Legal Ethics Archive » May, 2016

Legal Ethics - May, 2016

316 articles

• Fox Horan Hit With Suit Over $800M Divorce
• Chiquita Blasts Law Firm's Bid To Split From Colombia Suit
• Attorney Web Bios: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
• Ex-Dewey Exec Wants Slew Of Evidence Barred From 2nd Trial
• Ala. Chief Justice Says His Suspension Is Unconstitutional
• Mich. Judge Suspended For Tossing Charges Without Hearings
• How To Deal When Your Opposing Counsel Is A Jerk
• Racketeering Suit Tied To Trump Hotels May Be Fully Unsealed
• Philly DA Spurns Sanctions Over Building Collapse Docs
• Wandering, Snacking Judge Made Trial Unfair: La. High Court
• Mass. Justices Revive Ex-Mintz Levin Atty's Sex Bias Suit
• Judge Offers To Do Quinn Emanuel Atty's Job In Cozen Row
• Pa. Justices Told To Bar Suspended Attys From Benefit Cases
• Panama Papers Firm Shutters 3 Offshore Tax Haven Offices
• Firms Dodge Pa. Malpractice Suit Over Axed RICO Claim
• Former Miccosukee Attys Reject Ex-GC's Claims Of Collusion
• Acquitted Atty Fights For Do-Over In Gawker Defamation Suit
• No Discovery, No Recovery In Nutmeg Investor Row: Receiver
• Prison Phone Co. Accused Of Recording Atty-Client Calls
• Facebook Post Earns Atty A DQ Bid In Cruise Injury Suit
• Freedom Watch Head Loses Defamation Suit In 11th Circ.
• Calif. Utility Wins Some Docs In San Bruno Explosion Case
• Gibson Dunn DQ Shows Danger Of Handling Privileged Emails
• Insurer Sues Atty In Pa. Court Over Unauthorized Settlement
• Recruiter Not Owed For NFL Star's $40M Deal, Court Told
• Ex-CEO Mounts Last Charge Over Skadden Bankruptcy Fees
• Dickinson Wright Slams Malpractice Claims In Casino Row
• Bankruptcy Atty Needn't Report Sanctions, 9th Circ. Says
• Obermayer Wants Ex-Associate's Bonus Bilking Suit Arbitrated
• Saudi Court Calls Clifford Chance License Into Question
• Behind The Curtain: Technical Advisers In Complex Cases
• Texas High Court Revives Investor's Suit Against DLA Piper
• Scared Attys Led To Default Judgment, 7th. Circ Told
• Texas Atty Can't Duck Claims In $8M BP Spill Contract Suit
• Dewey's DiCarmine Taps Seward & Kissel, Drops Pro Se Plans
• Thiel's Gawker Crusade Belies Business Of Litigation Funding
• DOJ Unsure Which Attys Are Allowed In TX Immigration Case
• Fraud Suit Off-Base, Kluger Peretz Attys Tell 11th Circ.
• Ex-Becker & Poliakoff Atty Charged With Money Laundering
• AG Kane Refiles Vindictive Prosecution Motion
• Atty In Sex Fees Row Says Treasonous Judge 'Targeting' Him
• Fox Rothschild, Not Attys, Takes $25K Sanctions In IP Suit
• Philly Atty Can't Blame Cos. For Mob Case Prosecution
• Philly Judge Cops To Lying To Feds In Case-Fixing Scheme
• The Alan West Story: Why An Innocent Man Pled Guilty
• Buchanan Accused Of Distracting Court In Team Buy Fight
• How To Prepare Your Employees For Litigation Discovery
• 5 Tips For Negotiating And Drafting Joint E-Discovery Plans
• Gibson Dunn DQ'd As McDermott Rep In Malpractice Row
• PG&E Says Gov't Lied To San Bruno Explosion Grand Jury
• Mass. Atty In Porn Cos.' IP Fight Dodges Sanctions
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Ruling 'Shaming' Bankrupt Atty
• IP Atty Says Ex-Partner Stole Trade Secrets In Firm Split
• Product Liability Atty Who Hid Client's Death Disciplined
• NJ Attys Didn't Get Client OK For Fee Sharing, Panel Says
• 11th Circ. Denies Rehearing Bid In Fla. Bar Denial Suit
• Munger Can't Slip Malpractice Suit With 1-Day Deadline Miss
• Feds Charge NY Atty With Fraud Over Forged Lease
• NY Judge Reprimanded For Giving Town Atty Judicial Power
• Fla. Firm Says Ex-Client's Bankruptcy Bills Suit Is Skimpy
• Leading Qs Not Enough To Nix Re-Entry Conviction: 9th Circ.
• Atty Who Pulled Stun Gun In Depo Found Guilty Of Contempt
• Holland & Knight Can't Pin Mistakes On Client, Court Told
• Steptoe Beats $129M Legal Malpractice Suit Midtrial
• NML Seeks Sanctions For Mossack In Argentina Bond Suit
• Schiff Hardin, Atty Dodge Malpractice Suit Over Arena Deal
• Quarles & Brady See No Claims Left In Tire Investor Row
• Ex-Houston Atty Who Swiped $2M From Client Gets 15 Years
• 3rd Circ. Axes Appeal In NJ County Atty Malpractice Complaint
• Fla. Gov. Defends Appointment Power In Judicial Challenges
• Ex-Vanguard Atty Can't Argue Wrongful Termination Again
• Faegre Ordered To Return Fraudulent Deepwater Claim Money
• Tenn. Judge Admonished For 'Sneaky Snake' Comment
• Green Lights Ahead For Medical Pot Legal Work In Pa.
• Winston & Strawn Rips Jurisdictional Claim In Negligence Suit
• Panama Papers: Reminders About Law Firm Cybersecurity
• Judge Going To Facebook Recuses Self In Google Email Suit
• Criminal Defense Atty To Replace Fla. Judge Arrested For DUI
• Nuns' Atty Facing Contempt In $14M Katy Perry Convent Row
• Disbarred Ga. Atty Reinstated But Must Pass Bar Again
• Philly DA Dinged For Ignoring Building Collapse Record Order
• Cochran Firm Disqualified In TM Dispute Over Firm Name
• Reger Rizzo Partner Accused Of Helping Steal From Client
• Goodyear, Fennemore Atty Sanction Punitive, Justices Told
• Ex-Client Says Texas Law Firm Can't Shake Malpractice Claims
• Gov't Says Reversal Doesn't Justify Recusal In Superfund Suit
• Mintz Levin Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In $100M Bond Suit
• Jailed Stock Scheme Atty Says Gov't Misconduct Tainted Case
• NJ Bar Group Backs Review Of NY In-State Office Rule
• Foreclosure Firm Parent Argues To Dismiss Chancery Suit
• Ex-Private Eye Avoids Prison For Bribing NYPD Cop
• 'Bully' Atty Wants New Judge In Suit Over Calif. Disbarment
• Britannica Asks DC Circ. To Revive Dickstein Malpractice Row
• Ga. Law Firm Sued For Infringing 'Trusted Counsel' Trademark
• Ex-Texas Atty Gets 10 Years For Soliciting Murder Of Witness
• NJ High Court Bars Drunk-Driving Judge From DUI Cases
• Ex-Gilead Recruiter's Atty Defends Use Of Settlement Details
• NJ High Court Won't Hear Orloff Lowenbach Malpractice Row
• Judge Admonished For Taking Free Legal Help in Divorce
• CORRECTED: PNC Bank Sues Ill. Atty For Hiding Assets From Creditors
• 5 Times Judges Wound Up On The Wrong Side Of The Law
• OPINION: Sotomayor's Solution To Pro Bono Is Incomplete
• Creating Barclay Damon: Lessons From A Law Firm Merger
• Fla. Tribe Pays $4M For Fraud Suits Against Ex-Attys, Leaders
• Texas Judge In Immigration Row Orders Ethics Class For DOJ
• Baiul's Atty Sanctioned Over 'Frivolous' NBC Suit
• 2nd Circ. Halts Wachtell Malpractice Row During NY Appeal
• Winston & Strawn Takes Aim At NY Malpractice Suit On Appeal
• Stevens & Lee Insurer Says Bad-Faith Claims Belied By Facts
• Law Grad's Good Works Save Bid To Join Bar, Wis. Court Says
• Sedgwick, Buchalter Can't Nix Utility 'Slush Fund' FCA Suit
• Motel Says Atty 'Broke All The Rules In The Book' In ADA Suit
• Houston Atty Wants Part Of $56M A&M Wrongful Death Award
• Onetime Skadden Lawyer Gets 5 Years For Ripping Off Friends
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider (The Sequel)
• The Back-End Of E-Discovery
• Dvorin And Prosecutorial Vindictiveness: A Hard Row To Hoe
• Judge Posner Slams Courts' Use Of 'Stale, Opaque' Jargon
• Marathon Aims To DQ Boies Schiller From AG's Antitrust Suit
• Facebook Denied Another Shot At DLA Piper, Milberg Suit
• Egyptian Bros. Seek Atty Sanctions For Refiled 'Ambush' Depo
• Atty In King & Spalding Condo Suit Can't Shake Sanctions
• Students Want Judge With Facebook Gig Off Google Case
• Man Blames Atty's Failures For Conviction In $127M Fraud
• NJ High Court Panel Posts Atty Ad Rules Warning
• Ariz. Bar Says 9th Circ. Can't Order Stay Of Atty's Disbarment
• Calif. Bar Floats Tougher Chief Trial Atty Recusal Rules
• NJ Judge Reprimanded Over Remarks To Prosecutors, Witness
• Gordon & Rees DQ Hearing Is Unnecessary, Toys R Us Says
• Fla. Securities Atty Gets 2.5 Years For Tax Evasion Scheme
• Ohio Justices Say Parts Of Legal Invoices Not Public Record
• Sheldon Silver's Sentence On Hold For McDonnell Ruling
• Utah High Court Affirms USA Power's $115M Trade Secrets Win
• Ex-Clausen Atty Gets Stranded-In-China Suit Remanded
• 7 Ex-Calif. City Officials Charged In $43M Corruption Case
• Pa. Judge Suspended Over Charges Of Stealing $115K
• Texas Atty Looks To Bar Conviction Docs In $32M Fraud Case
• O'Quinn Law Firm Avoids Magistrate Who Testified Against It
• HP Slams Ex-Workers' Claim That Atty Puffed Up Work History
• Investors, Counsel Face Sanctions Bid In Coal Mining Row
• Husch Blackwell Slams DQ Bid As Scare Tactic
• Workers Say Atty Should Be DQ'd For Deportation Threats
• Sheppard Didn't Lie To Court In Delivery Suit, Safeway Says
• Judge Won't Kick Kane Charges Over Vindictive Prosecution
• Disbarred Atty Jailed For Failing to Pay Up In ERISA Order
• OPINION: Stop 'Vigorously Defending' Your Clients
• Estate Lawyer Stole $1.5M From Clients, NJ AG Says
• LA County Says Atty Tricked Doc Into Testifying In Jail Row
• Attys Sanctioned For Disrupting Depos In Breg False Ad Row
• Calif. Atty Found Guilty In $3M Ticket Broker Stock Fraud
• Sacramento Judge Abused Authority, Commission Finds
• High Court Ruling On Debt Collectors Could Spur CFPB Action
• Cuneo Gilbert Says Fired Atty Sent Threatening Email
• Justices Leave Atty Complaints To Bar, Nixing Man's Appeal
• NY Attorney Sent To Prison For $800K Client Funds Heist
• 7th Circ. Affirms Insurer Win In Karlin Fleisher Wage Row
• Becker & Poliakoff Faces Malpractice Suit Over Mall Project
• Buchanan Says Accountant Can't Escape AFL Team Buy Fight
• GCs Rally Behind Call To Rethink NY Nonresident Atty Law
• Greenberg Traurig Slams Bankruptcy Estate's $2M Clawback
• Freeh Report Asserts 'Facts,' Ex-Penn State President Says
• Palmer Reifler Had Duty To Defend Sephora In Shoplifter Suit
• Justices Rule Private Debt Attys Can Act As State Officers
• Convicted NY Pol Sheldon Silver Suspended By High Court
• The Top 100 Firms For Minority Attorneys
• The Top 50 Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• White & Case Outpacing Peers In Diversity
• US Law Firms Fail To Move Needle On Racial Diversity
• The 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Minorities
• Ex-NY Pols' Graft Appeals May ​Depend​ On McDonnell Case​
• 'Aggressive' Bankruptcy Trustee Can't Escape Suspension
• NJ's Pashman Stein, Walder Hayden Merge
• NJ Appeals Court Orders Mistrial Over Atty's Role As Witness
• O'Quinn Wants Magistrate DQ'd In Texas Malpractice Suit
• Texas Attys Hit With SEC Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
• Hospital Loses DQ Bid In Arbitration Row Over Witness Pay
• Texas Justices Won't Revive Malpractice Claims In Crash Row
• 10th Circ. To Review Ex-DC Chief Judge's Disciplinary Case
• Pa. Woman Settles Phony Immigration Practice Claims
• Troutman Slams DQ Bid In Battle Over $117M Building Project
• Ex-Nelson Mullins Partner Gets Probation For Flight Fiasco
• Proskauer Fires Back At Steelworkers' 'Sideshow' DQ Motion
• Geragos Seeks Atty Ouster Over 'Collusive' $100M Uber Deal
• Ex-Skadden Atty Deserves 4-5 Years For Ponzi Scam, US Says
• NJ Law Firm Securities Head Accused In SEC Shell Co. Row
• Proskauer DQ Sought In Steelworkers' $86M Pension Row
• Sullivan Denies Link To Doc Destruction In Aluminum MDL
• Limit To Ky. Judges' Political Speech Ruled Unconstitutional
• NJ Advances Bill Protecting Jurors From Gender ID Bias
• Calif. State Bar Audit Targets Budget Management, Salaries
• Judge Slams Time-Wasting 'Personal Attacks' In Visa Case
• Proskauer Wants Lion's Share Of Stanford Ponzi Suit Axed
• Chesapeake Lease Row Attys Shed Sanctions At 6th Circ.
• Ex-Sandusky Atty Pleads Guilty To Stealing Client Funds
• 'Housewives' Star Says Malpractice Suit Isn't A Ch. 7 Asset
• Texas AG Blasts 'Volunteer' Grand Jury In Investor Fraud Row
• Pa. Judge Charged For Stealing Court, Fire Funds
• Atty, Objector Seek To Dodge Sanctions In MLB Antitrust Suit
• How New Attorneys Can Turn 'Benchslaps To Backslaps'
• Corporate Counsel: Consumer Becomes Provider
• Discipline Sought For Fla. Judge's Improper Email, Outbursts
• S&W Drops Claims Dickstein Breached NYC Office Sublease
• 9th Circ. Overturns, Nixes Judge From Kaplan Fees Fight
• Denial of Disbarred Atty's Fee Needs Explanation, Court Says
• Law Firm Staffer Blasts Sanctions Bid In Email Hack Row
• Panama Papers Firm Doubles Down On Legal Action Threat
• Trump Campaign Atty Lied About Tax Filings: Ill. Ethics Board
• Fla. Tribe Ends Appeal Of Order To Pay $1M In Sanctions
• Judge Eviscerates Pa. DA's Suit Alleging Smear Campaign
• What Do The Highest-Paid Lawyers Make An Hour?
• Atty In Tom's 'Natural' Labeling Suit Might Escape Sanctions
• BakerHostetler Bid To Dump Atty Client's Fraud Claim Paused
• ALPS Says Atty Not Covered For Bruce Lee Movie Deal Suit
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Gets Time Served For Murder Threat
• Furniture Manufacturers Want FCA, Antitrust Claims Tossed
• Greenberg Tentatively Gets Experts Cut From Doc Forgery Suit
• High Court Urged To Take Immigration Malpractice Dispute
• Investors Fight To Revive $610M Culligan Buyout Claims
• Pa. AG Says Lack Of Like Cases Proves Vindictive Prosecution
• Seyfarth's Wells Fargo Filing 'Incomprehensible,' Judge Says
• Ex-Amtrak GC Merits Reprimand For Backdating, Panel Says
• Atty, Others Kept In $4B Gas Startup's Suit Over Share Deal
• Akin Gump Says Prior Deal With Atty Blocks Her Suit
• Stoel Rives Helped Prop Up $17M Ponzi Scheme, Investors Say
• Watt Tieder Can't Duck $52M Malpractice Row, 2nd Circ. Told
• Receiver Rips Winston's Tactics In $107M Malpractice Row
• Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty, Rendell Aide Cops To Wire Fraud
• Staffers Slam Fla. Firm's Sanctions Bid In Email Hacking Row
• Loeb OK'd To Drop Client Suing Ex-IP Atty Over Secrets
• Calif. Firm Loses Sanctions Bid In EB-5 Row With Ex-Client
• Ex-Adelson Partners Stole Trade Secrets For New Firm: Suit
• Atty For Ala.'s Top Judge Vows To Fight Ethics Charges
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Should Pay $3.1M For Fraud, Gov't Says
• Panama Papers Data Dump Includes BigLaw Intermediaries
• Texas Attys Lose Bid To Toss $8M BP Spill Contract Suit
• Gov't Seeks 5 Years Probation For Atty After Flight Incident
• Obermayer Bilked Associates Out Of Bonuses, Suit Claims
• 3 Recent Rulings On Client Conflicts You Should Know
• Bharara To Appeal Level Global Raid Ruling To 2nd Circ.
• Gilead Says Secret Info Being Used By Atty In Harassment Suit
• Dewey's DiCarmine Charts Dangerous Course In Pro Se Bid
• Law Firm Beats Claim That Debt Collection Suit Caused Stroke
• 3 Fla. Judicial Hopefuls Challenge Cancellation Of Elections
• Stanford Ponzi Investors End Suit Against Firm's Ex-GC
• Texas County Judge Sentenced To 3 Days In Jail For DWI
• Seward & Kissel's Advice Got Financier In Hot Water, Suit Says
• Houston Atty Escapes Sanctions Over Frivolous RICO Suit
• Election Attack Ads Impact Judges' Rulings, Study Finds
• Texas Justices Refuse To Review Atty Hospital Fraud Row
• Atty Asks 11th Circ. To Reconsider Suit Over Fla. Bar Denial
• Conflict Bars Dechert From Representing Shlosberg Creditor
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Signal Claims In Human Trafficking Suit
• A Lesson In Defending Legal Malpractice Claims
• The Fastest Rocket Docket For The 8th Straight Year
• Skadden Fees Under Scrutiny In SunEdison Bankruptcy
• Nomura Tells 2nd Circ. $806M FHFA Case Needs New Judge
• 3 Ethical Traps Awaiting The Devious Lawyer
• Dewey's DiCarmine Wants To Represent Himself At Retrial
• Playing Nice Doesn't Pay Off For GCs
• Texas Chemical Co. Says Atty Caused Its $2M Devaluation
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rethink Tossing Calif. Bar Rules Fight
• Atty Group In 9/11 MDL Making Premature Fee Bid, Court Told
• Prosecutor Fraud Behind $122M Wildfire Deal, 9th Circ. Told
• Sandusky Wins Hearing To Prove Missteps In Sex Abuse Case
• Tire Cos. Wants New Judge After 8th Circ. Partial Reversal
• Pa. Justice Recusals Renew Questions Over Judicial Elections
• NJ Atty Gets Prison For Doctoring Asbestos Complaints
• 'Ice And Dice' Threats Obliged US Atty Recusal, 11th Circ. Says
• NJ Court Upholds Atty DQ For Flouting Discovery Order
• Don't 'Poke' The Bear: Using Social Media To Investigate
• 1st Circ. Panel Says Judge Properly Cleared Of Bias Claim
• Home Lender Wants OT Suit Axed For 'Deceptive' Atty Conduct
• Edelson Targets Chicago Law Firm Over Lax Data Security
• $1.4B Arbitration Windfall A Beacon For Private Funders
• Dow Jones Asks 2nd Circ. To Uphold Sanctions In Fraud Row
• 6 Ways Lawyers Can Enhance Cross-Office Communication
• 5th Circ. Upholds Atty's Suspension Over Recusal Bid
• Mostyn Firm Duels With Property Damage Biz Over Bills
• Stroock Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Soured Loan Deal
• Seyfarth, PwC, Others Promoted Illegal Tax Shelter, Suit Says
• Boston IP Firm Settles With GPNE In $100M Malpractice Suit
• 'Abusive' NY Judge Suspended While Court Mulls Removal
• Atty Can't Dodge Sanctions For Racketeering Suit, Judge Told
• McDermott Sued For Negligence By Shopping Center Financier
• Consultant Wants New Pa. Rule On Fee-Sharing With Firms
• Texas AG Faces Rebooted Ethics Dispute At State Bar
• Macy's Labeling Class Leader Can Back Out To Save Counsel
• What Is Your Squirm Factor?
• Corinthian Workers Tell 9th Circ. Quota Docs Save FCA Suit
• Law Firm Loses Sanctions Bid In Jet Co. Contract Suit
• Maine High Court Hits Atty With Long List Of Practice Orders
• Ex-Willkie Atty Wants Cellphone Evidence Axed Before Trial
• NJ Atty Can't Dodge $50K In Sanctions For Frivolous Claims
• Philly Firm Sues Insurer Over Ex-Atty's Criminal Defense
• KaloBios Investor Settlement Hints At Kaye Scholer Suit
• Ex-Kaye Scholer Worker Seeks To Compel Firm's Documents
• Calif. Appeals Court Tosses Libel Suit Against Law Firm
• Pa. AG Kane Wasn't Singled Out For Prosecution, DA Says
• Ind. Litigation Funding Law May Serve As National Model
• Sheldon Silver Gets 12 Years For Corruption
• BP Drops Deepwater Spill Fund Payment Fight
• Gordon & Rees Fights Against DQ Bid In Toys R Us Patent Row
• Former NYC Atty, 2 Others Charged In $5M Escrow Heist
• 9th Circ. Lifts Sanctions On Atty Who Sued Ch. 11 Trustee
• Ex-Ohio Prosecutor's Candidate Suspended After Conviction
• Court Affirms Injury Suit's Dismissal Over Misbehaving Atty
• Nixed Penn State Appeals Stoke Criticism Of Kane's AG Role
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over $2M In Pay From Bankrupt Firm
• Texas Pol's Law License Suspended During Criminal Appeal
• Chadbourne Can't Evade Sanctions In Award Row, Court Told
• NJ High Court Disbars Atty For Taking Client Funds
• Judge Slams 'Outrageous' Delay In Settlement Malpractice Row
• High Court Won't Review $6M Win For Allstate In RICO Case
• Buchanan Can't Shift Blame In AFL Team Buy Fight, Court Told
• Stinson Atty, Others Fouled $200M AT&T Unit Deal, Suit Says
• Calif. Panel Backs Roscoe's Chicken Malpractice Arbitration