Legal Ethics Archive » January, 2017

Legal Ethics - January, 2017

278 articles

• Gorsuch Likely To Restore Scalia-Era High Court Balance
• Gorsuch's Credentials Could Prove Troubling To Opposition
• Bio-Rad GC Fired For Screw-Up And Temper, CFO Testifies
• 3 Gorsuch Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Dentons Knew About Damages Claims, USAE Investors Say
• Locke Lord, Attys Cleared Of RICO Claims By 7th Circ.
• Trump Nominates Judge Gorsuch For High Court Seat
• Cooley Sanctioned For 'Discovery Abuses' In Patent Case
• Dewey Exec Wants Ex-Firm Head On The Witness Stand
• Pa. Atty. Disbarred For Mishandling Client Funds
• Feds Say Leaks Didn't Hurt Gambler's Insider Trading Case
• Trump Order May Signal Softer Stance On Lobbyist Loophole
• Judge Rejects MDs' Dispute With Deal In Health First Suit
• Customers Bank Slams $100M Suit Over Racketeering Claims
• Allied Can't Dodge Nagel Rice Malpractice Coverage Suit
• CFPB Sues Law Firms Over 'Exorbitant' Debt Relief Fees
• Private Equity Firm Says Former In-House Atty Stole Secrets
• Fla. Senate President Leaves Gunster To Avoid Conflicts
• Dewey Trustee Relents On Bid To Destroy Records
• Love And Law In The Age Of Trump
• 3rd Circ. Upends Email Ruling In $688M Loan Scheme Suit
• 50 Cent Fights Reed Smith Fee Claim With $32M Suit
• Duane Morris Looks To Dodge $625M Malpractice Claim
• The State Of The Litigation Finance Industry In 2017
• Ill. Likely Set Trend For New Professional Conduct Training
• 3rd Circ. Upholds $116K Atty Sanction Over Age Bias Suit
• Guru Ducking $6.7M Bias-Suit Judgment, Ex-Atty Alleges
• Judge Won't Free Assets Tied To Pro Racer's Lending Scheme
• Attys Leave 'Housewives' Case Over $290K In Unpaid Fees
• Sanctions Sought Against Attys In Ill. Foreclosure Suit
• Jury Selection Drags On For Dewey Execs In Round 2
• Venable Atty Gets $250 From Rival Lawyer In Coffee Clash
• Pa. Judge Steps Aside From LabMD, Tiversa Data Leak Row
• Lead Attys Want Discovery Sanctions In Bayer MDL Fee War
• NJ High Court To Weigh If Future Atty Fees Count As Security
• Lack Of DC Ties Kills $64M Dickstein Coverage Suit: Judge
• Shkreli, Ex-Katten Atty Gear Up For Severance Fights
• Sans Copyright, Fastcase Book Suit Kicked From Fed Court
• Calif. Legal Funding Rule Won't Shed More Light On Deals
• Alston & Bird Beats Malpractice Suit At NY Appeals Court
• Loop Says Judge Erred In Orrick Herrington Subpoena Quash
• Suspended Albany Atty Can't Work As Paralegal, Court Says
• Sixth Circuit Says Sanction For Stalling Mich. Atty Stands
• VW Compliance Head To Depart Due To 'Differences'
• 6 Ways To Get More From A Limited Budget For Trial Graphics
• Selling Access: Trump And The Legacy Of Bob McDonnell
• Akin Must Provide Financial Docs In Ex-Atty's Bias Suit
• NJ Atty Censured For Handling Judge's Family Law Case
• Bio-Rad GC's Corruption Report Baseless, Atty Testifies
• Blue Lake Says Challenge To Tribal Court Case Is Now Moot
• Beasley Firm Sued Over Bid To Collect Frivolous Suit Award
• Ex-AUSA Says Boss' Sexist Emails Should Be Shown At Trial
• Quinn Emanuel Takes Over In $230M Russian Tax Fraud Suit
• Ex-Fla. Atty Cops To Defrauding Clients, Banks Of $2.7M
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 12, Stockholm Syndrome
• Texas Appeals Court Says Atty Must Face Fraud Claims
• Ex-Cozen Atty Wants Post-Prison Travel Ban Lifted
• Bio-Rad Ex-GC Asks For $8M On Contentious Trial Day
• Nortel Judge Threatens To Remove US Trustee Atty By Force
• Calif. Court Requires Class Actions To Name Outside Funders
• 'Sham' Law Firm Can't Shake Allstate's Fraud Claims
• Fla. Firm Dodges Ex-Client's Bankruptcy Billing Suit
• 5th Circ. Upholds La. Bankruptcy Atty's Prison Sentence
• 'Game Is Over' For Calif. Atty's Mortgage War With Chase
• Garvey Schubert Atty Fights New Complaint Bid In TV Suit
• Feds Call Doc's Immunity Bid In $600M Fraud Suit Baseless
• Ex-Atty Accused Of Kickbacks Dodges Prison For Evading IRS
• Asset Freeze Imposed On Atty Accused In $9.6M EB-5 Suit
• Ex-Calif. Bar President Sheds Fired Exec's Contract Claim
• Cooley Defeats DQ Bid In Cardtronics ATM Commissions Suit
• Pa. Firm Gets Malpractice Suit Win Upheld Over Time Bar
• Mayer Brown Not Liable For $1.5B Loan Flub, 7th Circ. Told
• Bio-Rad CEO Tells Jury Ex-GC 'Came Unglued' After DOJ Fee
• NJ Justices Remand Contractors' Dispute Over Atty Conflict
• Football Mom Says Firm's Deal For Teen's Injury Was 'Woeful'
• Jury Selection Kicks Off In Dewey Retrial
• Illinois AG's Office Tapped To Investigate Prosecutor
• Florida Judge Accused Of Sexism, Racism Steps Down
• Ethics Group Backs High Court Look At Nonresident Atty Law
• NJ Atty Couldn't Foresee Malpractice Action, Judge Rules
• Ex-Girardi Client Fights Lockheed Fraud Case Dismissal
• Primary Opponent Wants Philly DA's Law License Suspended
• Lynn Tilton Calls Zohar Funds Lawsuit 'Tactical Game'
• Atty Cops To Posing As Securities Pro In Pump-And-Dump Plot
• Texas High Court To Hear Fight Between Galveston Judges
• IP Atty-Client Privilege Faces Challenge After Halo
• Fla. Atty Cops To Avoiding Taxes On Stock From Clients
• UAE Axes Warrant For Ex-BigLaw Atty Accused Of Theft
• NY Judge Won't Leave Insurance Row Over Proskauer Past
• Philly Atty Convicted In Firm Lender Theft Loses NJ License
• Texas Judge Rips Into DOJ For Behavior In Immigration Case
• Sanction Bid in Dismissed IP Case Still Valid, Sloan Says
• Ex-NJ Atty Seeks Probation In Referral Kickback Case
• Texas High Court Won't Undo Jenner & Block $3M Fee Award
• Md. Law Judge Suspended For Neglecting Client's Case
• Bayer MDL Firm Fights 'Frivolous' Sanctions In Fee Dispute
• How Litigation Funding Is Bringing Champerty Back To Life
• What Attorneys Need To Know About Calif. Elder Abuse Act
• Bio-Rad CEO Tells Jury He Backdated Fired Exec's Review
• Dentons Apologizes to Client CNN For Story Retraction Ask
• Blecher Collins Settles $50M Malpractice Row, Ending Trial
• Peoria Firm Graves Can't Nix Stock-Buy Malpractice Suit
• In The Polarized Era Of Trump, BigLaw Searches For Balance
• The Lawyer Who Will Shape Trump's Presidency
• Most Influential Judges On Trump's Supreme Court Short List
• Rolling Back Regulation In The Age Of Trump
• Monsanto Can't Keep Ex-Atty Out Of Syngenta MDL
• Dallas Court Blocks Suit Over Pay For Paxton Prosecutors
• Kenyon Appeals Over Open Doc Review In $9M Fee Dispute
• Cybersecurity, Cross-Border Data Weigh Heavily On GCs
• NJ Disbars Atty Convicted Of Pa. Bank Robbery
• 'Antiquated' NY Law Harms Legal Profession, ACC Says
• DLA's 2005 Benefits Plan 'Galactically Stupid,' Judge Says
• Ohio Lawyer Charged High Fees For Little Work, Board Says
• Pa. Justices Bar Unnamed Beneficiary Malpractice Claims
• Attracting And Retaining The Millennial Lawyer
• Hip Implant Plaintiff Shows Early Bird May Not Get The Worm
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Misappropriating Client Funds
• Firm's Debt Collection Letter Leads To High Court Appeal
• Securus, Private Prisons Co. Facing Another Recording Suit
• Niro Attys Again Face Sanctions In Sloan-Kettering IP Row
• Fraud Conviction Stands, But Atty Wins $13M Penalty Review
• Bio-Rad's Ex-GC Testifies CEO Resisted FCPA Investigation
• Trenk DiPasquale Can't Escape Suit From NJ Water Agency
• Ex-NY Sen. Leader Gets 5 Years For Obstruction, Lying To FBI
• Stoel Rives Seeks Dismissal Of Claims It Aided Ponzi Plot
• NJ Atty Escapes Default In Energy Co.'s Malpractice Suit
• Calif. Law Firm Could Owe $13M For Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 11, Teacher's Pet
• Barnes, Partner Say They Didn't Intend To Harm Nutmeg Group
• Atty DQ Bid In Sunken Ship Case Is Bad-Faith Move: Widows
• Texas Atty Loses 2nd Bid To Ditch SEC's Ponzi Scheme Suit
• It's Time To Change The Law Firm Business Model
• Bio-Rad Fired GC For FCPA Leak, Jury Told At Trial's Start
• Squire Nears Exit Of Suit Seeking Return Of $10M To City
• J-M Amici Want 'Paternalistic' Conflict Rule, Sheppard Says
• Venable Beats DQ Bid In EB-5 Hopeful's Contract Fight
• Philly DA Hit With Record Ethics Fine Over Income, Gifts
• Zohar Funds Sue Lynn Tilton's Patriarch Partners
• Linkwell Investor Says Sidley Can't Dodge 'Covert' Merger Row
• Indiana Prosecutor Sanctioned For Cop Murderer Book Deal
• SEC Ban On Convicted Atty Wrongfully Retroactive: DC Circ.
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty's NY Bias Suit Nixed In Favor Of DC Case
• Green Dot Atty Faces DQ Bid In Prepaid Card Fraud Suit
• Gambler Says FBI Leaks Ruin Insider Trading Case
• Dewey Execs Blast DA's Bid To Limit Star Witness Questions
• Amended Rule 37(e): 1 Year Later
• Bayer Gets Freebie As Atty Neglect Sinks Yasmin Suit
• NJ Atty Suspended For Paralegal's Theft Of Client Funds
• Pa. Atty Denied Reargument On $45K Sanction Appeal
• Dewey Execs Trying To Mislead Jury, Prosecutors Say
• Laser Maker's CEO, Attys Face Suit Over Share Increase
• Feds Tell Justices To Deny Ex-Dick's Atty's Forfeiture Appeal
• Ex-Wis. Judges Call For Tough Campaign Recusal Rule
• Life Partners Investors Want Goodman & Nekvasil DQ'd
• Tribe's Ex-GC Changes Mind On Alston & Bird DQ
• Atlantic City Attys Sanctioned In Fraudulent Investment Row
• Avoiding The Hidden Costs Of Bargain-Priced E-Discovery
• Property Co. Says Loeb & Loeb Dropped It Like 'Hot Potato'
• Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty Suspended For Overbilling Maxus
• Ex-Fisher Phillips Partner Can't Sell Wife's Estate, DA Says
• Examining Preponderance-Of-Evidence Standard At 7th Circ.
• Dewey's Zach Warren Freed Of Charges Over Firm's Collapse
• Ex-Calif. State Bar Aide Can't Use Work Laptop In Suit
• Atty Misconduct Not 'Egregious,' Judge Finds In Bayer Suit
• Shorted Attys Can't Force Hunt Heir's Home Sale, Judge Says
• NJ Water Agency Seeks Sanctions For Atty Over Dismissal Bid
• NY Atty, Drug Rehab Homes Indicted In Kickback Scheme
• Ex-GE Atty To Get Suspension For Tax Fraud Press Leak
• Latham Attorneys Escape Sanctions In Craigslist IP Row
• Porn-Linked Prosecutors Drop Libel Suit Against Philly Paper
• Ex-Cult Members Sued Leader's Attys Too Late, Judge Says
• Pa. Atty Gets 4 Years For Failure To Pay Employment Taxes
• Saving Lawyers 1 Breath At A Time: Mindfulness In The Law
• Mind Your Metadata: Ethics Rules On Hidden Data
• Greenberg Denies Fla. Biotech's $1B Malpractice Claims
• SEC, NY DA Fight Dewey Trustee's Bid To Destroy Records
• Loop Says Italian Tech. Co. Can't Duck Discovery Violations
• Andrews Kurth Asks Texas Justices To Toss Malpractice Suit
• Bid To Sanction Jones Day In $89M IP Suit Premature: Judge
• BuckleySandler Nets $1.4M For Pa. Judges' Lewd Email Probe
• Md. Atty Gets 150 Days For Covering Up Family's $20M Fraud
• Paralegal Gets 6 Months For Forging Judges' Signatures
• Snell & Wilmer Tells 11th Circ. To Deny 'Rambling' RICO Suit
• Understanding How Blockchain Could Impact Legal Industry
• Atty's $5M From Ponzi-Scam Defendant A Loan, 9th Circ. Told
• Reactor Inventor Wants Jones Day Sanctioned In $89M IP Row
• Atty Who Sat Out Of Mortgage Closings Ducks Broker's Suit
• Justices Wary Of Goodyear's 'Direct Cause' Sanction Plea
• Chadbourne Bid To Scrap Bias Suit 'Premature,' Attys Argue
• Hinshaw Culbertson, Atty Face $4M Biz Sale Conflict Suit
• Saldutti Law, Customers Bank Accused Of Sham RICO Suit
• Novelist's Ex-Atty Denies Conflict At $3M Malpractice Trial
• NJ Atty Gets 1-Year Suspension For Unauthorized Practice
• California Legal Bills: Privileged Until They Aren't?
• IBM Says Software Co. Can't Leverage Confidential Docs
• Prison Callers Defend Revamped Securus Recording Suit
• San Francisco City Attorney Targeted In Leaning Tower Suit
• The Firms That Dominated In 2016
• Omitted Testimony Affected Fee Fight, Firm Tells 11th Circ.
• Adviser, Atty Settle SEC Charges Over Referral Scheme
• Author Fern Michaels Leaves Malpractice Trial Citing Illness
• Alleged Law Firm Hackers Hit With SEC Injunction
• Holland & Hart Dodges Malpractice Claims At 9th Circ.
• Atty Suspended After Usher Suit Won't Get High Court Hearing
• Dewey Judge Seeks DA Input On Cooperator Deal Testimony
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Supreme Court Won't Review Calif., NJ Admission Restrictions
• Ex-Pa. Justices Drop Judicial Retirement Age Vote Challenge
• Fired Adelson Atty Sues Firm After Judge-Row Response
• Holland & Hart Chided For Long Briefs, 'Frivolous' Filing
• A Map Of Kirkland's Conflict Maze In Turkish Trader Case
• Davidoff Hutcher Sued For $1M By Sports Authority Creditor
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Paying Child Support With Client Funds
• Pa. Attorney General-Elect Creates Ethics Job Post-Scandal
• Houston Real Estate Co. Says Atty's Negligence Cost It Big
• BSGR Loses Bid To DQ Tribunal In Guinea Bribery Case
• Broker Wants Unadmitted Attys Sanctioned In Spam Text Suit
• 5 Insights From General Electric's Alex Dimitrief
• 11th Circ. Says It Can't Mull Judge Corruption Dismissal Order
• Ill. Judge Investigated Over Harboring Alleged Murderer
• Blecher Collins Likely Won't Shake $50M Malpractice Suit
• Del. Justices Give Attys More Power To Claim Client Awards
• Firm Fights Insurer's Bid For Premiums In Null Policy Dispute
• Alston & Bird DQ'd From CytImmune Noncompete Dispute
• Law Firm's Telecom Suit Properly Tossed, 7th Circ. Hears
• 9th Circ. Stands By Citigroup Ruling Over Fake FINRA Atty
• Ex-Grant Thornton Atty Can't Appeal In Suit Against Firm
• James Woods Can Unmask Dead Twitter User, Judge Rules
• Dewey Execs Say Cooperator's New Plea Changes Retrial
• Calif. High Court Says No Jurisdiction Needed To Kill SLAPPs
• Atty Brings Fight Over NY Office Law To Supreme Court
• Feds Name FBI Agent Who Leaked Insider Trading Case Info
• Arbitrator Gets 6 Months For Malaysia Bribery Scheme
• Houston Firm Wants High Court Review Of Fen-Phen Fee Row
• Turkish Trader Wants To Retain Kirkland Despite Conflicts
• GE Urges Nix Of DQ 'Retaliation' In Incubator Patent Row
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Spending Client Funds On Phone Sex
• Ex-Pa. AG Dodges FMLA Claim In Agent's Retaliation Suit
• Judge Won't Shove Atty From Case For Pushing The Opposition
• Finding Conflict, Chief Justice Leaves Patent-Export Case
• Arnold & Itkin DQ Sought In Sunken Cargo Ship Case
• Katten Prevails In Del. High Court Charging Lien Appeal
• Atty Sanctioned For Deleting Emails In Real Estate Dispute
• CRT MDL Co-Counsel's Motion Slammed As Bid To 'Harass'
• Wife's Citizenship Bars Jurisdiction In Malpractice Suit
• Young Law Inks Deal To Ditch Pa. Trademark Malpractice Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Ex-Students' Malpractice Appeal
• Sanctioned Philly Atty Says Adversary Abused Civil Process
• Skeptical Judge Says Goldberg Segalla Must Face FMLA Suit
• Ex-Pa. AG Says Trial Judge Improperly Gutted Perjury Defense
• IP Atty At Herbert Smith Spinoff Charged With Groping Jogger
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 10, E.J.
• Linkwell Investor Taps Lead Attys In Sidley Merger Work Suit
• Foley & Lardner Whiffed On Noncompetes, Insurer Says
• NJ, Allstate Bring Claims Of Massive Auto Insurance Fraud
• Venable, Investor Quit Fight Over $11M Facebook IPO Fraud
• Google Atty Says Sanctions Bid Based On Misleading Account
• Be Prepared For Law Firm Data Breach Litigation
• Cooley May Be DQ'd In Ex-Client Leapfrog's Trademark Suit
• Insurer's Malpractice Suit Over False Terrorism Claim Axed
• Texas AG Sides With White Lawyer In Fight Over Bar Board
• DC Atty Faces Disbarment Call For Breaking Fee-Split Deal
• Bharara Says He Had Probable Cause For Level Global Raid
• 3 Charged With Hacking NY Law Firms To Steal M&A Info
• Art Buyer, Atty Fight Sanctions In Authentication Row
• House Backs Off Controversial Changes To Ethics Rules
• NY Appeals Court Tosses Conflict DQ for Solo Co-Counsel
• Insurer Looks To Duck Coverage For Botched Divorce Case
• Duane Morris Accused Of $625M Botch Job In Telecom Row
• Atty Swiped $9.6M From EB-5 Investors, SEC Says
• 7 Legal Industry Predictions For 2017
• 'Stand-Alone' Calif. Legal Blogs Not Subject To Atty Ad Rules
• Illinois Cases To Watch In 2017
• 4 Attorney Rule Changes To Watch For In 2017
• Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2017
• New Jersey Cases To Watch In 2017
• Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2017