Legal Ethics Archive » May, 2015

Legal Ethics - May, 2015

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• Meet The Key Players In The Dewey Fraud Trial
• Privacy Suit Judge Recuses Self After Own Data Breached
• The Dewey Trial Report: Week One
• 'Discourteous' Former Texas Criminal Judge Admonished
• Calif. Bar Proposes Strict Limits On Post-Case Atty Comments
• Fla. Firm, Cohorts Dinged $28M For Troubled Mortgage Scam
• Labaton On 'Quest For Ignorance' In Millennial IPO Suit
• Atty Can't Dodge Volvo's Altered Doc Sanction Bid
• 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive Suit Against Personal Injury Firms
• 3 Legal Malpractice Cases You Need To Know
• Urban Compass Wants Quinn Emanuel DQ'd From IP Theft Suit
• Morgan Lewis Can't Move Philly Papers' Billing Suit To Del.
• OLG Officer Slams Venable In Fee Spat
• 2nd Circ. Mulls Skadden Win In Temp Attorney's OT Suit
• Philly Firms Say Atty Claiming Gay Bias Contradicts Himself
• Karmaloop Can Pay Burns & Levinson For Early Ch. 11 Work
• K&L Gates Rebuts Oil Co. Investors' Malpractice Claims
• Haynes And Boone Off The Hook In $1.7M Conspiracy Suit
• Fla. Atty Slapped With Year Suspension For Bad Faith Conduct
• Zynga Says Don't Stall On Blank Rome, Segan Patent Sanction
• Texas Judge Cops To Gun Charge, Lying to Federal Agents
• Dewey Trial Emails Show Desperate Effort To Stay Afloat
• King & Spalding Will Pay $4.62M To Settle Condo Deal Fight
• Collection Of Philly Atty's $1M Fine Paused For Appeal
• Fla. Atty Loses License Over Huge Mortgage Scheme
• Sports Dealer Wants Judge DQ'd In Giants Fake Merch Suit
• 9th Circ. Asked To Mull Locke Lord Exit From Benefit Plan Suit
• IP Firm Dodges Sanctions In Medical Device Co.'s Suit
• NJ Bridge Scandal Figures Gun For Gibson Dunn's Notes
• Houston Atty Convicted For Defrauding Criminal Defendants
• Judge Slams 'Mind-Numbingly Verbose' Fraud Complaint
• Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty In Pa. Suspended For Overbilling
• Gordon Rees Accused Of Sloppy Settlement In Docs' $2M Suit
• Baker Botts Seeks To Uphold Bar On $41M Malpractice Award
• Tech Investors Fight 'Crap Cleaner' Evidence Wipe Sanctions
• 'Fake Income' Email Shows No Fraud, Dewey CFO Contends
• Fla. Court Nixes Discovery Sanctions Against Carlton Fields
• Copyright Suit Dismissed After Attorney Is A No-Show
• 'Insensitive' Alaska Judge Slapped With Conduct Complaint
• Caesars Can Keep Kirkland And Exclusivity In Ch. 11
• Car Dealer Says Atty On Hook For Not Catching Bad Contracts
• Judge With Shared Accountant Can Stay On Case, Court Says
• Fla. Judge Resigns Amid Allegations Of Ethics Violations
• Ex-Bryan Cave Client Can't Escape $1.5M Fee Row
• Ex-Clyde Atty Sues Firm Over 'Sexual Predator' Portrayal
• Anapol Schwartz Seeks Sanctions Over Bias Suit Testimony
• Hanover's Win Upheld In Legal Malpractice Coverage Row
• Minn. Appeals Court Upholds Malpractice Insurance Ruling
• Dewey Trial Begins With Davis Blaming Fall On Atty Greed
• Hard Candy Attys Call For Sanctions Over Madonna Deposition
• Atty Sanctioned For Sneaking Evidence In Navy Asbestos Suit
• Tribe Says It Can't 'Out-Bribe' Donziger In Ecuador Court
• Ex-Freedom Prez Moves To DQ Entire US Attorneys' Office
• Atty Gets 18 Months For Stock Manipulation Scheme
• Law360's Live Coverage Of The Dewey Trial
• Wachtell Blasts CVR's 'Illogical' Bid To Save Malpractice Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Must Face Doc Forgery Malpractice Suit
• NJ Health Care Atty Admits Stealing $2.6M From Ex-Employer
• Gay Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty Says Trial Judge Was Biased
• 3 Firms Cry Foul Over Audi Sludge MDL's $15M Fee Award
• Dewey Prosecutors Describe 'Massive Fraud' In Trial Opening
• Ariz. Sheriff Wants Judge DQ'd From Traffic Stops Case
• USPTO Is On The Lookout For Ethical Misconduct
• Digging Through The New Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure
• 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
• Dewey Trial Promises High-Stakes Slog For Both Sides
• Don't Stop Discovery Over DQ'd Atty In FCA Suit, Court Hears
• Mylan Says Kirkland 'Thumbs Its Nose' At Client Loyalty
• NY Atty Gets Prison For Bribery Scheme Over NJ Rail Project
• Hagens Berman In Hot Seat Over Dropped GSK Suits
• Fla. Bar Rejects Firm's Plan To Send Ads Via Text Messages
• Comcast Says Sprint's Attys Misled Jury In $28M IP Suit
• Cop Client's Death Doesn't Free DC Atty From Disbarment
• Irell's Own Docs Favor DQ In 'Dirty Grandpa' Row, Court Told
• Dewey Debacle Hurt Wallets But Didn't Kill Careers
• AILA Says Gov't Withholding Docs In Immigration Judge Row
• $1.3B Malpractice Suit Over Chevron Pollution Suit Restarts
• Astor Weiss, Atty Sued Over 'Bungled' $18M Telco Case
• Ex-Mutual Benefits Atty Can't Get Retrial For Juror Mix-Up
• Lieff Cabraser Won't Get Full $51M In Wells Fargo Suit
• Kirkland Says Work For Mylan Units Can't Trigger Conflict
• DLA Piper Says Atty's ERISA Claim Barred By Arbitration
• As The Dewey Trial Looms, A Young Lawyer Awaits His Fate
• BofA, Merrill Slam Ex-Clifford Chance Partner's 401(K) Fee Row
• NY Court Denies Atty Quick Win In Liberty Coverage Fight
• Calif. Judges Dispute Atty's Culpability In Client Fee Row
• Ampal Trustee Denies CEO's Bias Allegation
• Pa. Justices Turn Down Appeal Over Privilege For Defunct Cos
• Black Card Wants Holland & Hart DQ'd In $600M Visa Row
• Suspension Urged For Fla. Judge Who Brawled With Atty
• Atty Who Threatened Client With 'Divine Justice' Suspended
• Beck Redden, Arnold & Itkin Sued Over Rig Explosion Case
• SEC Suspends Atty Who Forged Over 100 Opinion Letters
• Telemundo Attys Escape Sanctions In LaTele IP Row
• Dish Says OneBeacon Shouldn't Get 'Do-Over' On $34M Award
• Diamond Middleman Wants Atty DQ'd In Software Patent Beef
• Ex-Faruqi Lawyer's Sex Harassment Battle Heads To 2nd Circ.
• Judge's Letter Pushing Pro Bono Work Is Ethical, ABA Says
• Schlumberger Says SLAPP Law Can't Ax Claims Against Ex-Atty
• Cleary Gottlieb Must Face Race Bias Suit, Ex-Atty Says
• Dining Co. Sues NJ Atty For Mishandling Harassment Suit
• Offit Kurman Attys Get Ex-Colleague's Suits Sent To Arbitration
• Atty Sanctioned $1M Takes Fight To Pa. Appeals Court
• Kline & Specter Malpractice Suit Axed Over Depo No-Shows
• Hagens Berman Objections To GSK Settlement Probe Rebuffed
• 2015 Law360 Minority Report
• The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
• Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Holland Denied Mistrial Over Atty's Comments In Cable IP Suit
• Cadwalader Partner Arrested For Disorderly Conduct
• Atty Charged For Seeking Sex Favors As Fees Forfeits License
• NY Judge Tosses $15M Attorney Malpractice Suit
• Philly Housing Agency Beats Ex-Labor Atty's Firing Suit
• Pa. Justices Tell 3rd Circ. Reciprocity Rule Is Constitutional
• Signal Tries To Keep Cross-Claims Alive In Trafficking Suits
• Pa. Firms See Green, But Want Ethics Rules For Medical Pot
• Judge Campaign Lies Not Protected Speech, Ill. Board Says
• Jackson Lewis Sanctioned For 'Crap Cleaner' Evidence Wipe
• Fainting Plaintiff Blasts Grant Thornton For Deluge Of Docs
• Fla. Atty Takes Disciplinary Appeal To High Court
• Ex-Weil Attys DQ'd By Micron In Flash Memory Patent Fight
• Orioles Say Proskauer Tainted Arbitration Of Broadcast Row
• Texas Judge Reprimanded For Calling DA 'New York Jew'
• Phony Docs Torpedo $25M Verdict In Trade Secret Row
• OPINION: Pro Bono Lawyers Can Close Debtors' Prisons
• 3rd Circ. Urged To Revive NJ County Atty Malpractice Row
• Wolf Aide Defends Pa. Reforms For Picking Outside Counsel
• Jay-Z's Label Slams Atty's 'Skewed Logic' In Logo IP Suit
• Judge Resigns After Accepting $250K From Old Firm
• White & Case Told To Change Alleged Russian Spy's Retainer
• High Court Won't Review 9th Circ.'s Atty Suspension Ruling
• Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
• Winston & Strawn Hit Again With $100M Suit Over Metals Scam
• Suit Says Hogan Lovells Touted False Info In Credit Beef
• Atty's Unprofessionalism Warrants Mistrial: NJ Appeals Court
• Digital Realty Can't Nix Prejudice Suit, Can Keep Seyfarth
• YMCA Injury Plaintiff Must Cough Up Info On Atty-Doctor Ties
• Nonword 'Virilistic' Gets Atty Sanctioned For Sexism
• Blank Rome Hit With DQ Bid For Repping Both Sides In Suit
• Franklin Resources Seeks Sanctions For $156M Stock Heir Suit
• Pa. Atty Gets 2 Years On Ice For Using Suspended Atty's PACER
• EOIR Denies 'Shenanigans' In Immigration Judge Doc Fight
• 11th Circ. Wont Merge Sanction Appeals In Tribe's RICO Suit
• Andry Lerner To Take Deepwater Fees DQ To 5th Circ.
• Calif. Judge Disciplined Over Atty, Administrator Intimidation
• Scandals Aside, Pa. Judicial Ethics Chiefs Bullish On Reform
• DC Atty Dodges Disbarment With Depression Defense
• Pa. Solicitor Suspended For Stealing Developer's Funds
• Navajo Chief Justice Will Resign After Tribe's Removal Bid
• Lewis Tein Says Exit Of Tribe's Atty Shouldn't Affect Sanctions
• Judge Chided For Bias After Calling Custody Case 'Retarded'
• Atlanta Law Firm Accused of Stiffing Workers On OT
• Insurer Says Firm Not Covered For Botched Visa Row
• Tenn. Attys Convicted Of Extortion Amid $50K Fee Dispute
• Patent Litigator Says Mediation With Cooley Won't Be Fair
• Surety Co. Says Two Firms Turned Against It Mid-Case
• SC Atty Gets 3-Year Ban For Relationship With Client
• Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty Down But Not Out In Gay Bias Fight
• Lawyer Denies Lying About Texts In Jay-Z Logo IP Suit
• NY, Fla. Firms Face Injunction Over Mortgage Rescue Scheme
• Pa. Atty Sued Over Son's Allegedly Frivolous Lawsuit
• Cochran's 'Unclean Hands' Means Ex-Partner Can Use TM
• Investment Co.'s Ex-GC Must Face SEC's Pension Theft Suit
• Immigrant Workers Group Pushes For Sanctions In RICO Row
• Fla. Judge Nixes Bond For Convicted Stock Scheme Atty
• Kirkland's Past With Mylan Rivals May Boost Conflict Defense
• Ex-Litchfield Atty Says Lunch With The Boss Was A Sex Q&A
• Hagens Berman Fights Thalidomide Plaintiff 'Interrogations'
• Reed Smith To Fight To Arbitrate Insurance Malpractice Suit
• Dickinson Wright Says Casino Malpractice Suit Can't Stand
• Adams & Reese, Others To Pay $5M In Stanford Fraud Suit
• NJ Court Affirms Atty Win Over Malpractice Suit Coverage
• What's Next After Williams-Yulee?
• Ga. Atty Disbarred For Funneling Client Funds Into Own Co.
• Irell & Manella Fights DQ Bid In 'Dirty Grandpa' IP Suit
• Calif. Bar's New Rules Revamp Roadmap On Atty Discipline
• Jury Absolves Anapol Schwartz In Philly Gay Bias Trial
• Attys Accused Of Spoliation In Health Records Fee Row
• McDermott Sheds Claims In Bra Co.'s $5.9M Malpractice Suit
• Baker & McKenzie, Yahoo Must Face Bribery Suit, Court Told
• DLA Piper, Others Must Face Suit Over Facebook Ceglia Scam
• Fla. Atty Offers Disbarment Deal Over DUI Scandal
• Ga. High Court Nixes Ban On Firm's Nursing Home Neglect Ads
• Jurors Prepare To Mull Anapol Schwartz Gay Bias Case
• Icahn-Led CVR Says Wachtell Can't Ax Fed. Malpractice Suit
• AT&T Stuck With Sidley Blown Deadline Ruling, Fed. Circ. Told
• Judge Walls Off Loot In Spar & Bernstein Fight With Ex-Atty
• Defunct LA Firm Hid Tax Atty's Misconduct, Suit Alleges
• Prosecutors Want Kids-For-Cash Judge's Conviction Upheld
• Greenberg Traurig Slams Sanctions Bid In Telemundo IP Row
• Au Pair Suit Judge Recuses Self Over Relative's Law Firm Job
• Should You Waive Privilege In Government Investigations?
• HSBC Sues O'Connell Attmore Over Botched Foreclosure
• Judge OKs Testimony About Atty's Alleged DUI Arrest Setup
• Calif. Bar Adopts New Standards For Atty Discipline
• Blaming BigLaw Accounting A Tough Path For Dewey Execs
• Fla. Judge Agrees To Reprimand For Campaign Violation
• Dewey Jury Is Complete, All Systems Go For Trial
• AG Letterhead Was Debt Intimidation Tactic, 6th Circ. Says
• Philly Legal World Rattled By $1M Witness Flub Sanction
• Pa. High Court Suspends Atty Busted For Robbery
• Irate Investors Say NY Securities Boutique Mishandled Funds
• No Judge Bias In Ex-Friedman Schuman Clerk's Suit: 3rd Circ.
• No Liability For Anapol Schwartz Partner In Gay Bias Case
• Fla. Miccosukee Tribe In Legal Tangles Fires General Counsel
• Heart Device Co. Wants Opposing Counsel DQ'd In IP Dispute
• Hospital Giant HCA Accused Of Manipulating 9th Circ. Judge
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Rep Cab Co. In Ch. 11: Trustee
• Pa. AG Claims Immunity In Ex-Agent's Defamation Suit
• Ethics Expert Says Court Erred In Disbarring Texas Atty
• Pa. Judge Upholds Spector Gadon Malpractice Win
• Texas Atty Asks Court To Restore 'Death Penalty Sanctions'
• Porn Site, Hit With $5.6M In Fees, Beats Sanctions Bid
• Chadbourne Again Loses Discovery Bid In Stanford Ponzi Row
• 3rd Circ. Says Asylum Decision Not Linked To Atty's Fraud
• Defamation Cost Ex-Anapol Schwartz Atty $3M, Jury Hears
• Maselli Warren Holds On To Ch. 11 Fees On Appeal
• Dietz & Watson Sanctioned Over Withheld Docs In Insurer Fight
• NY Court Nixes Atty's 'Hysteria' Defense In Malpractice Row
• Law Firm Slams Atty's Defamation Suit Over Fla. Bar Remarks
• Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
• Video About DUI Plot Further Snarls Fla. Attys' Ethics Case
• Fla. Appeals Court Reinstates Mortgage Canceled As Sanction
• Pinterest Foe Fights Sanctions Bid In 'Pin' Button IP Suit
• Proskauer Dodges Ex-Columbia Employee's Malpractice Suit
• US Scoffs At Ex-Galleon Trader's Newman Defense
• Merchants Want Slice Of Willkie Fee Swipe MDL Disclosures
• Ex-Anapol Atty Felt Betrayed By Alleged Gay Bias Suit Threat
• Atty's Comments Improper, But Fla. Tobacco Verdict Stands
• Disbarred La. Atty Faces More Discipline After Battery
• Atty In 'London Whale' Case Skewers 'Unprofessional' SEC
• Md. Law Firm Asks Court To Toss $350M Trade Secrets Suit
• Attys In 'Frivolous' IP Filing Ordered To Pay Sanctions
• Mylan's Kirkland Suit May Hold Clues For Conflict Waivers
• Calif. Bar, Fired Exec Ordered To Mediate Whistleblower Suit
• Allergan Heirs Accuse McDermott Of Elder Abuse, Malpractice
• Schlumberger Says SLAPP Law Doesn't Protect Ex-Employee
• CFPB Settles Mortgage Scheme Claims Against Atty, Others
• Fla. Bar Asks For Changes To Referral Service Rules
• Jay-Z's Label Says Lawyer Lied About Texts In Logo IP Suit
• Anapol Details Ex-Atty's Litigation Threat In Gay Bias Suit
• Texas Suspends Lawyer Facing 8 Years For Medicare Fraud
• Belluck & Fox Fights Subpoenas In Garlock Racketeering Suit
• Nelson Brown, Lewis Brisbois Reach Deal In Atty-Laptop Suit
• DaVita To Pay Record $495M To Settle Kidney Drug FCA Suit
• Kirkland Takes Mylan's Teva Conflict Suit To Federal Court
• Atty Says Signal's Cross-Claims Barred In Trafficking Suits
• Dewey Jurors Seated Ahead Of Schedule
• 'Porn Troll' Firm Faces Tough 9th Circ. In Bid To Kill Sanctions
• 5th Circ. Curbs Texas Atty Sentence In $600M Laundering Job
• 8th Circ. Frees Ponzi Scheme Bishop From Malpractice Suit
• Blue Cross Wants Carlton Fields DQ'd For Work On MDL
• Anapol Schwartz Gay Bias Atty Should Make $200K, Jury Told
• Pepper Hamilton Faces ADA Suit From Atty With Sleep Illness
• Ex-Fumo Atty Denied Cert. In Philly Daily News Libel Suit
• Calif. Bar Increasingly Favors Suspension Over Disbarment
• Pepper Hamilton Settles TV Host's Malpractice Suit
• Mylan Sues Kirkland & Ellis Over Teva Takeover Bid
• Stroock, Levene Neale Duck Appeal In Atty Betrayal Fight
• 6th Circ. Affirms Sanctions For Frivolous FCA Suit
• HTC Says Niro Haller Attys, Ex-Client Owe $4M In Fees
• 'Contemptuous' Attys Post Bond To Duck Arrest In Ch. 7 Case
• $80M Suit Over Fried Frank's Role In Tax Deal Remanded
• Texas High Court Won't Hear Fen-Phen Referral Fee Fight
• Judge In Ex-Penn State President's Defamation Suit Recused
• Texas Judge Rebuked Over Speech At Tea Party Event
• Nixon Peabody, Atty Sued Over Role In Alleged Twitter Ponzi
• Raynes Boss Describes Doubts About Anapol Schwartz Hire
• Orrick Wants Ex-Handler Atty Sanctioned For Firing Suit
• Immigration Attys Say DOJ Isn't Complying With FOIA Request
• Gibson Dunn Parts Ways With Scandal-Plagued Dubai Partner
• OAS Creditors Demand Morgan Lewis Client Names
• Ex-ICE Atty Disbarred Following 18-Year Bribery Sentence
• Investor Wants Gordon Rees Booted From Securities Suit