Legal Ethics Archive » September, 2016

Legal Ethics - September, 2016

273 articles

• La. Gov. Sues AG Over Anti-Discrimination Contract Denial
• Harvard Law Grad Pleads Guilty To Odd Kidnapping Plot
• Sedgwick Says Partner Must Arbitrate Discrimination Claim
• NYC Judge Gives 'Predator' Ex-Attorney 6.5 Years In Prison
• NJ Panel Sinks Atty's Bid To Recoup 'Excessive' Fees
• Dickstein Shapiro Malpractice Judgment Suit Sent To State
• Ex-Pa. Justice's Email Ethics Case Closed After Fine Paid
• Nutmeg Investors Taste Partial Victory In Receiver Suit
• DC Atty Again Targeted For Sanctions In Chiquita MDL
• How To Get Jurors To Admit They Can't Be Fair
• Calif. Judge Admonished For Mistreating Potential Jurors
• Seyfarth Shaw's Ex-Client Wants $2M For Insurance Failure
• Ex-Broker Gets Prison In Simpson Thacher Trading Plot
• Top Alabama Justice Suspended Over Gay Marriage Order
• Robins Kaplan Sued For $1M Over Disclosing Discovery Docs
• Goldberg Cohen Says Malpractice Suit Bid Is A Retread
• Hasbro Atty Targeted In Latest My Little Pony Sanctions Bid
• Oral Advocacy And 'Vocal Fry'
• Fla. Bar Adds Tech Continuing Education Requirement
• 8th Circ. Affirms Ch. 7 Conversion For 'Porn Troll' Atty
• Firm's DQ Over Conflict Between Apple Pay Actions Upheld
• NJ Atty Disbarred Over Client Extortion Scheme
• Verein Structure Causes Naming Problems For Texas Firms
• Fla. Judge Charged With Quid Pro Quo Ethics Violations
• Porn Studio Owes Bad Faith Sanctions In IP Suit, Judge Told
• Justices Take Up Goodyear, Fennemore Sanctions Case
• Atty Dodges DQ, But Has Witness Statements Trashed
• Should General Counsel Disclose Potential FCPA Violations?
• Grant & Eisenhofer Can't Add To Fees From Fannie Mae Suit
• 3 Cases That Clarify When To Call Your Malpractice Insurer
• USAE Exec Blames Default Judgments On Atty Misconduct
• Niro Botched Water Fill-Up Station Patent Fight, Suit Says
• Hasbro Demands Sanctions In My Little Pony Row
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 2, The Woman In 8D
• Contractor Says Atty Took Over $200K For Personal Expenses
• The Courtroom Where It Happened: Hamilton As A Lawyer
• Ex-Penn State President's Defamation Claims Trimmed
• SF Startup Says Italian Tech Cos. 'Subverted' Secrets Row
• Why Have Lawyers Forgotten About The Middle Class?
• Kirkland, Facebook Send Top Guns To Appease Judge
• Locke Lord Nears Gutting Ex-Clients' Fiduciary Breach Suit
• BigLaw Hits Training Snag With Kirkland Benchslap
• Sanctioning An Atty Is Not Grounds For Recusal, Judge Says
• Ex-Milberg Atty Tagged In Kickback Plot Settles Madoff Suit
• Pa. Board Slams Ex-Judge's Efforts To Dismiss Ethics Case
• Sly Stone's Ex-Manager Cites Atty Misconduct In $2.5M Loss
• Oaktree Capital Atty Beats UAE Extradition Bid In London
• Pa. Court Urged To Uphold Ex-AG Aide's Contempt Conviction
• Lieff Cabraser Engle Fee Fight Returned To State Court
• Atty Faces Sanctions In King & Spalding Condo Suit
• Protect Yourself From Trusts And Estates Malpractice Claims
• Group Wants EPA Attys Sanctioned In 8th Circ. CWA Suit
• Penalty Sought For Bad Deposition In $63M Real Estate Suit
• ID Card Co. Seeks To Thwart Third Quit Try By Nigeria's Attys
• 2 Dentons Branches Trimmed From Guinea Fraud Suit
• McAndrews Held Survives Broadcom DQ Bid In Patent Suit
• Pa. Lawyer Who Stole $1M From Clients To Rejoin Bar
• Staffer Sues Ex-Pa. AG Kane Over 'Retaliatory' Demotion
• Keeping The DOJ Discovery Playbook Secret
• Judge Rips Kirkland, Facebook For Sending Junior Attorney
• Davis Polk Beats Web Editor's Discrimination Suit
• BigLaw Allergy To 'Sorry' On Display In Orrick Sanction Spat
• Google Blasts Ex-MySpace Owner For 'Harassing' Motions
• CFPB Can't Back Contempt Push In Debt Scam Suit, Firm Says
• Ex-Judge's Husband Says They Conspired To Cheat On Taxes
• Insurer Can Recover Fees From Law Firm, 9th Circ. Says
• Oral Contract Cited In Fight For Share Of NFL Deal Fee
• Texas Justices Reject Atty's Bid To Avoid Discovery Sanctions
• Jury Says Atty Tied To Mexican Leader's Ex Diverted $32M
• Texas High Court Denies $41M Baker Botts Malpractice Suit
• Texas Judge Resigns Over Sexting Misconduct Investigation
• Rothstein Feeder Fund Agrees To Hutchison & Steffen Deal
• When Demand Letters Constitute Extortion In California
• LabMD Defends Attack On 'Draconian' FTC Lawyer
• Dallas Atty Says Survey Not 'Push Poll,' Fights Sanctions
• Estate Can't Recover $1.29M In Late Tax Penalties
• No Fees For Atty Who Dated Menards Founder, Court Rules
• Full 6th Circ. Urged To Weigh Ky. Judges' Speech Limits
• Dem. PAC Asks Fla. AG With Trump Ties To Investigate Trump
• Brief Rip-Off Suit Could Inspire Copycat Claims Against Attys
• How Appraisal Protects Against Texas Insurance Code Abuse
• Highland Row With Ex-Exec Booted To Arbitration
• Orrick Atty 'Screwed Up' In Oracle-Google Battle, Judge Says
• Ohio Attys Now Safe To Advise On Legal Marijuana Activity
• Ex-Judicial Candidates Denied Do-Over Election By 7th Circ.
• Pa. Attorney Suspended Following Murder Conviction
• Ex-Hospital CEO Says Attys' Prostitution Claim Defamed Him
• Edward Herrmann's Family Gets Another Crack At CohnReznick
• Barclay Damon DQ Bid 3 Years Too Late, Targeted Firm Says
• Atty Loses Late Bid To Duck Charges In $32M Fraud Case
• Asian Bar Wants Review Of 'Gay Marriage' Judge's Ouster
• Galanda Attys OK'd By Tribal Court Amid Disenrollment Row
• Sedgwick Partner Says Gender Bias Dispute Belongs In Court
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Ex-Jenkens Atty's $7B Tax Fraud Conviction
• Ex-Clausen Atty Brings Stuck In China Suit To Ill. State Court
• Law Firm Says Ship Co. Owes Employee Injury Row Fees
• Texas Must Try Again To Revive Hunt Heir Fraud Case
• LA Court To Boost Interpreter Access In Deal With Feds
• Prison For Middleman In Simpson Thacher Inside Trading Plot
• Texas Lawmaker Says ABA Ethics Rule Unconstitutional
• Fla. Judge Won't Sanction Quinn Emanuel In FCA Suit
• Honeywell Slams Trust's Referee Pick In Asbestos Claim Fight
• Law Firm Pushes For Quick Win In Calif. EB-5 Case
• Girardi Keese Nears Escape From $4.4M GSK Fee-Split Fight
• CORRECTED: Zenergy Pump-And-Dump Conspirators Must Pay Up: Court
• NJ High Court Suspends Atty Over Assault Conviction
• LifeLock Sues Goodwin Atty, Tech Co. Boss Over $43M Deal
• Overhauling Law Firm Records Departments For A New Reality
• NJ Atty Gets 3-Month Suspension For Road Rage Conviction
• Developer Seeks Opposing Counsel DQ In Bid-Rigging Suit
• Investors In Chevron Rig Blast Class Action Seek 6X Return
• The 4 Firms That Strike Fear In GCs
• Huntington Says Insurer Can't Pick Firm For Asbestos Suits
• Prison Callers Defend Atty Call Recording Suit
• Ex-Pa. Justices Renew Suit Over Retirement Age Referendum
• Guarding Against Privilege Waiver In Federal Investigations
• 5 Things To Know About The Heller Ehrman Clawback Case
• Texas Judge Reprimanded For Unwanted Advances Retires
• Party Talk Needs No Clarification, Ky. Judicial Panel Says
• Atty Denied Botched-Patent Suit Coverage After Alleged Lies
• Quinn Emanuel Agrees To Duck Out Of Elan Investor Suit
• Atty Pleads Guilty To Role In Bean Kinney Leader Attack
• Ex-Kaye Scholer Atty In Shkreli Fraud Case Wants More Info
• Atty Says He Was 'Merely A Pawn' In Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Cowan Liebowitz Wants Inventor's Malpractice Suit Tossed
• Ex-Willkie, Hunton Atty Loses Bid For IRS Arrest Info
• Negligence-Based Theories And A Cautionary Tale For GCs
• State Farm Policyholders Win Class Cert. In $1B RICO Suit
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Rethink $9.5B Chevron Pollution Battle
• Insurer Asks Release From Representing Zillow In IP Suit
• Judge Slams Convicted Atty With Sanctions In Loan Dispute
• NY High Court Puts End To Facebook's DLA, Milberg Suit
• Covington Fights DQ Bid In Workers' Coal Ash Suit
• 3rd Circ. Asked To Reconsider Precedential Jurisdiction Order
• Luv N' Care Pleads For Do-Over In Goldberg Malpractice Suit
• Former Calif. Atty Pleads Guilty To $2.5M Investment Scheme
• Health Co. Execs Say $20M LeClairRyan Deal Too Broad
• Atty Hits Back After Chadbourne Female Partners Assail Suit
• Dallas Brokerage Gets Chance For Punitives Against Firm
• Firms Lose NJ High Court Bid In Dust-Up Over Fee Referrals
• NJ High Court Disbars Atty Over Health Fraud Convictions
• Whistleblower Fights Sanctions Bid Against Quinn Emanuel
• Ex-Pa. Judge Says Ethics Complaint Based On Spying
• Don't Clarify Ky. Political Speech Ruling, 6th Circ. Told
• Atty Wants Out Of Univ. Of Mich. Health System Bias Suit
• 3 Steps To Successful Judgment Enforcement
• Lufthansa Beats Passenger Atty's Bid For Sanctions
• H-1B Worker's Suit Against Firms Is Old News, Judge Says
• Doctor Wants Judge DQ'd In Suit Against Board Of Medicine
• False Georgia Bar Exam Results Prompt Class Action
• Quanta Says Gibbons Can't Avoid DQ In NY Pollution Suit
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Atty's Fish-Oil Safety Suit
• 'Porn Troll' Atty Stripped Of Law License Indefinitely
• Pa. Justices Urged To Ax Frivolous Suit Claims Against Attys
• NC Bar Considers New Rule On Post-Conviction Evidence
• SAC Backs Push For Quinn Emanuel DQ In Elan Investor Suit
• NJ Bankruptcy Atty Suspended For Botched Ch. 7 Proceeding
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over Judicial Phone Record Access
• 4th Circ. Says Md. Court Fund Can Collect Attys' SSNs
• Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Gets Prison For Insider Trading
• Chicago Atty Must Face PNC's Asset Concealment Allegations
• Texas State Bar Says Houston Atty Lied About Settlement
• 'Dark Money,' Attack Ads Increase In State Judge Campaigns
• Secretly Guiding A Jury's Emotions
• No Quick Wins In Fern Michaels' $3M Malpractice Suit
• Lawyers Duck Securities Claims In Buyout Malpractice Suit
• IP Atty's Fair Use Bid Fails In Newegg Brief Copying Tiff
• Atty Must Serve 2 Years, Pay $14M For Assisting Mob Family
• Bar's Pass On Misconduct Charge Not The End For Ohio Atty
• Loeb & Loeb Sees Ex-GC's Employment Suit Revived
• Jos. A. Bank Says Attys Can't Hide Docs In Sham Price Suit
• Female Partners At Chadbourne Disavow Discrimination Suit
• Ex-Rothstein Atty Seeks Less Time For Ponzi Scheme Role
• Toyota Wants DQ Of Brown Rudnick In Sound System IP Suit
• Texas Judge Denies Recusal Bid In 'Racial Slur' ADA Cases
• O'Quinn Wins Further Arbitration of Asbestos Negligence Suit
• Should Your Law Firm Move To The Cloud?
• Quinn Emanuel May Face DQ Action In SAC Capital Suit
• Justices Urged To Revive Dickstein IP Malpractice Claims
• Fed. Circ. Says Atty DQ Enough To Dump Acacia IP Appeal
• New Bribery Indictment Against NC Judge Should Stand: Feds
• Calif. Bar OKs Broad Emergency Fee Request From Justices
• TD Bank Hit With NJ Suit Over Role In $8.5M Ponzi Scheme
• Margolis Firm Seeks To Escape Immigration Malpractice Suit
• Startup Calls Sanctions Bid In Trade Secrets Dispute Baseless
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Ex-Grant Thornton Atty's ERISA Suit
• 11th Circ. Nixes Appeal For Woman Charged With $8.8M Fraud
• UPS Franchisees Say Morrison & Foerster Ruined 'Key' Docs
• Atty Seeks Judge's Recusal After 'Racial Slur' ADA Ruling
• From The Partner's Desk: Paving Your Path To Partnership
• Mortgage Co. Investors Slam Award In Greenberg Fraud Row
• Jay Z, Label Win $160K In Fees For 'Frivolous' IP Suit Appeal
• Calif. Bar Calls Off President's 'Luau,' Orders Cost Cuts
• Lawyer Says Sanction 'Unfair' In Trade Secret Fracas
• LA Deputy DA Looks To Scrap Atty Love Triangle Sexting Row
• CFPB Wants Orders To Stay Put In $173M Debt Scam Row
• Typos Stage A Resurgence As Attys Turn To Document Makers
• Clinics Wants Quinn Emanuel Sanctioned In FCA Fight
• Pittsburgh Tax Atty Convicted Of Employment Tax Fraud
• SEC Says Contractor Failed To Account For $61M FCA Fine
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Dodge $2.2M Clawback Suit
• How We Can Diversify The Legal Profession And Why We Must
• 6 Reasons States Should Shun ABA Attorney Misconduct Rule
• Ex-LA Sparks' Investor Can Arbitrate Fraud Suit Over Loans
• Pryor Cashman Must Face Malpractice Suit, NY Court Told
• Alleged Judge Imitator Gets Rival For Chicago Area Bench
• Nat'l Bar Assoc. Will Face Sex Assault Suit, But In Fla.
• Pa. Judge Admits To Case-Fixing Charges In Ethics Trial
• Winston & Strawn DQ'd From Audio Tech IP Suit
• 6th Circ. Pushed To Clarify Ky. Judges' Political Talk Ruling
• Texas Atty Doubles Down On DQ Bid In $32M Fraud Case
• Fla. Rep's Staffer Waives Atty Conflict In Slush Fund Suit
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Jailed For Insider Trading Disbarred
• Law Firm Ducks Repeat Malpractice Claims In Trust Dispute
• Life Partners' Lender Seeks Locke Lord DQ From Bankruptcy
• 7th Circ. Revives Claims Over 'Misleading' Student Debt Suit
• Cox Castle's Attys Close To Escaping DQ Bid In Land Row
• Calif. Court Clerk Took Bribes To Rig Cases, Gov't Says
• CSX Beats Sanctions Bid In Contentious Worker Injury Row
• Vaginal Mesh MDL Judge Sick And Tired Of Bogus Suits
• SolarCity Seeks $663K In Fees After Investor Suit Dismissal
• Porn Company's IP Atty Battle Tossed From Federal Court
• Law Firms Escape Sanctions In $173M Morgan Drexen Battle
• Gibbons Says DQ Bid In Quanta Pollution Row Is Too Late
• Insurers Seek $19M Coverage Payback From Asbestos Firms
• Leveraging Trial Strategies To Improve Your Negotiating Skills
• Novak Druce Can't Delay Depositions In Ex-Partners' Pay Suit
• Illinois Law Firm Urges NJ Court To Dismiss Suit Over Fees
• Prosecutors Must Disclose More Than Brady, NYC Bar Says
• LeClairRyan To Pay $20M To End Bankrupt Ex-Client's Claims
• Nixon Peabody Mistakes Cost Them $8M, Business Trio Says
• New Pa. AG Axes Castor As Solicitor, Names New Deputies
• 11th Circ. Clarifies Fee Split From $12M Insurance Judgment
• NY Judge Who Tarred Teen Rape Victim, DA Gets Reprimand
• McDermott Can't Shake Westlaw Widow's $7M Malpractice Suit
• Equal Protection Challenges In Ohio: Easier Than Ever?
• Pa. Judge Tosses Bank Of America Debt Collection Suit
• Old Skills, New Tricks: Opportunities For Law Librarians
• Legal Investors See Opening In UK Bankruptcy Rule Change
• NJ Legal Malpractice Suit Over Sports, Charity Biz Revived
• Agreement Doesn't Bar Seeger Vioxx Claims, 5th Circ. Hears
• Hunton & Williams Pushes Immunity In Stanford Investor Suit
• Nepali Tells High Court That Judge's Questions Showed Bias
• Ill. Attorney Charged With Creating Child Pornography
• Sanctions Denied As Wal-Mart Supplement False Ad Suit Ends
• Pa. Judge's Ethics Charges For Belittling Parties Dropped
• California Bar Seeks Fee Authority From State High Court
• Pa. High Court Split Leaves Judge Retirement Age Vote As Is
• Subscriber Drops Verizon, DirecTV Claims, Targets Law Firm
• Caesars Noteholders Demand Paul Weiss Docs
• Whirlpool Supplier's Deal Ends Malpractice Suit, Firm Says
• Defense Bar Asks Full DC Circ. To Hear DOJ Manual Appeal
• Fla. Law Firms To Pay $8M For Mortgage Relief Scam
• Atty 'Disingenuous' In Energy Co.'s Suit, Court Told
• SEC Case Against Texas AG May Be Stretch, Judge Says
• New Info Can't Seal Young Conaway DQ In Employment Suit
• Will 'Dr. Bull' Affect Actual Jurors?
• Texas Judge Grants TRO Against Litigation Funding Firm
• Samsung Denied Fed. Circ. Rehearing On Apple Leak Docs
• Judge Sees Mastermind Behind String Of FCRA Suits
• Feds Deny Political Role In Macau Billionaire's Bribery Case
• Jos. A. Bank Demands Atty Sanctions In 'Ludicrous' Price Suit
• Judge Laments Arbitrator's Vague Wording In DLA Piper Row
• SEC Says Atty Duped Investors Over Waste-To-Energy Cos.
• Atty Suspended From SEC Over $6M 'Prime Bank' Scheme
• Covington Faces DQ Over Witness Contact In Superfund Suit
• New Pa. AG Fires Top Kane Aides
• Goldberg Segalla Sued For Discrimination By Ex-Atty
• Pa. Justices Snub Bochetto & Lentz Referral Fee Appeal
• Judge Nixes Last Claim In Pa. DA's Smear Campaign Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Says Insurance Co.'s RICO Suit Too Late
• Firm Urges Texas High Court To Hear Case Against Miss. Atty
• Winston & Strawn Says DQ From Dell IP Suit Isn't 'Sensible'