Legal Ethics Archive » July, 2016

Legal Ethics - July, 2016

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• Tech Co. Urges $1.25M Sanctions In 'Scorched-Earth' IP Feud
• Fla. Bar OKs Proposed Atty Referral Service Rules
• Accusations Of Witness Threats By Atty Can't Stop Deposition
• Bryan Cave Atty Accused Of Stonewalling BofA Deposition
• Young Conaway Dodges DQ Bid In Worker Termination Row
• Calif. Bar Says Attys Can't Tell Clients' Public 'Secrets'
• Texas Judge Admonished For Conduct During DWI Arrest
• NY Atty Gets 2-Year Suspension For State Tax Avoidance
• Immigration Judge Names Can't Get Blanket Redactions
• Prevent Litigation From Becoming A Threat To Data Security
• Pa. AG Can't Use Porn Defense In Perjury Trial, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink NY In-State Law Office Requirement
• High Court Told $2.7M Sanction Doesn't Match Harm
• DC Court Upholds Its Ability To Send Fee Cases To Arbitration
• Quanta Shores Up Bid To Get Gibbons DQ'd In Pollution Suit
• MoneyMutual Wants To DQ Class Attys In Payday Loan Suit
• Jackson Lewis Hit With Malpractice Suit From Ex-Coach
• Grant & Eisenhofer Loses Bernstein Liebhard Fee Fight
• Ex-Utah AG Escapes Remaining Corruption Charges
• Ex-Ute Tribe Worker Says US Court Can't Hear Contract Row
• Atty Can't Duck 46-Month Tax Evasion Sentence At 9th Circ.
• Pa. Atty Suspended 6 Months After Ditching Bankruptcy Cases
• DLA Piper Atty Wants Sanction, Contempt Order Lifted
• Calif. Atty's Offensive Behavior May Elude Discipline Rule
• OPINION: Our Juries Are Being Circumvented
• Sedgwick Partner Sues Firm Over Gender Discrimination
• Ex-Mintz Levin Patent Atty Sues Divorce Judge
• CORRECTED: Skeloses Face Continuing Fallout From Convictions
• Firms Can Garnish Money From Ex-Co-Counsel In Fee Dispute
• Atty Fights Sanctions From Counsel He Said Used Racial Slur
• Obermayer Can't Arbitrate Ex-Associate's Bonus-Bilking Suit
• Suspended Ala. Judge Denies Defying Same-Sex Marriage OK
• Tribes Can't Get Double Win In Child Custody Suit, Court Told
• Lufthansa Says Lawyer's Sanctions Bid Is Just Revenge
• Fla. Atty Pleads Guilty To Filing False Federal Tax Returns
• Builder Pulte Can't DQ Texas Firm In Townhome Dispute
• LA Atty Avoids Sanctions In Secretary's Harassment Suit
• Fifth Circuit Revives FMLA Suit Against Carabin & Shaw
• Ex-Atty Doing 16 Years For Microcap Fraud Loses 2nd Appeal
• Legal Aid, Meet Legal Tech
• Ex-Gov.'s Atty Blasts 7th Circ. Judge For 'Abusive Demeanor'
• 4 Traits Of The Top Litigation Firms
• 5 Small(er) But Mighty Litigation Shops
• Law360 Names Top 50 Firms For Litigation
• Firm Says Old Work For Fox Rothschild Foe Not DQ-Worthy
• Firm Wants $64M Dickstein Malpractice Row In State Court
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Suspension Of 'Stairway' Atty
• TransPerfect Worker Sues Del. Judge In Free-Speech Row
• Fla. Bar Seeks Discipline Against Tribe's Ex-Attys
• 10th Circ. Shoots Down Appeal By Stock Fraudster Atty
• Venable Atty's Charges In Coffee Scrap False, Counsel Says
• Atty Can't Shake SEC's Suit Over Breaking EB-5 Rules
• U of M Health System Seeks Sanctions For 'Baseless' Bias Suit
• Investors Blast Social Media Co.'s Bid To Disqualify Atty
• Atty Meets Lufthansa's Sanctions Bid With One Of His Own
• Senility Claim, Mormonism Ruled Not Enough To Ditch Judge
• Intimidating Coconut Oil Maker Needs Sanctions, Court Told
• Firms Toughen Conflict Checks As Routine Becomes Knotty
• L'Oreal Tells 3rd. Circ Ex-Atty's Patent Quota Suit Too Flimsy
• Texas Judge Says No Plea Deals In Assaults Against Police
• Ex-Skadden Atty To Pay $4.5M Back To Ponzi Investors
• FBI Bugging Of Courthouse Entrances Not Illegal, Judge Says
• Prof Wants Atty On Hook For Complaint About Amicus Brief
• Philly Judge Committed Case-Fixing Violations, Panel Says
• Girardi Says Ex-Client Can't Support Delay Of Fraud Claims
• Testing The UBE: Portable But Inaccurate Bar Exam Scores
• AWOL Atty Lets Wendy's Off Hook In QR Code Patent Case
• 11th Circ. Won't Let Fraudster Withdraw Guilty Plea
• Arnold & Porter Ducks DQ In Defense Of Menendez Pal
• Defendant Seeks DQ Of Insurer's Counsel In $180M RICO Suit
• Chinese EB-5 Applicant Lobs Malpractice Suit Against DC Firm
• Mass Tort Atty Says Firm CEO Bought Plane, Skipped Bonuses
• Greenberg Traurig Claims Immunity In Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Judge OKs $31K In Attorneys' Fees In Calif. EB-5 Case
• Tyler Perry Studios Wants Sanctions In Harassment Row
• Tire Cos. Stuck With Same Judge In PCBs Retrial
• Stanford Investors Say $5B Proskauer Suit Should Proceed
• MoFo Free From Malpractice Claims In Puda Coal IPO Suit
• Testing The UBE: Missouri Benefits From Uniform Bar Exam
• CORRECTED: Online Lien Co. Settles 'Unauthorized Practice Of Law' Complaint
• Squire Patton Boggs Sued By Ex-Atty Over Disability Coverage
• ComEd Wins Attys' Fees In Patent Suit But No Sanctions
• Shearman & Sterling Account Held Stolen Funds, Feds Say
• Judge Suspended For Leveraging Position In Harassment Case
• Lufthansa Wants Wis. Atty Sanctioned For Lengthy Complaint
• Hanover Is Sued Over Costs From Dershowitz Defamation Case
• Cotton Bledsoe Accused Of Forum Shopping Oil & Gas Claims
• Why Gibson Dunn Lost A Big Case To An Old Conflict
• Calif. Bar Escapes Wrongful Firing Suit Of Dunn Ally
• CFPB Blasts Attys' Bid To Duck Morgan Drexen Judgment
• Cuneo Gilbert Seeks End To Ex-Atty's Discrimination Suit
• Consumer Seeks Sanctions Against Kohl's Attys In TCPA Case
• AI Startup Calls Sanctions Bid 'Desperate' Move In IP Row
• Prosecutor Wants Porn Argument Barred From Pa. AG's Trial
• 5th Circ. Nixes Atty's Appeal Of $1.77M Fraud Judgment
• Lawyer Denied Texas High Court Review Of Ex-Client Row
• Greenberg Traurig DQ'd By Hasbro In 'Life' Royalty Dispute
• Law Firm Helped Energy Co. With Ponzi Scheme, Suit Says
• Retaliatory Lawsuit Could Set Ominous Mass Tort Precedent
• Chicago Atty Wants PNC Sanctioned Over Hidden-Asset Suit
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty Gets 6 Months For Insider Trading
• Calif. Bar In Need Of 'Significant Changes,' Task Force Says
• Protostorm Takes Malpractice Coverage Row To 4th Circ.
• Law Firms Deny Liability In $173M Morgan Drexen Battle
• Ex-Pa. Justices Sue Over Retirement Age Ballot Wording
• Ex-Workers Seek Class Approval To Seal Butler & Hosch Deal
• Tire Cos. Back Law Prof In Bid To Change Judge In PCB Suit
• Atty Wants Sanctions For 'Outrageous' Racial Slur Allegations
• UK Firm Wallets Feel More Of Cyberfraud's Sting
• Latinos Sue Texas Gov. Over High Courts' Election Process
• Holland & Knight, Client Deserved Sanctions, 11th Circ. Told
• Brooke Ex-CEO Complains Of 'Lackadaisical' Estate Oversight
• Mayer Brown's Win In GM Loan Case Spurs 7th Circ. Appeal
• Venable Atty Steamed At Counsel's 'Violent' Coffee Caper
• Kirkland DQ Dispute Could See Jones Day Sanctioned
• 9th Circ. To Hear Cert. Denial Appeal Over 'Inadequate' Attys
• Atty Who Quit Before $27M BofA Verdict Still Gets Fees
• Diabetes Test Co. Says Jury Right To Deny $1M In Legal Fees
• Medical Supply Co. Wants Sanctions Over Patent Suit
• Restaurant Owner Accused Of Penning Fake Letter To Judge
• 5 States Clearing The Smoke On Pot Ethics Rules
• Fla. Judge Accused Of Misusing Staff, Inappropriate Conduct
• Pachulski, Kelley Drye Seek To Affirm Sanctions In Ch. 7 Row
• Ala. Law Firm Spared Return To Ex-NFLer's $1M Fraud Suit
• Pa. School Ex-CEO Wants Claims Stricken From Fraud Case
• Timeshare Co. Diamond Seeks Sanctions Against Law Firm
• ADA Atty Defends Use Of 'Sapo' As Slang, Not Racial Slur
• Pa. AG Kane Ducks Ex-Staffers' Retaliation Claims
• Illinois County Can't Shake ADA Case Against Judge
• Geico Nets Sanctions From Firm, Body Shop In Antitrust Row
• NJ Justices Say Atty Didn't Need Client's OK For Web Post
• 7th Circ. Mostly Affirms 'Porn Troll' Attys' Sanctions
• Ex-Girardi Client Said Settlement Fraud Was News To Him
• Atty Must Give Law School Lectures As Punishment
• Pa. AG's Office, Twin Sister Settle Wage Discrimination Row
• Insurer Says Firm Moved Too Slow On Wrongful Death Defense
• Atty Says Co-Counsel Cut Him From $52M Chesapeake Deal
• College Golf Coach Fights Bid To Be Cut From Libel Suit
• Atty Wants Texas Bar Proceedings Stricken From Fraud Suit
• Atty Scolded For 'Nearly Pathological' Late Filings
• Lawyer Wants Out Of Trump Development RICO Suit
• Target Bid To DQ Attys Over Alleged Insurance Conflict Denied
• Texas Attys Sued Over Possession Of Valuable Thai Rubies
• DC Circ. Says DOJ Discovery Manual Not Subject To FOIA
• Worker's Atty Says He Can Talk To Ex-Exec About Bias Suit
• VPN Dilemma: Anonymous Expression Vs. Defamation
• DocuSign Leads To Sanctions For Calif. Bankruptcy Atty
• Cosby Suit Saying Accuser Breached Confidentiality Survives
• Saul Ewing Attys Hid Shady Loans On JV Property, Suit Says
• Miss. Atty Ducks Texas Firm's Suit Over Toxic Tort Case JV
• Atty In BP Fraud Case Can't Nix Late Evidence, Judge Says
• Rakoff Gives Darden Jr. Year In Prison For $8M Maxim Fraud
• Utah Wants Case Against Ex-Attorney General Tossed
• Victorinox Stands Behind Locke Lord In Swiss Army TM Row
• Ex-Kaye Scholer Worker Fires Back At Firm Over Sanction Bid
• O'Melveny Rips Trustee's Evidence Qualms In Gibson DQ Row
• AI IP Dispute Escalates To 'Harassing' Deposition, Atty Says
• Adult Care Center Developer Wants A Say In EB-5 Row
• Court Botched Patent Law In $41M Baker Botts Case: Ex-Client
• 5th Circ. Won't Rehear DQ Of Attys From BP Claims Program
• Seyfarth Shaw Ducks RICO Claims In Tax Shelter Suit
• Texas AG Paxton Calls SEC Stock Fraud Suit Doomed
• Hunton & Williams Says Immunity Dooms Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Chinese Billionaire Keeps Atty Despite Gov't Conflict Concern
• How Law Firms Can Create Next-Generation Office Spaces
• Va. District Court Shelters Insurers From Attys' Prior Acts
• Pa. Township Atty Cops To Theft Of Energy Project Funds
• Immigrant Challenges Texas Plea In 2nd High Court Appeal
• Dewey Exec, DA Fight Over Shape Of Coming Retrial
• Symphony Slams Ballard's $20M Fee Bid In Antitrust Row
• NY Judges Shouldn't Oversee Cases Of Old Firm Clients
• Gov't Seeks To Copy Ex-Willkie, Hunton Atty's Seized Phone
• Spector Gadon Asks 3rd Circ. To Bury Malpractice Row
• Cowen Ducks Liability, Wins DQ In Energy Publisher Suit
• DLA Piper Slams Ex-Associate's ERISA Suit
• NJ Firm Loses Bid For Quick Win Over Stolen Funds Coverage
• NJ Atty Faces Malpractice Judgment After Idaho No-Show
• Atty Can't Laugh Off Theft Sentence With Prosecutor's Joke
• Fla. Judge Resigns Over Allegations Of Taking Bench Drunk
• Holland & Knight Can't Kill Client Testimony, Trustee Says
• Atty Sues Firms Over Share Of $30M Bristol-Myers Settlement
• MLB Objector's Atty Gets 3rd Degree Over Possible Sanctions
• Genova Burns, NJ Water Agency Get Nod On $1M Settlement
• Cemex Wants Sanctions For 'Meritless' Deceptive Fee Claims
• Kaufman Dolowich Client Hit With $500 Daily Sanctions
• Venable Faces DQ, Sanctions In Software Copyright Row
• No DQ For Hunton & Williams In NFL Agent Contract Row
• Fla. Firm Fights For Cut Of Fee From $12M Insurance Award
• Arent Fox Keeps Fees For Beating Malicious Prosecution Suit
• Shkreli Wants To Sever Fraud Case From Ex-Kaye Scholer Atty
• Ex-Hunter Douglas Patent Atty Gets 6 Years For $5M Theft
• SEC Sues NJ Atty, Litigation Fund Over Misleading Investors
• Aletheia Trustee Urges Gibson DQ From O'Melveny Row
• Suspended Led Zeppelin Case Atty Wants 3rd Circ. Rehearing
• Justice Ginsburg Expresses 'Regret' For Trump Bashing
• Andrews Kurth Atty Accused Of 'Brazen' Deposition Tactics
• MoFo Gets Nod To Rep Maxus Energy In Ch. 11 For Now
• Fox Rothschild Objects To Claims In Frivolous-Petition Suit
• M&A Attys Face More Malpractice Suits As Deals Get Trickier
• Firm Wants Malpractice, Duty Claims Tossed In Mall Suit
• Pa. Judge Must Protect Tax Docs In Atty Row, Panel Rules
• Trump Says Ginsburg's Criticism Shows 'Her Mind Is Shot'
• Firm Wants Nooksack Police Chief Held In Contempt
• Seeger Weiss' Vioxx Deal Doesn't Bar Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Jones Day Pushes Back At Netflix's Brief-Length Complaint
• 4th Circ. Upholds Md. Atty's 1-Year Bank Fraud Sentence
• Jaffe Raitt Atty To Retry Escaping $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• DC Bar Committee Signs Off On Censure For Ex-DOJ Atty
• NY Ruling Strengthens Shield For In-House Ethics Advice
• Baby Co. Says Sanctions Unnecessary In Trade Secrets Row
• LabMD Draws Law Firms, Coke Into Tiversa Data Theft Row
• Fla. Bar's Ad Rule Could Confuse Consumers, Attys Fear
• Shearman & Sterling Must Stay In Primorsk Ch. 11, Court Told
• Atty Tells 11th Circ. DOJ Cheated To Get His Fraud Conviction
• Fla. Firm Can't Prove Who Hacked Email, Ex-Employees Say
• Hospital Sues Nexsen Pruet For $117M Over Lost FCA Row
• Bankrupt NJ Water Agency Defends Genova Burns Settlement
• Texas Atty Says Slur Merits Counsel's Suspension In ADA Suit
• Bock Hatch Must Atone For Dual Bucs TCPA Suits, Court Told
• Ex-Greenberg Partner Gets Greenlight To Sue Over OCC Action
• Young Conaway Made Threats In Treasure Row: Salvage Co.
• Atty Skirts DQ In Wage Suit Over Deportation Threats
• Disbarred Atty Gets 18 Months For Role In $18M Stock Fraud
• 11th Circ. Backs Grant Thornton Win In Ex-Atty's ERISA Suit
• Occidental Takes Aim At MoFo Retention In Maxus Ch. 11
• Pa. Attys Escape $1.3M Insurance Conspiracy Claim
• Ginsburg's Trump Slam To Fuel High Court Ethics Code Push
• Dentons Struggles To Dodge Discovery In $10.2M Guinea Row
• No Sanctions For Comcast Class Atty In Wage Row
• Jaffe Raitt Ducks Some Claims In $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• Class Rebuffs Dismissal Bid in Puerto Rican Kickback Suit
• Sex Harassment Investigation Of Texas Fed. Judge Isn't Over
• Nixon Peabody's Flub Causes Widow To Lose $3M, Suit Says
• Russian Investors Want Pa. Firm's Settlement Suit Tossed
• Venable To Face Facebook Fraud Suit After 9th Circ. Revival
• 7th Circuit Tosses Fee Appeal From GT Automation Buyer
• How To Close A Law Firm — Practically And Ethically
• Philly Atty Must Arbitrate With Ex-Partners, Court Says
• Venezuela Says Glass Co. Can't Confirm $490M Award
• 2nd Circ. Says NJ Atty Liable In Penny Stock Scheme
• Barrack Rodos Win In $1.5M Nonlawyer Fee Row Affirmed
• Objector Ends Bid To Undo MLB Broadcast Antitrust Deal
• 2nd Circ. Tosses Ex-Atty's Real Estate Fraud Conviction
• Objector Says Zucker Goldberg Hired Creditor As Counsel
• LA Firm Nears Loss In Fight For Cut Of Ex-Clients' IP Win
• DLA Piper Botched Baking Co. CEO's Estate Plan, Suit Says
• Wrigley Field Area Club Owner Can't Hide Email In Tax Case
• Pa. AG Inks Deal With Law Firm Over Debt Collection Claims
• Genova Burns Deal Wrongly Kills Claims, NJ Court Told
• Proskauer Beats DQ Bid In Steelworkers' $86M Pension Row
• FTC Wins Mortgage Fraud Judgment Over Fla. Attorney
• Immigration Atty Says Deported Client Ignored Travel Advice
• O'Melveny Says Gibson Dunn Has No Conflict In Aletheia Suit
• Norris McLaughlin Beats Age Discrimation Suit
• Greenberg Can't Ditch Stanford Ponzi Suit, Investors Say
• Pomerantz Just Trying To Elude Sanction Bid, Opponent Says
• Fla. High Court Limits Senior Judges' Arbitration Activities
• Ky. Judges' Speech Limits Protect Public, 6th Circ. Hears
• Caesars Says No Need For Kirkland Atty Depo In DQ Row
• Tribe's Ex-GC Presses For Alston & Bird DQ In Sanctions Row
• Judge Says He Can't Testify In Sandusky's Bid For New Trial
• Calif. State Bar Ditches $15M Whistleblower Suit, For Now
• Gibson Dunn Dodges DQ Bid In Vendor Fraud Case
• The Smart Money Is Not Following Traditional Law Firms
• Fla. High Court OKs Censure For Judge Who 'Went Too Far'
• Utah Judge Says He Can Oversee Tribe's Row With Ex-Worker
• Jones Day Says Gordon Rees Breached Confidentiality Pact
• DC Atty Admonished For Response To Ex-Client's Complaint
• SEC Says Stock Fraud Suit Against Texas AG Is No Overreach
• Jeffer Mangels Sued For Malpractice By Kitson Store Founder
• Eli Lilly Escapes Cymbalta User's Withdrawal Class Action
• Auto Parts Co. Says Rival, Not Dentons, Deserves Sanctions
• Nagel Rice Knew Malpractice Suit Possible, Says Insurer
• Atty Owes Sanctions For Ch. 7 Filing, 11th Circ. Hears
• Disbarred DC Atty Cops To Role In $2M Concert Fraud Scheme
• Girardi Says Revised Settlement-Skimming Suit Still Fails
• Pa. Judge Urged To DQ Bochetto & Lentz In Frivolous Suit Row
• Solo Lawyer Fights Biz Tax Liability At Texas High Court
• Neb. Atty Ducks RICO Claim In Solar Project Contract Spat
• Epstein Becker Deliberately Threw Employee Row, Suit Says
• RFP Lessons: 5 Ways Law Firms Can Beat Frustration
• Ex-Galleon Trader To Sue Atty For $12.5M For 2nd Circ. Loss
• Calif. AI Firm Loses Chance To Sanction Ex-CEO
• Judge Axed From Indiana's $175M Suit Against IBM
• Ex-Bryan Cave Atty Suspended After Fraud Conviction
• 3 Attorney Rule Changes To Watch
• Fla. Firm Defends Suit Over Employees' Alleged Email Plot
• RFP Lessons: 7 Tips To Improve Your Responses
• Nagel Rice Says Allied Must Cover It For Malpractice Suit
• NY Atty Disbarred For Forging Judge's Signature
• Dewey Ex-Chair Ordered To Pay Back $400K Loan
• Cox Castle Atty Can't Ditch $15M Suit Over Failed RE Deal
• Attys Can Keep Firm GC's Advice From Clients, NY Court Says
• Greenberg Traurig Hit With $10M Suit Over Railroad Stock Buy
• Boies Schiller Shouldn't Be Cut In Antitrust Row, Ky. Says
• Legal Ethics And Malpractice Highlights: A Midyear Report
• Disbarred Atty Denied New Trial In Fraud Scheme
• Co. Wants Ex-Worker's Atty In Bias Suit DQ'd Over Interview
• Texas Appeals Court Won't Rethink State AG's Securities Suit
• MLB Fans Ask Judge To Order Docs From Lead Objector
• NY Atty And Wife Pay $1M For H1-B Visa Fraud Scheme
• Dentons Faces Sanctions In Auto-Parts Cos. Contract Row
• Convicted Ex-Pa. Justice's Sister Loses Federal Appeal
• Diamondhead Wants Damages After Involuntary Ch. 7 Tossed
• Fla. High Court Lets Judge Keep Pay During Suspension
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Suspension Of Led Zeppelin Case Atty
• RFP Lessons: A General Counsel's List Of Law Firm Mistakes