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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'