Legal Ethics Archive » April, 2015

Legal Ethics - April, 2015

313 articles

• Karmaloop Defeats Trustee's Bid To Nix Bankruptcy Counsel
• Locke Lord Win Affirmed In Foreclosure Fraud Suit
• Johnson & Bell Can't Duck Insurer's Malpractice Suit
• Fla. High Court Suspends Miami-Dade County Judge
• Fla. High Court Rejects Judge's Agreed Punishment For DUI
• Proskauer Can't Ax Fraud, Damages Claims In Tax Scheme Suit
• NJ Firms Face Fresh RICO Suit Over Employment Settlement
• Pa. Justices Told Nonprofit Attys Shouldn't Owe Duty To Public
• Mass. High Court Rejects Private Right To Atty Discipline
• Larry Flynt's Attys Want Brother's Malpractice Suit Axed
• Paul Weiss Fights Med. Co. Liquidator's Bid For Docs
• Attys Scammed By Web Trusts Must Notify Clients: NYC Bar
• Ex-Schlumberger Atty Says Anti-SLAPP Rulings Support Her
• Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty Says Friend Advised Threat To Sue
• Law Firm Slips $10M Malpractice Suit Over Asbestos Loss
• Ex-Diamond McCarthy Atty Denied Early Win In $1.4M Fee Row
• Ill. Court Won't Touch $6M Malpractice Verdict Against IP Firm
• NY Justices Free Firm From Malpractice Suit For Hospital Row
• High Court Bolsters State Bans On Judicial Fundraising
• Lewis Brisbois Malpractice Suit Transfer Sets Precedent
• Farmers Accused Of Culture Of Bias Against Female Attys
• Atty Loses Bid To Share Funds Sparked By His Criminal Acts
• Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty Had History Of Clashes, Jury Hears
• Jacoby Managing Partner Facing Rebooted Slander Suit
• Law School Grad Can't Campaign As 'Lawyer,' Pa. Justices Say
• Locke Lord Dismissed From Welfare Benefit Plan Suit
• Fla. Appeals Court Grants Atty Stay In Ex-Partner's Suit
• Bankrupt Ampal's CEO Wants 'Conflicted' Trustee Booted
• Grant Thornton Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Fainting Plaintiff's Case
• Supreme Court Upholds Fla. Ban On Judicial Fundraising
• Texas Judge Will Fight Sanction Over Facebook Posts
• Malicious Prosecution Claims On The Line In Fla. Case
• Atty Admits To Scamming Foreign Nation Using Sham Firm
• No Sanctions For Ex-Exec, Atty In Bid-Rigging Fee Deal Row
• Fan Co. Fights Hiscock & Barclay's Attempted IP Row Dodge
• Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty Details Bias At Firm, Elsewhere
• BAE's Discovery Stonewalling Sanctionable, Judge Told
• Ex-Wilson Sonsini Employee Nears SEC Insider Trading Pact
• Two Attorneys Found Guilty In $1.1M Film-Tax Credit Scheme
• Locke Lord Evades Tidel DQ Bid But Draws Judge's Flak
• Sanctions Skirted In Row Over Mall Shooting Death
• Bankruptcy Monitors Want Karmaloop's Ch. 11 Firm DQ'd
• DLA Piper Dodges DQ Bid In Power Tool IP Row
• How The Defense Can Win Verdicts And Influence Juries
• Sheppard Mullin Can't Trim Claim It Shielded Client Assets
• Dewey Jury Selection Starts As Prosecutors Drop Names
• Pa. Judge Won't Toss $1M Sanction Over Atty's Witness Flub
• Barrack Rodos $1.5M Nonlawyer Consultant Claims Dismissed
• Calif. Court Nixes Ex-Firm's Malpractice Arbitration Bid
• Lawyers, Supporters Back Disbarred Texas Attorney's Appeal
• No Talk Of Gay Bias As Anapol Schwartz Trial Begins
• Ex-Sherman & Howard Atty Must Arbitrate Sex Bias Claims
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Pleads Not Guilty In Maxim Fraud Case
• Atty Claims Firm Paid Her Less Than Male Co-Workers
• Cooley Prevails In Private Bus App Founder's DQ Fight
• Honeywell Can't Completely DQ Firm In $42M Cleanup Fight
• No Sanctions For DQ'd Atty In Medical Supplies Co. FCA Suit
• Pa. AG Fights Contempt Hearings On Staffer's Termination
• Firm DQ For Paralegal Hire Shows Nonlawyer Conflict Risks
• Discovery War Rages In Belluck & Fox Asbestos Suit
• LA Atty Sanctioned In $42M Steve Harvey IP Suit
• Firm Wrapped Up In Partner's Malpractice Row: Ex-Client
• Pa. AG's Contempt Hearing Over Prosecutor Firing Postponed
• Tidel Asks Chancery To DQ Locke Lord From Contract Fight
• Bergstein Fights To Keep Stroock In Atty Betrayal Fight
• Medical Supplier Wants DQ'd Atty Sanctioned In FCA Suit
• Caesars Juniors Press Bankruptcy Judge To DQ Kirkland
• NJ Firm, Dentons Exit Malpractice Dispute Over $41M Loan
• Indiana Attorney Cops To Stealing $2M From Clients
• Dewey Brass To Mine Jury Pool For A Sympathetic Ear
• Irell & Manella Faces DQ Bid In 'Dirty Grandpa' IP Row
• Munger Tolles Sued Over Firing After Workload Complaint
• Blankenship Judge's Law Clerk Quarantined From Suit
• Transport Co. Wants Discovery Sanctions In Shipment Row
• White-Out Co. Asks DC Circ. To Erase Malpractice Dismissal
• Bharara Blasts 'Systemic' Corruption In NY
• Kirkland Fights To Remain At Helm Of Caesars Bankruptcy
• Texas Court Pauses CB&I Suit Against Ex-GC, Hogan Lovells
• Insurer, Law Firm Resolve Coverage Row Over Securities Suits
• Greenberg Traurig Faces Sanctions Bid In Telemundo IP Row
• Atty Disbarred In NY After Skipping 'Rigged' Discipline Hearing
• Utah Clerk Awarded $280K For Judge's Sexual Harassment
• Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty Faces Uphill Climb In Gay Bias Trial
• FDIC, Atty Agree On Proposed Settlement In AmTrust Suit
• Tax Court Sinks Calif. Law Firm's $1.9M IRS Challenge
• Vitacost Drops Beef With Ex-Counsel Over Botched IPO Docs
• Holland & Knight Ducks Sanctions Volley In TM Suit
• NJ Judicial Task Force Endorses Appointment Method
• McLaughlin & Stern Beats $2.1M Malpractice Suit In Ponzi Row
• Supreme Court Ethics Bill Aims To Keep Justices In Check
• Firms Say Their Applebee's OT Row Ads Aren't Misleading
• Owen Gleaton Loses DQ Bid In Insurer's Malpractice Suit
• Holt Mynatt DQ'd From OT Suit After Hiring Paralegal
• Barnes & Thornburg Malpractice Defense Ripped In $50M Suit
• Ex-Client Sued By Coats Rose Hits Back With $1M Lawsuit
• Houston Defense Attys Tapped For Probe Of Texas AG
• La. Atty Benched For Accusing Ex-Son-In-Law Of Defamation
• MDL Judge Slams Attys For 'Disdain' In TCPA Discovery Row
• Zynga Wants Blank Rome, Segan Sanctioned For Patent Suit
• Winston & Strawn Slips $100M Suit Over Investment Scam
• Atty Moves To Duck Sanctions Over Menopause Comment
• Borrelli Wants Firms Sanctioned For Ads In Applebee's Row
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• Fla. Judge Seeks Stay Over Late Evidence In Discipline Case
• Ind. Atty Disbarred For Menacing Daughter's College Roommate
• Dell Seeks Sanctions For Allegedly Redundant Patent Suit
• Ill. Atty Benched 90 Days For Handing Work To Non-Lawyers
• Ex-DLA Piper Associate Battles Bid To Down Disability Suit
• DC Circ. Says $1.75M Malpractice Verdict Not Covered
• Atty Found Guilty In Bribery Scheme Over NJ Bridge Project
• Perfect 10 Says No More Sanctions Warranted In IP Row
• Pa. AG Sued By Ex-Undercover Agent Over Axed Sting Case
• Prominent DC Atty Suspended In Partner's $1.5M Estate Theft
• Jaffe & Asher Can't Escape Sexual Harassment Case
• JPMorgan Chase Targets Ex-Dewey Partner For Loan Fraud
• Stanford Investors Suing Proskauer, Chadbourne Seek Cert.
• Greenberg Traurig Atty Deceit Action Headed For Trial
• Strasburger Sheds Texas Malpractice Suit On Standing
• AT&T Asks Full Fed. Circ. To Eye Sidley Blown Deadline Case
• Fla. Bars Judges From Giving Tips To Former Firm's Clerks
• Ex-L'Oreal Patent Attorney Sues Over Termination
• Labaton Slams CVS Cert Challenge Over Political Donations
• Faruqi Accuser Pockets Fraction Of $1.4M Fee Request
• Fed. Circ. Rebuke To Fuel Heated Disputes On Attys' Fees
• Insurer Fights Costs Of $10.5M Green Jacobson Legal Mal Row
• Sheppard Mullin Botched Whistleblower Suit, Playboy Says
• Pryor Cashman Says Dairy Co.'s Malpractice Suit Is Too Late
• High Court Won't Hear Ex-JAG Atty's Navy Suspension Appeal
• Sierra Pacific's Fraud Claims Can't Nix Calif. Wildfire Deal
• Oil Heir Urges 5th Circ. To Rehear $25M Contingency Award
• REBUTTAL: Donziger's Lies Cannot Excuse His Fraud
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• Caesars Noteholders Seek Kirkland & Ellis Docs In DQ Row
• ITC Upholds $2M Finnegan, Client Spoliation Sanctions
• Littler Mendelson Fights Contract Claims In Malpractice Suit
• Malpractice Claim Revived Against NJ Judge Over Estate Row
• A Trend Toward More State Focus On Lawyer Mobility?
• McDermott Can't Get Antioch Malpractice Suit Going Again
• Mich. Firm Off The Hook For Calling Clerk 'Sociopathic'
• Seyfarth Shaw, Banks Ran Tax Shelter Scam, Suit Says
• Tesco, National Oilwell Settle $5M Fee Dispute In IP Row
• Judge Who Leaked Celebrity Adoption Loses Law License
• Virginia's 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar
• DaVita To Settle FCA Suit After Witness Coaching Inquiry
• Bankruptcy Atty Jailed In Alleged Theft From Former Firm
• Niro Can't Push Arbitration On Client Over Sanctions: Suit
• Law Firms Nix Hospital CEO's $60M Suit With 'Slam Dunk'
• Paramedic Accuses Atty Of Botching Whistleblower Claim
• Judgment Nixed Against Ex-Mostyn Atty In Referral Fee Fight
• Pa. Court Wants More Info On Emails About Sandusky Scandal
• Order To Disclose EY, Dentons Tax Docs Buffeted At 2nd Circ.
• Katten's Bad Advice Led To Ponzi Losses, 7th Circ. Hears
• Starwood Wants Attys Sanctioned For Prostitution Stings
• Medical Supplier Says Disqualified Atty 'Tainted' FCA Suit
• Philly Building Collapse Judge Calls Recusal Issue Moot
• Sexual Assault Of Intoxicated Woman Gets Wis. Atty Suspended
• Reed Smith Denied Arbitration In Insurance Settlement Tiff
• Louisiana Law Firm Can't Dodge Hospital Conspiracy Suit
• OPINION: Donziger's Case Against Chevron, In His Own Words
• Worldwide Flags Error In Bed Bath & Beyond Attys' Fee Award
• McDermott Will Attys Duck Sanctions For Not Dropping Claim
• Atty In NFLer's Stock Scheme Loses Insurance Defense Row
• Ohio Supreme Court Strips Convicted Judge Of Law License
• Ex-Dickstein Atty Sues Firm For Age, Gender Bias
• Pa. Judges Face Ethics Charges In Ticket-Fixing Scandal
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• Hartman Simons' Win Flipped In Malpractice Coverage Row
• OneBeacon Says Texas Law Bars $30M Recovery For Law Firm
• Gibson Dunn Atty Fights Finding He Misled Court For Djibouti
• Jones Day Urges 8th Circ. To Nix Training-Video Sanction
• Fla. Tribe Rebuffed In FOIA Suit Targeting Ex-DOJ Atty
• Texas Firms Botched Case Against Bayer's Mirena, Suit Says
• Judge Stands By Sanctions Ruling In Starbucks Chair Fiasco
• RI Ethics Panel Lets Lawmaker Form Firm With Lobbyists
• Atty DQ'd From 7-Eleven Row Over Payments For Insider Info
• Texas Judge Pleads Not Guilty To Illegal Gun Sale Charges
• Fla. High Court Denies Judge's Contempt Claims Against Bar
• EEOC Returns Fire Against Hotel's Sanctions Bid
• OPINION: Gov't Officials And Cybersecurity Accountability
• Solar Co. Sues Attys Who Inked Contract With Bogus Firm
• Rothstein Associate Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Her Conviction
• Opposition Mounts To Ala. Judge Accused Of Battery
• In-House Group Backs Privilege In PSU Investigation Suit
• K&L Gates Says Oil Co. Investors' Bankruptcy Row Lacks Legs
• Foran Glennon's Bad Advice Cost Insurer $10M, Suit Says
• Auto Law Firms Deny Blame For Audited Dealer's Bad Contract
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Simpson Thacher $1.5B GM Loan Gaffe
• Jackson Walker Ducks $3M Damages Award Over Ranch Sale
• Ex-Mutual Benefits Atty Seeks Retrial Over 'Jury Crasher'
• Hospital CEO Seeks $30M For Allegedly Malicious Suits
• Former Texas Judge Pleads Guilty To Taking Atty Bribes
• Malpractice Plaintiffs Feel Impact Of Exhaustion Ruling
• Stanford Receiver Argues Firms Can't See Class Cert. Data
• Jones Day, Weil Named In Fund Manager's RICO Suit
• Texas Firm Seeks $9M In Fees For OneBeacon Malpractice Suit
• Offit Kurman Attys Blast 'Mob Lawyer' Defamation Suit
• Top Dewey Execs Gird For Arduous Jury Selection
• Hollywood Lawyer Made Client Virtual 'Sex Slave,' Suit Says
• Freeh Asks For Out-Of-County Judge In Ex-PSU Leader's Suit
• Greenberg Can't Use Litigation Privilege To Ax Malpractice Suit
• 10 Considerations When Your Departing Employee Is A Lawyer
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• Firm's Mortgage Advice Bankrupted Ex-Doctor, Trustee Says
• Atty Sanctioned For Adding False Sex Assault Claim To Suit
• Aviva Targets More Dewey Execs Over $35M Note Fraud
• Ref Wants Fla. Attys In PIP Dispute Disbarred, Suspended
• Client Indemnity Clauses a Ticking Time Bomb for BigLaw
• Chrysler Protests Jones Day Atty As Mediator In Takata MDL
• Ex-Diamond McCarthy Atty Can't Depose Banks In Fee Row
• Judge Won't Toss Silver Indictment But Chides Bharara
• Firm Blasts Navy SEAL's Latest Claim Over Bin Laden Book
• Harassment Plaintiff Doubles Down On Hodgson Russ DQ Bid
• Judge's Recusal Sought In $175M Cognitive Code Battle
• Pa. AG Ordered To Explain Prosecutor's Firing
• Sanctions Sought Against NJ Atty Over 'Frivolous' RICO Suit
• Ex-Digital Realty VP Can't DQ Seyfarth, Judge Told
• Taking Legal Analytics To The Next Level
• Bed Bath & Beyond Wins Atty Fees In Hanger Patent Suit
• Fla. Judge Affirms Nicholson & Eastin DQ In FCA Row
• Convicted Atty In Penny Stock Scam Can't Revisit SEC Ruling
• Convicted Ex-Pa. County Official Blames 'Do-Nothing' Counsel
• Judge Threatens Default In Arnstein & Lehr Harassment Suit
• Say No To Iffy Work Or Yes To Malpractice Suits, Attys Warn
• Split Texas Court Endorses Lawyers' Duty To Prove Causation
• Cleary Gottlieb Says Racial Discrimination Suit Lacks Detail
• Indiana High Court Says Firm Can Seek Cut Of Ex-Atty's Fees
• Fuel Spill Atty Can't Dodge Suit Claiming Sluggish Discovery
• Pa. AG Leak Case To Spawn New Independent Counsel Bill
• Jailed Judge Can't Shield Assets From $6M Restitution: Feds
• Atty Slams Porn Co.'s Sanctions Bid In BitTorrent IP Row
• Justices Say Courts Can't Impose CLE For Litigation Sins
• Hartman & Winnicki, Partner Sued Over Client's Coffee Sale
• Post & Post Wants Hospital's $2.5M Malpractice Suit Axed
• Bryan Cave Atty Escapes Domain Name Trademark Suit
• California Is Latest State To Tackle Lawyer Blogs
• Atty DQ'd After Accessing Medical Docs Loses NJ Appeal
• Belluck & Fox Says Garlock 'Fishing' In Asbestos RICO Suit
• Barnes & Thornburg Wants Legal Mal Claims Cut In $50M Row
• Pa. Justices Told Nonprofit Attorneys Can Report Wrongdoing
• Texas Judge Charged With Illegal Gun Sales, Smuggling
• Exec Slams McGuireWoods' DQ Defense In Real Estate IP Row
• Nicholson & Eastin Properly DQ'd In FCA Row, Med Co. Says
• 3rd Circ. Rules FDCPA Covers Foreclosure Complaints
• Md. Law Firm Hit With $350M Trade Secrets Suit
• Atty Wrecked $20M Deal By Sharing Private Emails: Hospital
• Fla. Tribe Asks To Merge Appeals Over Sanctions, RICO Suit
• Plaintiff's Atty Survives DQ Bid In Enviro Settlement Fight
• Starbucks Sanctioned For Willful Spoliation In Defect Row
• Ex-Haynes And Boone Atty Slams Inventor's Malpractice Row
• Gusrae Kaplan DQ'd From SEC's Sands Brothers Case
• K&L Gates Can't Exit Oil Co. Bankruptcy Suit, Investors Say
• Husch Blackwell Accused Of Duping Pharmacy Investors
• Hogan Lovells Booted From Naval Shipyard Cleanup Row
• Pa. Justices Nix 'Kids For Cash' Abuse-Of-Process Suits
• Dershowitz Underage Sex Claims Dropped From Case
• McDermott Deserves Sanctions In Food Truck Row, Court Told
• DLA Piper Says Atty's Disability Coverage Suit Is A Repeat
• Zurich Freed From Malpractice Suit Defense
• New Testimony Can't Ax Philly Atty's $1M Sanction, Judge Told
• Weston Hurd Atty Won't Be Suspended Until Court Sees Docs
• Ex-Nelson Levine Atty Alleges 'Frat House' Sexism
• Atty Sanctioned Over Client's ResCap Bankruptcy Claims
• Firms Beat DQ In Row Over Asset Purchase Litigation Fees
• Travelers, Contractor Attys Face Filings Sanctions In Row
• Haynes And Boone Ducks Legal Mal Suit Over Arbitration Bill
• Fla. Tribe's Sanctions Challenge Headed To 11th Circ.
• Buchalter Sued For $22M Over Botched Bankruptcy Claims
• Ex-Pa. Judge Cops To Axing DUI Charge For DA's Nephew
• Pond Lehocky Ends Marketing Secrets Suit Against Ex-Atty
• OPINION: Most Clinton Critics Are Missing The Point
• Blecher Collins Hit With $50M Malpractice Suit
• Jailed Ex-Nixon Peabody Partner's Sentence Stands: 9th Circ.
• McGuireWoods Blasts 'Fruitless' DQ Bid In Trademark Row
• Fla. Agency Fires Staff Attorney Following Bar Discipline
• 3 Tips For Firms With Lawyers On Both Sides Of A Deal
• Firms Say 'Systemic Favoritism' Plagues NYC Asbestos Courts
• 'Empty Head' Atty Sanctioned For Unintentional Spoliation
• Ex-Galleon Trader Says Atty Deprived Him Of Newman Defense
• Pa. Atty Settles Suits Over 'Cokehead' Slur Against Expert
• Sony, Patent Holder Dodge Sanctions In IP Fight
• Mich. Atty's Bank Fraud Conviction, 4-Year Sentence Stand
• No 'Blank Check' Judicial Recs, Pa. Ethics Committee Says
• Lucchese Fraudster Wants His Old Lawyer Back
• Niro Pulls Reconsideration Bid In HTC Suit After Sanctions
• Silver Says Bribery Case At Odds With High Court Precedent
• Arent Fox Says Malicious Prosecution Appeal Too Late
• 7th Circ. Says BIA Ignored Key Bad Atty Claim In Asylum Case
• Master Recused In Ex-Myspace Exec's Row With News Corp.
• 5th Circ. Revives $25M Contingency Award In Oil Heir Fight
• Gibson, Djibouti Owe $1.3M For False Filings, UK Judge Says
• Bryan Cave Can't Get Ex-Client's Docs In $1.5M Fee Row
• Pa. Court Revives Harrington Schweers Malpractice Suit
• 2 Men Charged With Inside Trading Before Tire Co. Merger
• Spector Gadon Ducks Atty's Malpractice Suit Over Firing Case
• Hodgson Russ Denies Partner Must Testify In Harassment Trial
• Wrigley Field Rooftop Club Owner Denies Fraud Charges
• 3rd Circ. Told $1M Settlement Doesn't Bar Malpractice Suit
• Rising Lateral Conflict Risk Exposed in Sidley DQ Bid
• Dewey Execs Lay Groundwork For Criminal Intent Defense
• Pa. Justices Wary Of Prosecutor's Power In AG Leak Case
• Can You Be Liable For Legal Malpractice To Nonclients?
• Final Hagens Berman Thalidomide Claim Too Late, Judge Says
• Baker & McKenzie, Yahoo Deny Corruption In $2.7B Reversal
• Disbarred Atty Can't Sue Calif. Bar For Libel, Court Says
• Ohio Judge In DUI Crash Reprimanded By State Supreme Court
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Charged With Helping Maxim Mag Scam
• CohnReznick Rips 'Gilmore Girls' Widow's $14M 'Money Grab'
• Labaton Row A Reality Check On Lawyer Donations
• Baker Donelson Rips Apart Hedge Funds' Legal Fee Fraud Suit
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider