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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