Legal Ethics Archive » February, 2017

Legal Ethics - February, 2017

252 articles

• Nooksack Judge Claims Immunity From Disenrollment Suit
• Law360 Legal Ethics Editorial Advisory Board
• Chicago Law Firm Ducks Malpractice Suit Over Defaulted Loan
• Dewey's DiCarmine Gets Star Witness's Plea Docs
• Cobell Counsel To Blame For Fee Delay, Ex-Atty Says
• Goodman & Nekvasil Survives DQ Bid In Life Partners Ch. 11
• ABA Adds Cyber Coverage To Atty Insurance Offerings
• Ex-Lawyer's $70M Liability To Citigroup Concerns 2nd Circ.
• Obermayer Gets Claims Trimmed From Associate's Bonus Suit
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• GC Whistleblowing And Other Implications From Bio-Rad
• NY Divorce Judge Sued For Spitting On Ex-Mintz Levin Atty
• Surgery Centers Lose DQ Bid After 'Being Cute' With Judge
• 'Unprofessional' Atty Avoids Sanctions In MLB TV Settlement
• Ex-Kabateck Atty Files $500K Suit For Alleged Unpaid Wages
• Lawyer Who Quit Practicing During Litigation Is Sanctioned
• Tesser, McCarter Firms Accused Of Mishandling Contract Row
• Dewey Cooperator's Sweetened Deal Prompts Subpoena Fight
• Miss. Lawyer Hit With $4K Sanction For Case No-Shows
• La. High Court Mulls Tighter Fixed-Fee Rule
• Cobell Reps Blast Ex-Atty's Bid For Interest On $2.8M Fees
• Akin Gump, 2 Other Firms Face DQ Bid In Ameranth IP Row
• Ex-Kane Aide's Contempt Conviction Affirmed On Appeal
• 'Preposterously Late' Filing Blocked In AI Trade Secrets Row
• Disbarred Calif. Atty Gets 7-Year Sentence For Loan Scam
• Tourism Group Sues McDermott Attorneys For Malpractice
• Delta Lands Attys' Fees For Failed DQ Bid In Patent Suit
• The Loss Of Confidentiality In NY Arbitral Enforcement Cases
• Ex-Lemon Execs Say Calif. Case Should Halt LifeLock IP Suit
• Conway Conduct Protest A Long Shot In Sea Of Complaints
• Sidley Austin Fraud Suit Heads To Arbitration
• Texas Atty Gets 6 Months In Reinsurance Fraud Case
• Gorsuch's DOJ Stint Target Of Watchdog's New FOIA Suit
• Statement By Ariz. County's Atty Not Protected, 9th Circ. Says
• Disgraced Ex-Ballard Spahr Atty, Rendell Aide Disbarred
• Senator Accuses Sally Yates Of 'Sabotage,' Launches Probe
• Cooley DQ'd In Leapfrog's Trademark Suit
• Ark. Judge Returns To Bench After Acquittal Over Son's Death
• Pa. Court Says Immunity Can't End Abusive Litigation Claims
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• Fake Atty Who Defrauded Immigrants Gets 5 Years
• Baker Donelson Sued For Reversal On CMS Retroactive Billing
• Bio-Rad Agrees To $3.5M Fees In Ex-GC Firing Case
• Judge Won't Toss Venezuelan Agency Suit Against Ex-Counsel
• Wash. Judge Denies Twilio Sanctions Bid In TCPA Lawsuit
• Judge To Send Fraud Case Back To Tribal Court
• NY Tax Atty Suspended Over $3M Theft Allegations
• DOJ Agrees To Settle Ex-AUSA's Sex Bias Suit For $225K
• Holland & Knight Protests DQ Bid To Judge's 'Dismay'
• NC Judge Gets Beer Bribery Retrial Over Bias From Bench
• Law Profs Hit Kellyanne Conway With Misconduct Complaint
• Ill. Law Firm Ex-Clients Can't Arbitrate Privacy Row As Class
• Pa. Justices To Revisit Meyer Darrah Fee Claim Against Rival
• Faruqi Beats Ex-Partner's Suit Over Client Commissions
• Enerplus To See $2.96M In Royalty Overpayments Returned
• Firms Fight Over $2M Probe Of Overbilling $75M Fee Pot
• Ex-LA City Attorney Charged With Misconduct By State Bar
• Reinstated NY Securities Lawyer Gets Reciprocal DC Leniency
• Del. Judicial Political Balance Mandate Unfair, Atty Says
• Utah Justices OK Sanction For Atty Who Cut Firm Out Of Fees
• Former Asst. Atty Wants Firing Suit Reheard By 4th Circ.
• Ex-Patton Boggs Partner Can't Sue For Malpractice, Atty Says
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• Grant Thornton, EisnerAmper Near KO Of $100M Fraud Claims
• 4 Tips For Easing The Pain Of Answering Firm Subpoenas
• Geico Says Plaintiffs' Attys Used Its Secrets Against USAA
• Atty In NFLer's Stock Scheme Says Insurer Owes For Defense
• Oil Heir Accuses Ex-Dallas DA, Dallas Attys Of Burglary
• ALPS Escapes Bid For Coverage Of Bruce Lee Movie Suit
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• DA Allegedly Axed Staffer For Whistleblowing On Shady Hiring
• Davis Polk-Comcast Call May Have Sparked DreamWorks Deal
• Pa. Justices Toss Atty's Termination Fee Appeal
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 15, What's Your Number?
• Holland & Knight Says Advisory Role Didn't Cause Conflict
• Sidley-Authored Report On 9/11-Era Torture Defamatory: Suit
• Ex-NJ Atty, Father Plead Not Guilty In $13M Ponzi Scheme
• SSA Judge Sues Agency Over Mandated LGBT Diversity Video
• Ohio High Court Suspends Atty For Rape Victim Bribery Plan
• Ex-Gov't Atty Can Use Sexist Emails As Evidence, Judge Says
• A Reprieve From The Deluge Of Hail Litigation In Texas
• Syngenta MDL Class Counsel Want Other Firms To Butt Out
• Shkreli, Ex-Katten Atty Seek To Split Criminal Cases
• High Court Won't Hear Bias Case Against Immigration Judge
• High Court Passes On Ex-Grant Thornton Atty's ERISA Fight
• Auditor Reviewed Dewey's London Tax Docs, Jury Hears
• Ill. Supreme Court Faults Unregistered Legal Rep
• Plaintiff's Lawyer Fights Reed Smith Atty's Sanctions Bid
• Ex-NJ Atty, Dad Indicted For Roles In $13M Ponzi Scheme
• Justice Thomas Unlikely To Recuse Despite Wife's Politics
• Bias Claims Against Judge In Infant Death Case Rejected
• Texas High Court To Hear $42M Atty-Client Fee Dispute
• Pa. Judicial Employees Can't Invoke Whistleblower Law
• Noted Patent Lawyer On Verge Of Default In SEC Ponzi Case
• Govt. Doctored Gang 'Confession,' Detained DREAMer Says
• Willkie Farr, Ex-Client Spar Over Tossed Backstabbing Claim
• Judge To Seat Texas AG's Jury Amid Claims He Tainted Pool
• ABA Attorney Ad Rule Revamp Picks Up Steam
• Facebook CEO, GC Keep Win Against Atty's Defamation Claim
• Fla. Atty Suspended 1 Year For Mishandling Client Funds
• Dewey Ex-Finance Head Says Accounting Fix Was Wrong
• Lawyer Caused $3M Loss To Heirs, Texas High Court Told
• Ex-Calif. Bar Aide Can't Arbitrate Whistleblower Firing Suit
• Senate Dems Press Pruitt On Recusal In Suits Against EPA
• Ex-Calif. Atty Get 6 Years For $4.5M Investment Scheme
• NYC Lawyer Evaluation Scale Makes 2nd Circ. Judge 'Queasy'
• Jaspan Schlesinger Partner Sued For $12M Over Lease Flub
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• Miami-Dade Gets New Judge In Toll Contractor's $58M Suit
• NY Hospital Loses Med Mal Case For Flouting Court Orders
• Law Firm's $4M Deal For Dr. Is Good Enough, 2nd Circ. Says
• NFL Player Says WilmerHale Atty Failed To Disclose Conflict
• Conflicted Kirkland Team Hangs On In Turkish Trader Case
• Former Calif. Atty Told To Pay $18M Over Foreclosure Scam
• 5th Circ. OKs Lawyer's Sentence Based On Wrong Guidelines
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Will Get Counsel In $17.6M Suit
• Production Co. Fights Sanctions Bid Over EB-5 Suit
• Judge Steps Back From Lilly Investor Suit Over Ropes & Gray
• Calif. Atty Disputes $16M Pump-And-Dump Scheme Liability
• Lighting Co.'s Ex-Owner Tells Seward & Kissel To Face Suit
• Sterne Kessler Faces DQ Bid In Prison Phone Patent Suit
• A Rule Against Pretext, Taken Out Of Context
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 14, It's Classified
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• Banks Lavished Dewey With High Debt Offers, Jury Hears
• Bingham Successor's $8M Stock Suit Booted Out Of Calif.
• Coin.mx Prosecutors Press Fight Over Surprise Trial Witness
• Va. Atty Took Credit For Former Partner's Work, Suit Says
• Ex-Blank Rome Attorney Stuck With $400K Fight Against Firm
• Insurer Doesn't Owe Law Firm Sanctions Defense: 11th Circ.
• Morgan Keegan Award Ruling Unfair, Investor Tells 11th Circ.
• Cravath Wants Shell Docs Order Stayed During Appeal
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty In FCA Arrest Adds High-Profile Counsel
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• Last-Minute Gov't Witness Roils Bitcoin Case, Delays Trial
• Ex-Baker Worker Takes Retaliation Dispute Back To 7th Circ.
• Holland & Knight 'Likely' Repped Both Sides In Suit: Judge
• Paxton SEC Suit Doc Request Too Broad, Investor Group Says
• Ex-Galleon Trader Gives Up $7.3M For Insider Trading Scheme
• Does Anti-SLAPP Law Apply To Legal Malpractice Claims?
• Real Estate Execs Hit Firms, Atty With $30M Tax Shelter Suit
• Va. Atty Convicted Of Bilking $1.32M From Contractor
• WV Judge Gets 2-Yr Ban For 'Materially False' Campaign Ad
• McDonald Hopkins Fights DQ Bid In Trade Secrets Suit
• Litigation Funder Fights Niro's Damages Claim In Loan Suit
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• Court Puffs Up Faegre's Interest Payment To Popcorn Expert
• Sanofi Says Amphastar, Ex-K&L Atty Doctored Evidence
• Ex-Jones Day Attys Puzzle Ethics Experts By Sitting Out Case
• RatnerPrestia, German IP Firm Settle Over Soured Merger
• Payments Co. Can Pursue Bid To Collect $4.5M Judgment
• Chadbourne Says Sanctions Info Misleading In Congo Case
• Boies Schiller Client Faces NY Lawsuit Over Unpaid Bills
• Philly DA In Undisclosed Gift Scandal Won't Seek Reelection
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• Dewey Retrial Inches Forward As Juror Troubles Continue
• Del. Judge Upholds Skadden Duck Of Radnor Ex-CEO's Suit
• State AGs Can Enforce Emoluments Clause Against Trump
• GCs May Increasingly Blow The Whistle After Bio-Rad Verdict
• Dewey's DiCarmine Was Above The Fray, Jury Hears
• Trump Barry's Hiatus Shields 3rd Circ. From Family Spotlight
• Doctor Can't Reopen Ex-Patient Malicious Prosecution Suit
• NY High Court Says Attys' Ethics Flub Doesn't Kill Fee Deal
• Fla. High Court Resolves Split On Malicious Prosecution
• GE Doubles Down On DQ Dispute In Incubator Patent Case
• Sloan Kettering Seeks More Sanctions In Drug IP Case
• Prosecutors Say Texas AG Crusaded To Taint Jury Pool
• 'Housewives' Star's Ex-Atty Looks To Ax Bankruptcy Deal
• Mountjoy Wants Others To Join Tech Co.'s Negligence Suit
• 4th Circ. Panel Affirms County Atty's Right To Fire Asst. Atty
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Gore Must Pay Fees After Sanctions Bid Fails In IP Row
• Bizarre Bid To Sell FCA Suit Shows Value Of Secrecy
• BigLaw's Latest Bad Boy Made Name As FCA Prosecutor
• Patent Ruling Must Precede Legal Malpractice Suit: Court
• Judge Orders Sanctions In 'Shockingly Untimely' Toss Bid
• Trump Draws Ire Of Legal Community With Court Criticisms
• Drafting Contracts In California? Watch DisputeSuite V. Score
• BakerHostetler Nears Win Over Atty Client's Fraud Claim
• Google Atty Escapes Sanctions Bid After Doc Goes Unsigned
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 13, The Fall
• Akin Gump Atty Charged With Trying To Sell Sealed FCA Suit
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• Mail Fraudster Seeks Permission To Travel For Manager Award
• Calif. Bar Fired Exec Over 'Petty' Politics, Arbitrator Told
• Dewey Judge Shoots Down Mistrial Motion As Retrial Opens
• Fight Over NFL Contract Fees Gets Sacked
• Contractor Says Challenge To Tribal Court Row Isn't Moot
• NuScience Fails To Show Atty. Malice In Trade Secrets Row
• Lawyer's Bid To Exit Restaurant Row Fails As Sanctions Loom
• Gambler Urges Evidence Hearing In Insider Trading Case
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• How Stein Could Transform Sentencing For Securities Fraud
• Bayrock Exec Hits Sanctions Bid In RICO Row With Trump Tie
• Jury Awards Bio-Rad's Ex-GC $8M For Retaliatory Firing
• ABA Adds Mental Heath, Alcohol Abuse To CLE Model Rules
• Judge Won't Be Ousted Over Holiday Party Meeting With Atty
• Bodybuilding Calif. Atty Admits Importing Chinese Steroids
• Dewey Retrial Start Tripped Up By Juror Problems
• Arnold & Itkin Survive DQ Bid In Sunken Ship Case
• Ex-Grant Thornton Atty Warns High Court Of ERISA Fallout
• 10th Circ. Reassigns Fraud Suit From Outspoken Judge
• Video Game Co. Wants 'Baseless' Blizzard, Valve Suit Axed
• ABA Prez Calls On Attys To Defend Courts From Attack
• Dewey's Road From Mistrial To Retrial
• Atty Fee Fight Won't Slow Co.'s 'Mold' Meat Refund Deal
• Judge Questions Limelight's 'Inconsistent' Positions
• Could Dewey & LeBoeuf Become Cy Vance's 'White Whale'?
• Dewey Redux: A Master Plan, The Secret 7 And A Ski House
• Dewey Trial 2.0 Set To Begin As Jury Selection Wraps Up
• Malpractice Claim Handoff Runs Into Estoppel: NY Fed. Judge
• Greenberg Traurig Settles Clawback Suit Over $2.2M In Fees
• Atty Who Decried Depo's 'Female Energy' Faces Sanctions Bid
• 7th Circ. Judge's Conflict Derails Murder Appeal
• Enerplus Can't Get $2.96M In Overpayments Yet, Court Told
• Philly Atty Convicted Of Aiding Baltimore Drug Ring
• Dewey Lied About Docs Over $8M Tax Bill, Ex-Client Says
• NY Atty Sued For $1M After Emailing Foe's Business Partners
• Judge Warns UK Lawyer Against Repping Himself In Tax Case
• Last Year's Key California Anti-SLAPP Decisions
• 11th Circ. Bats Down Atty's Fight For $1M In Billing Row
• Enviros Blast Army Corps Over Wrong Evidence In Reef Row
• Trailer Co. Fights Contempt Bid In Racer Lending Scheme Row
• Gorsuch Examined Conduct By Trial Attys As 10th Circ. Judge
• Reed Smith Atty Wrongly Ended IP Deposition, Court Says
• Davis Polk Partner Testifies Bio-Rad GC Didn't Back Claims
• Feds Fight Ex-Cozen Atty's Post-Prison Travel Request
• Atty Can't Ax Liberty's Win In Malpractice Coverage Fight
• Texas AG Wants Group's Investment Docs To Fight Fraud Suit
• House Panel OKs Bill Mandating Sanctions On Frivolous Suits
• Fla. High Court Won't Stop New Trial For Allied Vets Atty
• Pa. Justices To Mull Barrack Rodos' $1.5M Fee-Sharing Fight
• Avandia MDL Settlement Administrator Sues Atty For $2.5M
• Calif. Ethics Panel Seeks Input On Judges And Pot Industry
• TransPerfect Honcho Hits Kramer Levin With Defamation Suit
• Fla. Court Won't Revive Malpractice Suit Against Cole Scott
• The 4 Wittiest Dissents By Gorsuch
• Gorsuch's Opening Words Speak Volumes About His Style
• Bio-Rad GC's Temper, Damages Claim Questioned At Trial
• IP Attorney's Job Bias Suit Against NYC Firm Tossed
• After Battle, Attorney In Tribal Trust Row Gets $2.8M
• Senators Flirt With Nuclear Option Over High Court Pick
• Similar On The Law, Gorsuch Differs From Scalia In Style
• IRS Atty 'Broke Bad,' Sold Meth In The Mail, Say Prosecutors
• Atty Says EB-5 Investments Not Securities In SEC Suit
• Attys React To Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination
• DOJ Can't Say Who Ate Settlement Docs In $15M Oil Co. Row
• Judge Won't DQ Attys For Contacting Delta Worker In IP Row
• Calif. Judge Takes Pity On Atty Who Did 'Everything Wrong'
• The Myth Of The Forceful Mediator
• How The Cayman Islands Updated Its Confidentiality Law