Legal Ethics Archive » February, 2016

Legal Ethics - February, 2016

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• Investment Firm Says Arent Fox Gave Bad Insurance Advice
• Atty Threatened With Sanctions Over Trade Secrets Deposition
• K&L Gates, Atty Sued By Texas Client For Negligence
• REBUTTAL: A Few Clarifications Regarding The Koskoff Case
• Contractor Sues Whistleblower, Atty Over Failed FCA Row
• Davis Polk Looks To Quash Web Editor Discrimination Suit
• CORRECTED: Cohen Seglias Can't Seek Fees In Malpractice Suit
• SEC Wins IBM Insider Trading Trial In Post-Newman Coup
• Atty In King & Spalding Condo Suit Gets Discovery Sanctions
• Pa. House Speaker Pushes Bill To Appoint Appellate Judges
• Stevens & Lee Atty To Head Pa. Judicial Conduct Board
• Law360 Legal Ethics Editorial Advisory Board
• Insurer Denies DQ Bid In Owen Gleaton Malpractice Suit
• High Noon In America: Executive Orders After Justice Scalia
• The Incredible, Shrinking Dewey & LeBoeuf Fraud Case
• Swiss Army Knife Maker Blasts Locke Lord DQ Bid In TM Row
• Ex-Wal-Mart Worker Wants Barnes & Thornburg Sanctioned
• Steel Co. Wants To Spike Class Counsel In Wage Suit
• NJ Law Firm Dodges Malpractice Claim In Ch. 11 Advice Row
• AI Company Says Venable Atty Lying In Trade Secrets Row
• TransUnion Loses Sanctions Bid After 'Hijacked' Mediation
• Buchanan Sues Accounting Firm In Fight Over AFL Team Buy
• Westech Investors Hit Greenberg Traurig With Breach Claims
• Litigation Funder Makes Bid For BigLaw's Unpaid Fees
• Madoff Trustee Says Atty Violated Order Over Bank Subpoenas
• Fish & Richardson Escapes DQ Bid In Cialis Patent Row
• Duped Investor Seeks To Beef Up $45M Nixon Peabody Suit
• Greenberg Fights Class Cert. In Suit Over $7B Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Seyfarth Partner Says Porn Co.'s Tax Suit Is Too Late
• Morgan & Morgan Seeks Approval Of FLSA Deal
• Former Pa. Govs Push For End To Appellate Court Elections
• Journalists Denied Access To Retired Judge's Racist Emails
• Dewey Execs Escape Larceny Charges Ahead Of 2nd Trial
• Accuser's Sex Life Stays Barred In Adelson Groping Case
• Sanctioned Atty Tells 9th Circ. $9B Claim Was 'Mistake'
• Eakin Ethics Trial Will Help Clear Cloud From Pa. Judiciary
• NY Jury Hits Fla. Atty With Money Laundering Guilty Verdict
• Eakin Can't End Email Ethics Case With Settlement
• 9th Circ. DQs Bronster Fujichaku Over Partner's Past Work
• House Passes Bill To Widen Standard For Fraudulent Joinder
• Koskoff Attys Face New Ethics Claims Over Increased Fees
• Philly Atty On Hook For $18M Slams Added Costs At 3rd Circ.
• Proskauer's Bid To Beat Ponzi Suit 'Misplaced,' 5th Circ. Told
• Atty Who Pulled Stun Gun In Court Can't Revive JPMorgan Suit
• 5 Tips For Founding A Successful Law Firm
• Quinn Emanuel Accused Of Overbilling Bank Fraud Client
• Orrick Can Keep Internal Docs In AI Trade Secret Row
• Bernstein Litowitz Can't Keep Ex-Atty's Suit Under Seal
• Insurer Can Treat 7 Real Estate Fraud Cases As One
• Akin Gump Client Fights To Revive $12M Tax Shelter Suit
• SEC Says Wyly Creditors' Attys Shouldn't Get Requested Fees
• Resort Founder's Atty Beats Sanctions Threat By 10th Circ.
• NY Disbars Texas Atty Convicted In $137M Fraud Scheme
• Fla. House OKs Bill To Limit Judges To 2 Terms
• Ex-Navy Engineer Wants 10-Year Kickbacks Sentence Vacated
• Jailed Ex-Firm Head Denies Feds' Claim Of Suicide Risk
• Pa. Court Official Charged In Embezzlement Scheme
• Ill. Law Firm Sued Over Allegedly Bungled Foreclosures
• McKenna Long Wants Akin Gump To Hand Over All USAE Docs
• Kirkland Atty's 'Gratuitous' Statement Forces New Patent Trial
• Ex-Penn State VP Says Malpractice Suit Against GC Still On
• Disbarred Atty Gets 5 Years For $5M Investment Fraud
• Dewey Star Witness Reaches Partial Deal With SEC
• 5 Law Office Design Tips Before Moving To Latin America
• Ex-Willkie Atty Seeks Sealed Docs To Defend Fraud Case
• Crowell & Moring Dodges Ex-Legal Secretary's Bias Suit
• Hunton & Williams Hit With DQ Bid In Sports Agency Suit
• Gibbons Beats DQ Bid In Cigna Employee Plan Suit
• Court Set To Hear Potential Settlement In Eakin Ethics Row
• Doctor Loses Bid For DQ Of Judge In UnitedHealth Suit
• Luv N' Care GC Rips Lying Allegations In Goldberg Cohen Suit
• Pa. Justices Pledge To Step Up Judges' Ethics Training
• Race Car Driver, Atty Deny $2B Payday Loan Scam Charges
• Kaplan Fox Won't Be DQ'd In Air Cargo Row
• Seyfarth Seeks To Nix Porn Co.'s Suit Over Tax Shelters
• Alleged Rapist Atty From Kerns Pearlstine Disbarred
• Pa. AG's Waning Term Complicates Impeachment, Panel Told
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Too Late To DQ Judge, Anthem Says
• Girardi Keese Accused Of Skimming From $130M Settlement
• Texas AG Tells Appeals Court Securities Charges Can't Stand
• Firm's Head Partner Took $20M For Gambling, Girls, Feds Say
• Ex-Fineburg McCarthy Atty Sues Over Wrongful Criminal Case
• Malpractice Trial Ruling Against Defunct NJ Firm Upheld
• Ex-FDIC Senior Atty Gets 1 Year For Wells Fargo Fraud
• Atty Slapped With $116K Sanction For 'Make-Believe' Suit
• Ala. Law Firm Dropped From Ex-NFLer's $1M Fraud Suit
• La. Atty Suspended, Sent To Ethics Class For Attack On Judge
• Pa. Federal Judge Launches Review Over Offensive Emails
• Sanctions For Lost Fight Recording Sought In Ariz. FCA Suit
• Ex-Dolphins Coach Wants To Keep Paul Weiss Case Moving
• Failed Firm Says Casino Ignored Red Flags On Stolen Cash
• Doc Seeks To Cut Hueston Hennigan From Calif. Fraud Case
• Fla. Judge Says Don't Apply Ethics Rules To Her Campaign
• Nicoll Davis DQ Sought In Pill Maker's Kickback Row
• Disbarred NY Atty Cops To Stealing $1.5M From Clients
• Atty Calls Groupon Class Outcry Over Husband's Fee Baseless
• Venable Accused Of Shady Contact In AI Trade Secrets Row
• Ex-Dewey Exec Slams DA For 'Gratuitous' Press Statement
• Pa. Sen. Proposes 2 New Methods For Removing Civil Servants
• Fainting Atty's ERISA Case Should Be Nixed, 11th Circ. Told
• Ill. Law Firm Sued Over Misleading Debt Collection Letters
• Haley Bader & Ex-Partner Seek To Toss $20M FCC Flub Suit
• Ethics Charges Against Ex-Philly Traffic Judge Affirmed
• Thompson & Knight Atty Mishandled Doc's Suit, Estate Says
• Jaffe Raitt Can't Duck $24M Oil Field Asset Suit, Court Told
• Records Show US Atty Knows Recusal Rules, Court Told
• Baker Donelson Plans Push To End Hedge Funds' Fraud Suit
• NJ Town Urges 3rd Circ. To Open Developer Up To Sanctions
• NJ Prosecutor Replaced Amid Death Probe Controversy
• Gibbons Shouldn't Be DQ'd From Pollution Suit, Rexam Says
• Hu & Associates Hits Back In Immigrant Investor Suit
• OPINION: Big Law's Perverse Incentive System
• Texas Lt. Gov. Wants Courtroom Prayer Program OK'd
• Pa. Turf Co. Can't Get Attorney Notes Without Review
• Ark. Justices Suspend Judge Over Charge In Son's Death
• Disbarred Atty Could Get Up To 12 Years Over $4.4M Theft
• Denied Sanctions, Cafe Owner Gets New Trial In Wage Suit
• Calif. State Bar Hit With $15M Wrongful Termination Suit
• Texas Supreme Court Snubs Bid To Avoid Fees Row Redux
• 2nd Circ. Urged To Block Jacoby & Meyers' Investment Suit
• Feds Slam Ex-Bryan Cave Atty's Bid For New Wire Fraud Trial
• Hermitage Asks 2nd Circ. To Guard Docs In Baker DQ Row
• Shadow Of Kane Ethics Fight Hangs Over Subpoena Row
• SEC Takes Shot At Kaye Scholer Atty In Shkreli Civil Case
• Dickstein Accused Of Breaking NYC Sublease Deal In $8M Suit
• NY Immigration Atty Gets Prison For False Billing Scam
• Alston & Bird Owes $35M For Coke Widow Row, Ex-Client Says
• Garvey Schubert Seeks Dismissal From $20M FCC Flub Suit
• Court Forgot Baker Donelson Fraud Row Arg, Funds Say
• Stressed-Out Cravath Atty Divulged IBM Deal, Jury Hears
• SEC Probe Finds In-House Court Not Biased
• Goldberg Cohen Says Ex-Client Lied In $10M Malpractice Suit
• McDonald's Bags ADA Suit After Atty's 'Bad Faith' Evidence
• Victoria's Secret Says Bra Designer's IP Suit Baseless
• Buchalter Tells Calif. Court FCA Suit Must Be Arbitrated
• Macy's Labeling Class Lead Defends Bid To Seek Replacement
• Crash Victim's Family Can't Sue Attys Over Insurance Payout
• Atty Violated Securities Laws In Fracking Venture, Judge Says
• Crowell Malpractice Claims Face Skeptical Calif. Judges
• Dallas Broker Wants Another Shot At Legal Malpractice Win
• Texas Judge Resigns, Ending Probe Into Election Mailers
• Calif. Judge Chastised For Improper Talks With Prosecutor
• Judge Calls Foul On Carlton Fields Attys In Shaq Photo Row
• Pa. Porn Saga Fallout Unlikely To End With New AG
• Judge Sues Calif. Agency For Sex, Race Discrimination
• FIFA Wants Fans Sanctioned Over Ticket Price 'Shakedown'
• Keep Client Info Releases To Minimum, ABA Says
• Insurer Pushes For Interest In Owen Gleaton Malpractice Row
• 2nd Circ. Hones Forfeiture Test In Appeal By Ex-Dick's Atty
• Broker Describes IBM Tipping Chain In SEC Insider Case
• Ex-Variant Atty In Contempt For Hoarding Co. Records
• Judge Charged In Son's Death Should Be Suspended: Panel
• Orrick Cuts Deal In Spat With 'Longest-Lived Dead Law Firm'
• Williams & Connolly Takes Chance On Dewey's Zach Warren
• BakerHostetler Can't Stay In $230M Tax Row, 2nd Circ. Told
• Battling Revenue Doom And Gloom With Litigation Finance
• Coudert Admin Says Orrick Got Unfair Deal For China Assets
• Fla. Judge Arrested For DUI Resigns From Bench
• King & Spalding's $4.6M Malpractice Deal Gets Initial OK
• Stanford Receiver To Pay Out $50M To Ponzi Victims
• Ex-Hladik Onorato Atty Suspended After Child Porn Charges
• Locke Lord Faces DQ Bid In Swiss Army Knife Copycat Suit
• Reveal Names In Immigration Judge Complaints, DC Circ. Told
• Texas Lawyer, Newspaper Shake $22M Defamation Suit
• Suspended Philly Judge To Face Federal Charges
• Dewey's Warren Gets Deferred Prosecution On Eve Of Trial
• Reed Smith Wants End To Pa. Mansion Fire Malpractice Suit
• Groupon Class Says Atty's Husband Had No Role In $8M Deal
• Embattled Pa. AG Kane Won't Seek Re-Election
• Scalia's Rapid-Fire Questioning Transformed Oral Arguments
• Justice Scalia Leaves His Mark In Biting, Clever Dissents
• Death Of Scalia Leaves High Court Docket In Limbo
• Scalia Leaves Mighty Legacy At High Court
• GOP Attys Would Likely Back Srinivasan To Replace Scalia
• Scalia's Originalism Shifted The Constitutional Debate
• Scalia Took On Gun Control, Class Actions In Top Opinions
• Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Dies At 79
• Texas AG's Gay Marriage Ethics Row Breaks New Ground
• Orrick Says Coudert China Sale Claims Will Fail At Trial
• ABC's Dan Abrams Subpoenas Weil Chairman In Condo Suit
• Orloff Lowenbach Stays Clear Of NJ Malpractice Claim
• Lender Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Kluger Peretz Fraud Suit
• Morgan & Morgan Overtime Deal Needs My OK, Judge Says
• Whistleblower Must Produce Info On Witness Deal, Court Told
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Seeks Recusal For Judge In Benefits Row
• Calif. Bar Issues Revised Guidelines For Attorney Blogs
• Pa. AG Kane Gets 2 Weeks To Answer Eakin Email Subpoena
• Fla. Judges Must Discourage Firms From Touting Atty Kids
• BigLaw Leader Clinches 2 Pro Bono Wins In 1 Day
• Kan. Atty Suspended Indefinitely Over Marijuana Conviction
• Dewey Exec Rails Against DA In Bid To Dodge 2nd Trial
• DC Circuit Ends 9/11 Firefighter's Libel Suit Against Atty
• Chicago Firms Hit With Malpractice Suits Over Business Row
• Lessons Learned From A $1.4M Legal Malpractice Verdict
• Amended Rule 26's Proportionality Standard: The First 60 Days
• Texas AG Under Investigation For Response To Obergefell
• Kleinbard, Fox Rothschild Beat Sanctions In $13M Trust Row
• Ex-Variant Atty Found In Contempt, Hit With $20K Sanctions
• Resort Founder's Atty Ordered To Explain Rule Violations
• Morgan & Morgan Resolves Overtime Class Action
• SEC Sues Calif. Atty For $6M 'Prime Bank' Investment Scheme
• LeClairRyan Wants Arbitration With Atty In Sex Bias Suit
• Pryor Cashman Gets Malpractice Claim Nixed From $37M Suit
• Porn Co. Wants Mass. Atty Sanctioned In Florida IP Fight
• NJ Paralegal Withdraws Guilty Plea In Immigration Scheme
• Rx. Co. Sues Law Firm For Losing Case Against Ex-Workers
• Ex-PSU Prez Slams Freeh, University Over Sandusky Probe
• Ex-Cuneo Gilbert Atty Demands Docs In Bias Row
• Investors Urge Denial Of Barnes & Thornburg Atty Defenses
• Fla. Judge Denies Recusal Bid By Convicted Ponzi Schemer
• Andrews Kurth Accused In Plot To Oust Texas Startup CEO
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Admits Threat To Murder Ex-Coworker
• Texas Justices Told Investor Has Standing In DLA Piper Row
• IP Settlements Didn't Result From Malpractice, Pa. Atty Says
• LeClairRyan Hit With Malpractice Suit By Defunct Hotel
• 3rd Circ. Again Revives Arbitration Row In Debt Fraud Suit
• Tax Court Says Chicago IP Firm Owes Penalties To IRS
• Pro Race Car Driver, Atty Charged With $2B Payday Loan Scam
• Barnes & Thornburg Atty Not Owed More Info, Investors Say
• Calif. Judge Reprimanded Over Campaign Disclosure Failures
• Pennsylvania DA Says Phone Records Wrongly Released
• Embattled AG Kane Survives Ouster Vote In Pa. Senate
• Judge In GM Ignition Switch MDL Won't Unseat Hilliard
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Faces Sanctions For 'Hostile' Filings
• How Does Skadden Stay No. 1?
• Dentons Tells DC Court Guinea's Fee Row Claims Still Flimsy
• Hagens Berman Loses Sanctions Appeal In Thalidomide Row
• T-Mobile, Class Action Lead Slam Protest To $4.2M Deal
• Gambling Atty Gets 18 Months For $2.6M Embezzlement
• Kane Hasn't Produced Docs In Eakin Ethics Case
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Felled By Firm Policy Violations
• Ex-Mintz Levin Atty Says TV Station's Video Defamed Him
• Tax Court Says Judge Can't Deduct Expenses Above The Line
• UnitedHealth Out Of Ammo To Fight Judge DQ Bid, Court Told
• 'Birthing House' Atty Gets 21 Months For Obstructing Justice
• OPINION: The Road To Partnership Must Keep Evolving
• Ex-Texas DA's Disbarment Over Wrong Death Penalty Upheld
• US Slams Bid To Recuse Judge In $300M Ponzi Scheme Fight
• Kaye Scholer Atty Taps Gupta Prosecutor In Shkreli Case
• 3M Drops Bid To DQ Quinn Emanuel Atty In 'Sham' Patent Row
• Kirkland Seeks To Spike Indalex Trustee's Malpractice Suit
• Spector Gadon Escapes Overbilling Suit, Wins Payout
• Kirkland's Impartiality Challenged In Sabine Probe
• Jury Hits Attys With $5.7M In Drug-Planting School Dispute
• Hedge Fund Slaps Olshan With $21M Malpractice Suit
• NY Atty Sanctioned For Bringing Insubstantial FCA Suit
• Ex-Atty 'Harassing' Cuneo Gilbert In Bias Row, Court Hears
• Ex-Variant Atty Facing Contempt Over Held Docs, Emails
• Fla. Judge Apologizes For Accepting Firm's Rays Tickets
• Letters Cast Doubt On Mediation In Eakin Email Ethics Case
• Pa. AG's Office Seeks Rehearing In Sandusky Cover-Up Case
• Challenging An Arbitrator Ab Initio: A Primer
• Ex-LeClairRyan Atty Says No Agreement Means No Arbitration
• Baker Donelson Evades Hedge Funds' Legal Fee Fraud Suit
• California Anti-SLAPP In 2015: A Look At The Top Cases
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• 8 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• Jailed Atty Can't Block Calif.'s Bid For Fraud Suit Costs
• Default Issued Against Law Firm In Immigrant Investor Suit
• Defendants Needn't Prove Innocence To Sue Attys: Iowa Court
• UnitedHealth Accused Of Deceiving Court In Lap-Band Suit
• Texas Atty Suspended In Mishandled Client Funds Case
• Pa. Atty Asks Judge to Stop BB&T From Collecting $1M Loan
• Sheppard Mullin Hit With Suit Over Tech Co. 'Fraud Artist'
• Pa. Court Won't Revive Bochetto & Lentz Referral Fee Suit
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Convicted Of Insider Trading
• Ex-Pepper Hamilton Atty Agrees To End ADA Suit
• Chicago Lawyer Cops To $22.9M Mortgage Fraud Scam
• Pa. AG Kane Loses Bid To Lift Suspension
• Gibson Dunn Slapped With Age Discrimination Lawsuit
• Ethics In International Arbitration
• Morgan Lewis Escapes Ex-Client's Calif. Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Blank Rome IP Atty Says He Was Axed Over LGBT Support
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Knew Of Pre-Merger Trading, Jury Told
• Feds Arrest Texas Town Officials In Bribery Scheme
• NY Atty Suspended Indefinitely For Neglecting Fee Probe
• Calif. Judge Disciplined For Misconduct, Ethics Violations
• Fla. Bill Limiting Judges To Two Terms Riles Bar, Lawmakers
• Swipe Fee MDL Attys Say New Docs Can't Nix $7B Deal
• Pa. Judge Cuts Class Claims In BofA Foreclosure Fee Suit
• Wis. Top Court Reinstates Atty After 7th Circ. Acquittal
• Millennium Bank Fraudster Says Bad Atty Work Moots Plea
• Gibson Dunn Accused Of Withholding Bridge Scandal Docs
• Manhattan DA Rips Dewey Execs' Bids To Dodge 2nd Trial
• Judge Denies Exec's Motion For New Trial On $300M Scheme
• Calif. Judge's Brother No Bother, UnitedHealth Says
• French High Court Ruling A Reminder Of Conflict Risks
• Atty Can't Keep Malicious Prosecution Suit In Federal Court
• 11th Circ. Says Snooze Didn't Hurt Atty's Defense
• Ariz. Judges Needn't DQ Themselves After Handling Threats
• Capstone Ducks Sanctions, Gets Lecture In Cinemark Suit
• Pa. Activist Wants Kane's Campaign Spending Investigated
• Insurer To Settle $2M Policy Row Over Cig Suit Malpractice
• Okla. Atty's Sobriety Can't Save Him From Disbarment
• Jaffe Raitt Wants Amended $24M Oil Field Asset Suit Nixed
• Union Boss Gets Pepper Hamilton Malpractice Suit Revived
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Overheard Merger Chat, Jury Hears
• GrayRobinson Nabs Porter Wright Partner For Florida Office
• Brooke's US Trustee Says Estate Trustee Doesn't Deserve Boot
• The Legal Industry Has A Drinking Problem, Study Says
• Mass. High Court Provides Guidance On Patent Malpractice
• Gag Order On Trump Development Docs Axed In RICO Suit
• 11th Circ. Will Still Rehear Engle Case After Judge's Recusal
• Pa. Judges In Case-Fixing Scandal Suspended Without Pay
• Britannica Asks DC Circ. To Restart Case Against Dickstein
• Ethics Panel To Eye Kan. Gov.'s Use Of Campaign Funds
• Calif. AG Blasts Misconduct Claims In Wildfire Appeal
• Pepper Hamilton, PSU Say Sandusky Probe Docs Privileged
• NY Ethics Panel Warns Lawyers Of 2 Hot Water Scenarios
• Miami Atty Faces Disbarment Over Mishandled Escrow Funds
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty's Insider Trading Trial Kicks Off
• Geo-Group's Bid To Recoup $8M Over Minute Sales Cut Back
• Calif. Court Affirms Sanctions For SF Firm In Arbitration Row
• Ex-NJ Firm Manager Says Overbilling Claims Brought Firing
• NJ Atty Facing Criminal Sexual Contact Charges Found Dead
• Hagens Berman Tells 3rd Circ. Facts Are Disputed In GSK Suit
• GM, Co-Leads Blast Bid For Ignition Switch MDL Shakeup
• Common Interest Protection In Commercial Transactions
• 3M Seeks To DQ Quinn Emanuel Atty In 'Sham' Patent Suit
• BigLaw Brother Didn't Bias Arbitrator, 9th Circ. Told
• Indicted Texas AG Can't Pay Fees With Out-Of-State Cash
• 10th Circ. OKs Fake Defense Atty's Real Sentence
• Ex-Doc Wants Gov't Attys DQ'd In UnitedHealth Lap-Band Suit
• Atty-Client Privilege At Stake In Real Estate Bill
• Fla. Judge In Hot Water For Taking Rays Tickets From Attys
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty's Trading Trial Hangs On Deal Reports
• 3rd Circ. Frees Margolis Edelstein From Insurers' $2M Suit
• Patent Holder Seeks NJ Justices' OK To Sue Ex-Atty's Partner
• NJ Atty Failed To Maintain Environmental Escrow, Suit Says
• Leader Of Macy's Labeling Class Cuts Out To Save Del Mar
• Ex-Judge's Law License Suspended For Affair With Litigant
• 5th Circ. Vacates Atty's 3-Year Suspension For Lying
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear $4.7M Case Against Ex-NY AG Staff
• Ohio AG Defends Debt Letters In Supreme Court
• Indicted Pa. Representative Revives DOJ Misconduct Claims
• Ford Dodges Harsher Sanctions In Rollover Suit Appeal
• Ky. Judge Denies Misconduct In Arrest Of 'Lying' Abuse Victim