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Legal Ethics - July, 2016
307 articles
- 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