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Legal Ethics - October, 2016

285 articles

• Judge Extinguishes Tilton's SEC Misconduct 'Smoking Gun'
• Venable Atty Seeks Sanction For Coffee Spill In IP Suit
• Developer Goes After Privileged Docs In Bid-Rigging Suit
• Ill. High Court Strips License Of Atty Who Posed As Judge
• Fund Seeks Halt Of Gibson Dunn Arbitration Over Unpaid Fees
• Apple Beats 'Jane Doe' Ex-Atty's Bias Suit Over Anonymity
• Deal Keeps Jones Day On Trademark Case For P&G
• Firm Fights Sanctions In Experian Debt Collection Suit
• Ex-Miller Canfield Atty Brings Arbitration Fight To High Court
• Calif. Atty Escapes Chinese Investor's EB-5 Fraud Claims
• Payday Lender Can't Fight Privilege Ruling, 3rd Circ. Says
• NJ Atty Urges 3rd Circ. To Rethink Frivolity Sanctions
• Atty Facing Sanctions Allegedly Threatens ARDC Counsel
• Justices Won't Hear NJ Attorney's Disbarment Appeal
• Health Co. Execs Want 2nd Look At $20M LeClairRyan Deal
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 2
• Morgan Lewis Settles Philly Papers' Fee Bleeding Suit
• Justices Reject 'Vexatious' Ex-Atty's Suit Against State Court
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 7
• ABA Group To Publish Trump 'Libel Bully' Article After All
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revisit $8.6B Chevron Pollution Case Fraud
• NJ Lawyers Sue State, High Court Over Filing Fee Hikes
• Kenyon & Kenyon Says Patent Malpractice Suit Falls Flat
• NJ Atty Gets Prison For $800K Mortgage Scheme
• Philly Bar Pushes Adoption of Anti-Bias, Equal Pay Rules
• Tilton Accuses SEC Of Misconduct In $200M Fraud Trial
• Ex-Philly Judge Earns Bench Ban Over Case-Fixing Scheme
• Blecher Collins Ducks UK Attys' Calif. Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Pa. Justices Take Judge Retirement Case To Fed. Court
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 6
• Adapt Or Die: Law Firms In Tomorrow's Economy — Part 1
• NY Court Revives CVR Malpractice Row Against Wachtell
• Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio Wants Judge Booted In Profiling Case
• Ex-Greenberg Traurig Partner Loses License For Firm Theft
• Lieff Cabraser Blasts Small Firm's Fee Ask In Volkswagen MDL
• Ex-Willkie, Hunton Atty's Phone Seized Too Early, Judge Told
• Chadbourne Leader Harassed DC Atty With Cartoon, Suit Says
• Alleged Judge Impostor Won't Take The Bench In License Tiff
• Allstate, Lawyer Fight Sanctions After Late Court Arrival
• Shkreli Wants To Bolster Defense With Katten Documents
• SEC Backs Ex-Atty's Bid To Revive Whistleblower Suit
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 5
• No Sanctions For Holland & Knight Atty In My Little Pony Case
• Top Pa. AG Staffer To Return After Retaliation Settlement
• 9th Circ. Nixes $5.3M In Sanctions Against Attys, Firms
• Commodities Firm's Ex-GC Alleges 'Good Ol' Boys' Workplace
• Latham Attys, Craigslist Blast EveryMD Motion For Sanctions
• Fla. Judge Candidate Met Disclosure Rules, Court Affirms
• Casino Backers, Dickinson Wright To Settle Malpractice Suit
• Judges Immune From Liability While On Bench, NJ Panel Says
• ABA Cautions CFPB On Proposed Disclosure Rule Changes
• Incarcerated Ex-Sandusky Atty Gets More Jail For Tax Evasion
• Bruce Lee Movie Suit Coverage Claim Too Late, ALPS Says
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 4
• Pa. Court Split Keeps Judicial Retirement Proposal As Is
• Attorney Representation At Issue In FIFA Suit
• Calif. Judicial Discipline Commission Seeks To Curb Audit
• Ex-Ascent Exec Can't Get Proskauer Malpractice Suit Revived
• Female Law Students More Ethical Than Males, Study Says
• Skadden Ducks Untimely $35M Creditor Malpractice Suit
• Loop AI Atty Calls Judge's Sanction Threat Baseless
• 11th Circ. Backs Fraud Conviction Despite Privilege Breach
• Attys Can't Skirt $180K Sanctions For Flimsy Dow Jones Suit
• Atty Wants SEC Sanctioned For 'Vendetta' Fraud Suit
• Sidley Partner Staring Down 'Bizarre' Malpractice Suit
• BuckleySandler Nabs Ex-Fifth Third GC For Banking Practice
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 3
• Bridging The Gap Between Outside And Inside Counsel
• Using Audits To Safeguard Law Firm Trust Accounts
• ABA Shies From Trump 'Libel Bully' Article, Citing Suit Risk
• Bio-Rad Says Ex-GC Whistleblower Testimony Privileged
• Loop Atty Presses Calif. Judge to Retract 'Retribution' Order
• Carlton Fields Seeks End To $1M Malpractice Dispute
• Texas Bar Clarifies Rules On Handling Confidential Info
• Securus Can't Escape Prison Callers' Recording Suit
• 1st Circ. Tosses Harvard Law Grad's Defamation Suit
• Ex-Bingham Partner Owes $8M In Stock, Morgan Lewis Argues
• Consumer's Request To Drop Jos. A. Bank Claim Suits Judge
• Fla. Jury Convicts Trio In Law Firm Ripoff Case
• Ex-Pa. AG Gets 10 To 23 Months Following Perjury Conviction
• Retirement Ends Judicial Misconduct Probe For Hudspeth
• Famed Artist Seeks Sanctions In 'Laughable' Painting Suit
• Hotel Co. Fights Discovery Sanctions Bid In EEOC Firings Suit
• Travel Sites Say Their Attys Don't Owe Texas Cities Info
• No Conviction, No Credit: Troubling Sentence For Cooperator
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 2
• So You Want To Be A Partner? You Need A Mentor
• Ex-US Tax Judge Pleads Guilty In 10-Year Tax Cheat Scheme
• NC Judge Found Guilty Of Bribery, Renews Acquittal Motion
• Atty Testimony Slated On Bid To Bump Jones Day From IP Suit
• SEC Tries Again With New Fraud Complaint Against Texas AG
• Constangy Seeks To Withdraw From Farm Workers' Bias Suit
• Atty Says SEC Brought Fraud Suit To 'Ruin His Life'
• Dewey Star Cooperator's Deal Sweetened Before 2nd Trial
• Pa. Judge Found Guilty On Ethics Charges In Case-Fixing Row
• NJ Atty Disbarred After Prison Term For Corruption
• Cope Hudson Partner Charged With Insider Trading
• Texas Justices Take Andrews Kurth Malpractice Suit
• Judicial Political Recusal Row Nixed On Immunity Grounds
• Clerk Who Posed As Judge Hit With Felony Charge
• When Your Client Is The President: Part 1
• The Evolving Deposition
• Nixon Peabody Asks Calif. Appeals Court To Scrap Sanctions
• Atty Can't Nix $90K Hit For Baseless IP Suit With Indybay
• Ex-Ascent Exec Wants Proskauer Malpractice Suit Revived
• 2nd Circ. Lets Locke Lord Weigh In On Swiss Knife DQ Fight
• NY Town Justice Removed From Bench For Abusive Behavior
• Tax Firm Ducks Malpractice Suit Over $9.5M IRS Debt
• Nelson Mullins Atty Can't Escape SEC's Pay-To-Play Claims
• Trial Pros' Secret To Courtroom Success
• Texas Court Revives Malpractice Claim Against Law Firm
• Attorneys Ask 8th Circ. To Reverse Bad Class Deal Sanctions
• Kan. AG Takes Back Dred Scott Cite In Abortion Case
• Defunct Zucker Goldberg Sues Wells Fargo Over Unpaid Fees
• 'Porn Troll' Atty Can't Get Contempt Finding Revisited
• Pa. Frivolous Suit Awards Send Warning On Atty Motives
• DC Atty Facing Admonishment For Revealing Client Address
• Gordon Rees Hit By Malpractice Suit Over Netflix Special
• Atty's Judicial Misconduct Claims May Lead To Sanctions
• ExxonMobil Climate Order Bolsters Sanctions Bid, Group Says
• Barnes & Thornburg Win Not A Free Pass, Indiana Judge Says
• Farrar & Ball Seeks Sanctions In Case Against Ex-Paralegal
• Freight Co. Wants Baker Donelson DQ In $2.14M Amazon Suit
• 50 Cent Objects To $609K Fee Request In Sex-Tape Row
• Atty Resists Doc Turnover In Hasbro 'My Little Pony' IP Row
• LA Deputy DA Can't Ditch Atty's Suit Over Shared Sext
• GE Cites IP Atty Breach In Barnes & Thornburg DQ Motion
• Firm Says Gov't Talks Can't Be Revealed In SEAL's Book Suit
• Ex-Brooke CEO Can't Wall Off Estate From Husch Attys
• Latham Dodges DQ Bid In Zurich Lead Coverage Suit
• Wash. Eatery Owner Rips Sanctions Bid In $1.3M Wage Spat
• Ex-Pa. AG Pushes For Probation After Perjury Conviction
• Sidley, Proskauer Hold Onto Win In $52M Malpractice Suit
• Locke Lord Wants to Weigh In On Swiss Knife DQ Appeal
• Ex-Pa. AG Immune From Former Agent's Defamation Claim
• La. Board Seeks To Disbar Atty For Frivolous Suits, Insults
• NJ Atty Bailed On Coverage Spat Suit, Insurer Tells Court
• Goodyear To Fight $2.7M Sanction Alone As Attys Settle Out
• DOJ Says Ex-Judge's Misconduct Cheated Gov't Out Of Fines
• BakerHostetler DQ'd In $230M Russian Tax Fraud Suit
• Judge Grants Ex-Pa. AG's Bid For House Arrest Assessment
• NJ Justices Disbar Atty With Lengthy Disciplinary Record
• Atty In Dow Jones Fraud Row Says Sanctions 'Chill' Advocacy
• Atty's Lies About Bar Merit Criminal Probe, Justice Says
• Calif. Judge Reviewed For Anti-Obama Letters, Rude Remarks
• NY Judge Admonished For Bringing Gun Into County Building
• Garvey Schubert Gets $20M Malpractice Claims Nixed
• Niro Law Wants Out Of IP Malpractice Suit In Illinois
• OPINION: 3rd-Party Litigation Funding Needs Transparency
• Supreme Court Disbars Sheldon Silver Over Conviction
• Feds Blast Shkreli's Ex-Atty's Bid For Conspiracy Details
• Hedge Fund AEW Says Builder Forged Evidence In $100M Suit
• Pa. Gov. Must Hand Over US Senate Candidate's Emails
• Law Firm Says It Can Fight Marshall Heir's Suit In 5th Circ.
• Fla. Atty Convicted In $300M Allied Vets Plot Gets New Trial
• 3 Settlement Ethics Questions And Answers
• Widow Says Family Co. Shorted Her On Hubby's Stock Value
• Chadbourne Atty Makes $100M Gender Bias Row A Lesson
• Ill. High Court Asked To Block Judicial Candidate From Bench
• Gibson Dunn Atty Offers Pro Bono Help In Trump Libel Suits
• Feds Drop Mail Fraud Charges In Calif. Bid-Rigging Case
• Prosecutors Want Ex-Pa. AG Jailed For Perjury Convictions
• Law Firm Seeks To Avoid Indemnifying For GSK Settlement
• DLA Piper Attys Win New Depo In Insurer's Sanctions Bid
• ICE Agents Immune From Constitutional Claims, 9th Circ. Told
• Home Depot Wants Sanctions For Atty Objecting To $13M Deal
• Fla. Atty Still Owes Tax Despite Disputed Docs: 11th Circ.
• Ex-Kiev Office Chief Joins Chadbourne & Parke Gender Suit
• Girardi & Keese Failed To Split Fees, Texas Atty Claims
• CLRA May Apply To Atty-Client Fee Deals, Judge Rules
• Trump Libel Threats May Embolden Anti-SLAPP Advocates
• Christie Criminal Summons Marks Surprise Twist In GWB Saga
• Skadden Looks To Ditch $35M Creditor Malpractice Fight
• 10th Circ. Denies Gov't Call To Rehear Atty Subpoena Rule
• Justices Refuse Attys' Plea For More Damages In Theft Suit
• The Value Of Mocks When Preparing For A Judge
• Pa. Justices Urged To Mull Judicial Retirement Wording Again
• 5th Circ. Upholds Sanctions For SkyPort Investor Advisers
• Sedgwick Gender Bias Arbitration Likely, But Wrong: Judge
• Pa. Judge Urged To Dump Atty's $2.3M Frivolous Suit Verdict
• Suspended Dallas Appellate Judge Resigns
• Judge Loath To Cut Nigeria's Attys From Arbitration Row
• Atty Objects To $35K Sanctions In King & Spalding Condo Suit
• Barnes & Thornburg Faces $1M Suit Over TM Advice
• Vanguard Urges 3rd Circ. To Toss Ex-Atty's Whistleblower Suit
• Texas AG's Win In SEC Battle Won't Shut Down Fraud Charges
• Staying On Water Rights Suit, Judge Axes Project Challenge
• Ex-Cozen Atty Gets 32 Months For Aiding Concert Fraud
• Luv n' Care Defends Shiboleth IP Malpractice Suit As Timely
• Law Firm Ripoff Suspect's Speedy Trial Claims Denied Cert.
• Pa. Law Firm's Ex-Employee Must Detail Discrimination Claims
• 1st Circ. Rebukes BIA In Ruling On Immigrant's Lateness
• 5th Circ. Tells Widow Vioxx Deal Protects Seeger Weiss
• High Court Ends Gov't Contract Atty's Northrop FCA Suit
• Animation Studio Attys Axed From Investor Ownership Suit
• Texas Firm Brings Fight For Excess Insurance To 5th Circ.
• $12M Akin Gump Malpractice Row Needs Review: Developer
• Ex-Prosecutor Tells 9th Circ. Bias Case Discovery Blocked
• The Art Of Silence At Trial
• NJ Justices Won't Revive Atty's Retirement Row With Firm
• Texas Criminal Court Won't Take AG's Securities Fraud Appeal
• Fraudster's History As Atty Can Factor Into Sentence: 7th Circ.
• Suspended Ala. Justice Seeks To Block 4 Judges from Appeal
• Gawker Wants Probe Of Peter Thiel's Role In Its Bankruptcy
• Cosi's Proposed Adviser Too Cozy With Chain, Trustee Says
• Convicted Texas Atty's Wife Can't Stop House Sale By Gov't
• ABA Bias Rule Push Begins Amid Signs Of Resistance
• Ex-Baker Botts Patent Client Tries Again To Revive $41M Win
• Disbarment For 2005 Hit-And-Run Justified, DC Court Told
• Latham Attys' IP Filing Hasty, Merits Sanctions, EveryMD Says
• Cohen Seglias, Stern & Eisenberg End Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Rite Aid GC Says Chancery Wrongly Tossed Fee Bid
• 9th Circ. Ruling Limiting Judges' Political Dealings Stands
• High Court Won't Hear Skadden, Ex-CEO's Fee Fight
• Ky. Mine Prez Says Bank Account Off-Limits To Investors
• Justices Free Dickstein From Patent Negligence Claims
• UC Berkeley Wants Ex-Law Dean Discipline Fight Out Of Court
• NJ Atty Suspended For Settling Case Without Client's Consent
• 10 Things To Look For This Supreme Court Term
• Texas Attorney General Dodges SEC's Stock Fraud Suit
• Texas Firm Can't Nix New Claims In Debt Collection Suit
• 8th Circ. Won't Toss Judge For Government's PCB Retrial
• Empire Trustee's Adversary Suit Headed To Bankruptcy Court
• Ex-Atty, 'Housewives' Sidekick Indicted In Investor Scheme
• Convicted Calif. Lawyer Free During Securities Fraud Appeal
• SunTrust Execs, Former GC Dodge Liability In ERISA Suit
• Lawyers Should Apologize More Often, Law Professor Says
• Judge Threatens To Sanction Atty For Torrent Of FCRA Suits
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Contractor's Appeal In $52M Malpractice Row
• Yogi Fights Handing Over Cars In Atty's Sex Harassment Win
• Why Tech Skills Are Your Ethical Duty
• Lloyd's To Appeal Court Switch In Dickstein Malpractice Row
• CVR Wants Wachtell Negligence Suit Over $37M Fees Revived
• Judge Ups Sanctions For Safeway In Overcharge Row
• DLA Piper DQ Sought Under 'Hot Potato' Rule In Patent Row
• Clerk Can't DQ Judge In Suit Over Judge's Sexual Harassment
• Deported Doctor Says Margolis Firm Can't Dodge Suit
• Coming Soon: The 3-D (And 4-D) Brief
• Pa. Atty Faces Charges Over Illegal Gambling Ring
• Hogan Lovells Hamburg MP Steps Down Amid Spying Scandal
• Pa. Justices To Mull DA's Status Under Open Records Law
• Ex-Wells Fargo Adviser To Be Resentenced For Embezzlement
• Fla. High Court Disbars 3 Attys Over Deceptive Settlement
• Heavy Civil Sanctions To Get Hard Look In Supreme Court
• Firm Blasts Akerman, BofA For Inclusion In Property Sale Spat
• Real Estate Agent Charged In Plot To Kill Attorney
• Law Clerk Says She Was Fired On Maternity Leave Via Text
• Pa. Atty Facing Damages After $2.3M Frivolous Suit Verdict
• Negligence Suit Over Tech Sold To China Will Stay In Pa.
• Firms Fight Jos. A. Bank Sanction Bid Over Phony Suit
• Wash. State AG Fires Lawyer Involved In Evidence Deletion
• Texas' Hard Stance On Verein Names May Spur Rule Changes
• Cooper & Scully Owes $1M For Negligence, Says Homebuilder
• Safeway To Pay Web Shoppers $500K For Discovery Neglect
• Fraudster Who Blamed Attys For Guilty Plea Gets 15 Years
• Ticket Broker Stock Fraudsters Get Nod On SEC Settlement
• The 'Tough Noogies' Doctrine: Rights But No Remedies
• NC Judge Indicted For FBI Bribery Can't Claim Entrapment
• Accountant Ducks Buchanan's Negligence Claims In AFL Row
• Texas Judge's Retirement Cancels Sex Harassment Discipline
• Pa. Judge Largely OKs Ballard's $20M Antitrust Fee Claim
• Calif. Law Makes Prosecutors' Evidence Tampering A Felony
• DC Atty Suspended For Looting Estate As Disbarment Mulled
• Government's Willful Blindness Theories Put Lawyers At Risk
• NY Man Who Pretended To Be Immigration Lawyer Arrested
• Atty Has 5 Days To Return Secret Recordings In Contract Case
• Napoli Can't Revive Some Claims In Atty's Gender Bias Suit
• Aetna, Humana Request Sanctions Over Blocked CMS Docs
• Covington Won't Advise Witnesses In Coal Ash Suit
• 5th Circ. Removes Judge From Miss. AG's Entergy Suit
• Dewey Trust, Proskauer, Sidley Beat Malpractice Suit
• Lender Wins $8.6M Judgment In Hunt Oil Heir Fight
• Ethics Experts Rue 'Missed Chance' In Wis. Recusal Case
• Feds Say Shkreli, Ex-Atty Have Enough Info On Fraud Case
• Defamed Pa. Atty. Wins $1.5M Award Over 'Secret Fee' Stories
• Sports Agency CEO Calls Ex-Worker's Proposed Atty Biased
• Driver Says His Atty Hid Ties To UPS Counsel Day Pitney
• Ex-MySpace Owner Declared Vexatious Litigant
• Hanover Needn't Cover Claims Against Thieving Estate Atty
• No Need For Global Arbitration Ethics Council, Group Says
• 3rd Circ. Denies Rehearing Of Claims-Aggregation Ruling
• Chiquita Emails Not Privileged, Says Atty Facing Sanctions
• Justices Reject Bias Dispute Over Arbitrator's BigLaw Brother
• Texas Firm Will Pay $350K To Exit Fee Row Over Bayer MDL
• Supreme Court Closes Door On Wis. Gov. Campaign Probe