3M Bill On Case It Called 'Fugly,' Suit Says
• Dick's Atty Urges High Court To Hear Mail Fraud Appeal
• Wis. Atty's Anti-Catholic Rants Land Her A Suspension
• Hughes Hubbard Partner Denies Conflict In NHL Fraud Suit
• Duane Morris Dodges Sanctions In Fla. Mall Bankruptcy
• To Understand King V. Burwell Look To Yates V. US
• 5 Insights From Avon General Counsel Jeff Benjamin
• Ex-Philly Traffic Judge Gets 20 Months For Lying To FBI
• Sidley's Blown Deadline In $40M Case Provides Stark Lesson
• NYC Bar Backs Cuomo's Lawmaker Disclosure Requirement
• Ex-Gemini RE President Wants McGuireWoods DQ'd In Mark Row
• American Spectrum Attys Duck Fines For Surprise Ch. 11
• Atty Sanctioned For Lying, Ignoring Court Orders In FLSA Row
• Pa. High Court Hopefuls Decry Scandals, Stress Integrity
• Ray Lewis Sues Atty For Alleged $1.7M Bowling Alley Swindle
• NY Atty Admits To Forging Bankruptcy Judge's Signature
• Fla. Tribe Scoffs At Delay Accusations In $1M Sanctions Row
• Tea Co. Sanctioned Over Late-Produced Emails In TM Row
• Judge Says Mutual Fund Investments Don't Warrant Recusal
• NY Restaurant Wants Plaintiff's Counsel DQ'd In FLSA Suit
• Fay Kaplan Partner Scolded Over Follow-Up On PI Case
• Fed. Circ. Says Sidley Blown Deadline Axes $40M AT&T Appeal
• Durkin & Durkin Sued Over Holocaust Survivor's $100M Will
• When Your Corporate Client Plays Federal Agent
• Milbank Tries To Nix $50M Malpractice Suit On Appeal
• Oak Rock Investors Want Sidley DQ'd In $100M Fraud Row
• Ex-Penn State Prez Hits Freeh With Defamation Complaint
• Greenberg Traurig Malpractice Row Axed By Calif. Court
• DLA Piper Again Challenges Facebook Suit Over Failed Case
• Ex-Associate Slams Kaye Scholer With $21M Sex Bias Suit
• NJ Judge Not Biased In Lucchese Fraudster's Case, US Says
• Lack Of Evidence Axes Malpractice Award, Texas Court Told
• Plaintiff Fights Sanctions In Interstate Hotels Wage Suit
• Judge Accused Of Abuse Can't Seek Atty DQ Until After Trial
• Philly Atty Must Repay $18M To Raided Retirement Plans
• Chicago Attys Peddled Sham Energy Tax Credits, Class Says
• Ex-Faruqi Atty Keeps Fighting For $1.4M In Fees
• Ex-Texas Judge Again Pleads Not Guilty In Bribery Case
• Judge Stands By Some Atty Rebukes In Audi Oil Sludge MDL
• OPINION: Not All That Is Public Should Be Publicized
• Judge Accuses Jackson Lewis Attys Of Plagiarism
• Schlumberger Fights Use Of Anti-SLAPP To Ax Secrets Claims
• Judge In Employee Shakedown Scandal Up For Re-Election
• Pa. Reinstates Atty Who Killed West Point Cadet In Crash
• Pa. Appellate Candidate Says He Won't Take Contributions
• Art Collector's Estate Says Atty's Error Cost It $25M In Taxes
• Pennsylvania Sees Record Number Of Disbarred Attys In 2014
• Atty Rips 'Back To School' Sanctions In Oil Rig Death Suit
• Young Conaway Atty Skirts Sanctions In Sunken Treasure Row
• Paul Hastings Settles $300M Malpractice Suit At 11th Hour
• Arnstein & Lehr Says Ex-Secretary Is Not A Whistleblower
• Up The Irish: St. Paddy's Is For Celebrating Pro Bono, Too
• Willkie To Disclose Ex-Partner's Emails In Swipe Fee MDL
• Ariz. Judges Can't Perform Only Opposite-Sex Weddings
• Ex-Sidley Partner Suspended 1 Year For Fake Expenses
• Faruqi Accuser On Hook For $10K Defense Costs
• NFL Safety Rolle Says Tax Atty Stole $1.9M In Refunds
• Atty Says Glock Sparked Bogus Case To Discredit Probe
• Niro Asks Judge To Reconsider Ruling It Owes HTC Millions
• Sick Atty Sanctioned In Raytheon Warhead Trade Secrets Case
• Immigration Executive Actions An Ethical Minefield For Attys
• Pa. Rep. Wants To Punish State Employees For Viewing Porn
• Tesla Says Class Counsel Sanctions Bid 'Not Personal'
• Stroock Wants To Arbitrate $32M Row Over 'Conjuring' Deal
• Bracewell Appeals For Arbitration In $12M Malpractice Suit
• Faruqi Accuser Says Firm Can't Recover Attys' Fees
• Texas Justices Reinstate Bickel & Brewer's DQ Appeal
• McDermott Fights Stay In Bankrupt Scrapbook Co. Row
• Dewey Execs Aim To Curb Email, Backdating Evidence At Trial
• Judge Bars New Claims In Brown Rudnick Malpractice Row
• Jackson & Tucker Asks Audi Judge To Stand By Atty Criticism
• $6M Colo. Deal Frees Astor Weiss From Pa. Ponzi Class Action
• 5 Insights From Dish General Counsel Stanton Dodge
• Sonix Allegations Against Attys Nixed From IP Suit
• Plaintiffs Accuse Family Dollar Atty Of Lying in FLSA MDL
• CORRECTED: Atty In Galleon Ring Invokes Newman In Bid To Toss Conviction
• Calif. High Court Takes Up LA's Atty DQ Bid Over Tax Docs
• NY Disbars Lawyer Who Wrote 'Go Ahead And Disbar Me'
• Insurer Says Fla. Law Firm Not Covered In Contempt Suit
• Ethics Panel Says Complaints Don't Necessarily Bias Judges
• NJ Town Council's Ethics Charges Against Own Atty Nixed
• Inventor's DQ Bid Says Firm Tied To Her Former Counsel
• 'Good Luck In Hell' Note To Ex-Debevoise Atty Earns Censure
• Hagens Berman Faces Probe Of Thalidomide Client Dismissal
• Conduct Board Nails Philly Judges With Corruption Charges
• Consumers Win Cert. In Pressler & Pressler Collections Suit
• Lewis Brisbois Facing Sanctions In Debt Collection Suit
• OPINION: Beyond The 'Grow Or Die' Law Firm Model
• Fla. Judge Accuses Attys Of Contempt In Disciplinary Case
• Sedgwick Settles MedCap Malpractice Case Over $1B Scheme
• NJ Judge Asks If Attys Filed Sandy Suit Without Telling Client
• Judge Won't Vacate Skadden Fee Order In Radnor Ch. 11
• Davis & Gilbert Asks Appeals Court To Nix Malpractice Case
• Littler Says GC To Blame In OT Advice Malpractice Suit
• NY Says Emails Used To Indict Payday Lenders Not Privileged
• Jones Day Says Sanctions In Abbott Suit Were Biased
• Pa. Judicial Board Won't Discipline Judge Over Hit-And-Run
• Pa. Justices Told Firms Should Face Abuse Of Process Suits
• NY Lawyers Cautioned On Ethical Dangers Of LinkedIn Pages
• Fla. 'Foreclosure King' Hit With $2M Process Service Suit
• Pa. AG Asks High Court To Bury Leak Investigation
• Boies Schiller Can't Nix Bad-Faith Sanction In Antitrust Case
• FTC Says Sysco Atty Can't See Protected Data In Merger Suit
• Judge Reprimanded For Criticizing Jurors On Their Verdict
• Barnes & Thornburg Malpractice Claims Trimmed In $50M Suit
• Holland & Knight Should Be Sanctioned For TM Suit, MPN Says
• Rosenberg & Estis Attys Sanctioned In Law Firm Lease Suit
• Atty Says Ruling For O'Melveny Harms Judicial Integrity
• Akin Gump To Appeal $426K Patent Suit Fraud Row Verdict
• Calif. Judge Accused Of Taking $250K Payment From Old Firm
• DC Circ. Told $1.75M Malpractice Verdict Should Be Covered
• Ferguson Judge Resigns Amid DOJ Reports Of Bias, Abuse
• Law360 Legal Ethics Editorial Advisory Board
• Seyfarth Atty Faces Sanctions Bid In H-2B Expenses Case
• Judge Axes Bid To Smear Pa. Atty's Witness In $1M Fine Row
• 8th Circ. Rethink Sought On Nixed Cy Pres Award In BofA Row
• Suspended Atty Gets 5 Years For Laundering Drug Money
• Law Firm Should Face Tax Credit Malpractice Suit, Judge Told
• BofA Wrongly Pinning Bond Row On Buchanan, Court Told
• A Test For Determining If Attorney-Client Privilege Exists
• Dickstein Can't Rely On Alice In Malpractice Suit: Britannica
• Ex-Skadden Atty Says Plea Talks Coming Over Ponzi Scheme
• Nicholson & Eastin Can't Rep FCA Whistleblowers, Judge Says
• Chadbourne Loses Discovery Bid In Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Belluck & Fox Can't Move Garlock Asbestos Suit To NY
• Pa. Attys Could Face More Suits Over Frivolous Filings
• Hagens Berman Sanctioned For Bad Thalidomide Suits
• Atty Defends Fee Bid In $320M Taylor Bean FCA Row
• ADA Plaintiff Wants 7-11 Attys Split From Witness In Suit
• Fla. Tribe Accused Of Delaying Tactics Over Sanctions
• Firm Can't Dodge Finding It Pushed Employee To Perjure Self
• Milberg Firm Pounds Kookbox's DQ Bid In Surfboard IP Row
• 2nd Circ. Skeptical Of $270K Boies Schiller Sanction
• Dow Jones Sanctions Bid Is Baseless, Edelson Says
• Ex-Tenn. Judge Asks Supreme Court To Nix Drug Conviction
• Investigator Who Worked For Law Firms Admits Hacking Plot
• Buchanan Ducks Malpractice Claims In $53M Loan Default Row
• Judge Won't DQ Sidley Austin From Tuna Antitrust Row
• Stroock Accused Of Mishandling 'Conjuring' Deal In $32M Suit
• Crowell Gets Doctor's $10M Legal Malpractice Suit Tossed
• Law Firm Accused Of Fla. Bar Process, Public Records Abuse
• Watt Tieder Urges End To $52M Malpractice Suit
• Journalists Seek Ex-Federal Judge's Allegedly Racist Emails
• Duane Morris' Negligence Sank Shoe Insert Biz, Suit Says
• Gibson Dunn Partner Admits 'Mistakes' In Djibouti Filings
• Airboat Cos. Slam Sanctions Bid In La. Boat Patent Fight
• Insurer Says Law Firm Hid Ties To Stanford's Ponzi Scheme
• More Law Firms To Face Suits Over Sensitive Client Data
• Suspect In MLB Doping Scandal Moves To DQ Atty
• Prosecutors Trim Bribery Charges Against Ex-Texas Judge
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Dispute Of Disgraced Atty's Award
• DA Defends Handling Of Dewey Exec's Testimony
• Bharara Denies Tainting Silver Case Through Media Blitz
• Ex-Penn State Execs Get Sandusky Cover-Up Suit Put On Hold
• Firm Slams Ex-Secretary's Bias Appeal As 'Fraud On Court'
• Pa. Justices Deny Judge's Challenge To Board Service Ban
• Wis. Appeals Court Revives Estate Tax Malpractice Suit
• Trinity Tries Again To DQ Judge After $8M Verdict
• Morgan Lewis Wants Philly Papers' Billing Suit In Delaware
• Nonrefundable Retainers OK Under Strict Limits, NY Bar Says
• Public Storage Attys Exit Class Action Following DQ Bid
• Sanction Bid In Steakhouse FACTA Suit Is Baseless, Firm Says
• Law Firm Tensions Mount In Africa — What Does It Mean?
• Atty Says Orrick Got Him Fired After Failed DQ Bid
• Proskauer, Chadbourne Get Stanford Ponzi Suit Trimmed
• 5th Circ. Lifts Fine On 'No Money Down' Bankruptcy Attys
• Judge Ups OneBeacon Liability In Malpractice Insurance Row
• 7-Eleven Attys Can't Rep Third Party, ADA Plaintiff Says
• Volvo Allegedly Smearing Atty In Car-Defect Class Action
• BigLaw Insurer Rating Drop To Prompt Coverage Scrutiny
• Fined Pa. Atty Tried To Stop Barred Testimony, Witness Says
• Rival Of Facebook's Oculus Sanctioned in Trademark Row
• Judge Threatens Sanctions In Interstate Hotels Wage Suit
• Atty Jailed For Contempt In Calif. Police Beating Suit
• Sullivan & Cromwell Denies Witness Coaching In FHFA Suit
• Hiscock & Barclay Can't Escape IP Malpractice Row
• Judge Takes Back Rebuke Of Berger & Montague
• Greenberg Traurig DQ'd For Conflict In Auto Title Loan Row
• Alston & Bird Sued For $3M In Calif. Over 'Shoddy' Tactics
• Texas Judge Accused Of Sexual Harassment
• Atty Ordered Back To School For Harassing Deposition
• Firm Fights DQ, Contempt Orders In Centex Row At 9th Circ.
• Buchanan Fumbled AFL Team Buy, $15M Malpractice Suit Says
• Paul Weiss Rips Med. Co. Liquidator Push For Privileged Docs
• Nelson Brown, Lewis Brisbois Can't End Atty-Laptop Suit
• Suit Over Jacoby & Meyers Litigation Support Costs Trimmed
• NY Appeals Court Rebuffs Ex-Dorsey Atty's Bid To Slip Ban
• Pa. Businessman Pleads Guilty In Judge Corruption Scheme
• Fla. Senate Passes Bill Over Post-Retirement Judgeships
• Blank Rome Can't Kick Morgan Stanley Exec's Ex-Wife's Suit
• CFPB Wins Injunction On Law Firm In Mortgage Scheme Suit
• Fla. JQC Advises Suspension For Judge's Campaign Violations
• Burr & Forman Rips $5M Sanction Bid In Contract Tiff
• Pharmas Fail To Nix Cohen Milstein's Contract With Chicago
• Insurer Wins Atty Fees In DBSI Investor's Bad Faith Suit
• RI High Court Rejects Challenge To Bar Oversight Authority
• Former JAG Atty Protests Naval Suspension To High Court
• Kirkland & Ellis Denies Conflicts In Caesars Retention
• Pa. Justices Scrutinizing Nonprofit Atty Reporting Duties
• Ex-Philly Judge In Ticket Scandal Wants Interim Jail Release
• Client Sues Texas Firm Over Missed $3M Judgment Payout
• Panel Tosses Law Firm's SLAPP Defense To Malpractice Claim
• Ex-Pa. Deputy AG Guilty Of Child Endangerment Disbarred
• Fla. Judge Convicted Of DUI Agrees To 20-Day Suspension
• FinCEN Fines Pa. Bank $1.5M For Bank Secrecy Act Violation
• Judge's Attempt To Skirt State Age Limit Faces High Hurdle
• Class Counsel Say Tesla's Sanctions Bid Is 'Retaliation'
• Cooley Attys Scoff At DQ Bid In Patent Suit