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Legal Ethics - March, 2017

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• La. Magistrate Judge Seeks Court Intervention For Colleague
• Cohen Milstein Says It Should Share In Deal In $360M Suit
• Geico Counsel DQ'd For Using Privileged Docs In Payout Row
• Gov't, Trader Spar Over Alleged Giuliani, Mukasey Conflicts
• Fla. Firm's Fee Fight With Producer Returns To Trial Court
• Dewey Staffer Says CFO Knew Of Fraud With Chairman's Pay
• NJ Justices Disbar Atty With 'Lengthy' Ethics History
• A Law Firm's Guide To Social Media
• Foreign Patent Co.'s 'Uncooperative' Counsel Gets Served
• Indicted Philly DA Agrees To Law License Suspension
• Texas High Court Nixes $12M Akin Gump Malpractice Suit
• Atty. Slams Discovery Bid In Testimony Defamation Dispute
• Attys Seek 9th Circ. Ax Of Sanctions, Fee Orders
• Winston & Strawn Malpractice Suit Transferred To Florida
• Pa. Judge Hit With Ethics Charges Over Bail Procedures
• Nagel Rice Drops Coverage Suit Against Allied World
• Susman Godfrey Fined Over Formatting In Amazon TM Suit
• Cybersecurity Steps Every Lawyer Should Consider
• Late Claims Against Texas Firm Doom Silica Malpractice Suit
• Giuliani Won't Touch Turkish Trader Sanctions Case, Atty Says
• Dewey Staffer Says She Feared For Job, Lied To Auditors
• NJ Atty Convicted For Part In $873K Fake Mortgage Scheme
• Ex-Mintz Levin Atty Arrested Over Judge Spit Report
• Atty's Ties To Businessman Not Enough For DQ, Judge Says
• Disbarred NJ Atty Charged With Stealing From Clients
• 7th Circ. Wary Of Expanding Atty Liability In Mayer Brown Suit
• Feldesman Tucker Failed To Deliver On HMO, Med Center Says
• Suspension Recommended Over La. Atty's Bogus Billables
• Rakoff Doesn't Look Ready To Clear Ex-Herrick Tax Partner
• Texas AG's Securities Fraud Trial Delayed, Will Be Moved
• Burt Barr Can't Dodge Ex-Client's Texas Malpractice Suit
• 3 Decisions You Need To Read About Bills And Privilege
• Attys Are Schooled In Ruling Over 'Frivolous' U-Haul Claims
• Wash. Tribes Escape Sanctions In Cigarette Sales Row
• Atty Fights 5,000-Word Essay Sanction At 11th Circ.
• Sklar Kirsh Sued Over $7.5M Loss On LA Condo Project
• Insurer Accuses NJ Firm Of Hiding Estate Mismanagement
• Ruling Will Come Soon On Paxton Trial Delay, Venue Change
• Texas Court Upholds Atty Sanction Over Client's Racist Claim
• Texas Judge Affirms $175K Sanction For ADA Atty's Conduct
• 13 Escape Claims They Defrauded An Elderly Man
• Rosen Law Firm Evades Sanctions For Quick Cellceutix Suit
• Contractor Can't Halt Fraud Row In Tribal Court During Appeal
• Spectrum-Surfing NY Judge Bails Out Of AG's Net Speed Suit
• Apple Accessories Distributor Wants 2nd Shot At Ore. Firm
• NYC Says Legal Defense Fund Contributions Are Gifts
• Disbarred Atty's Fee Tiff Already Litigated, NJ Panel Says
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 17, Name Game
• Coach Ducks Defamation Suit Over Counterfeiting Claims
• Dewey Cooperator Says He Never Told CFO Of Fraud
• Social Media CEO Pleads With Judge Over Absent Counsel
• Pa. Justices Bar Suspended Attys From Unemployment Cases
• Paxton Prosecutors Say AG Ally's Suits Reason To Move Trial
• Giuliani, Mukasey Add Firepower To Iran Sanction Defense
• Judge Chides Philly DA's Atty For Making Limited Appearance
• Griffin Williams Sanctioned For Conflict In Trademark Suit
• Ex-Katten Atty Says Indictment In Shkreli Case Is 'Careless'
• Calif. Borrower Says Judge's Pro-Bank Bias Merits Recusal
• Tenn. Judge Charged With Impeding FBI Sex-For-Favors Probe
• Judge Lops $6M From Ex-Carrillo Huettel Partners' SEC Tab
• Sterling Can't Nix Claims He Stiffed Attys In Clippers Row
• Tri-Med Investors Seek Class Cert. For Law Firm Claims
• Attys Shed Claims In SEC Fraud Suit Against 'Stalker' CEO
• Doc's Immunity Bid In $600M Social Security Fraud Denied
• Justices Set To Hear Immigrant's Case On Bad Atty Advice
• Fla. Gov. Orders Legal Contracts Review, With Nod To Speaker
• Pa. Atty Beats Malpractice Suit Over Failed Med Mal Case
• Stinson Staves Off DQ In 2 ResCap MDL Cases
• Dewey Finance Head OK'd Phony Accounting, Controller Says
• Indicted Philly DA's Atty Wants Out Of Bribery Case
• Are Your In-House Lawyers Happy?
• Ex-Prosecutor In Plea Talks Over Alleged Illegal Wiretap
• Texas IP Firm Gets Restraining Order Against Ex-Atty
• Sidley, Deloitte Likely Still On Hook For $350M Ponzi Row
• Atty At Center Of $550M Social Security Fraud Pleads Guilty
• JPMorgan Says Jokes Can't DQ Judge In Whistleblower's Suit
• 6th Circ. Says Award Can Stand In Law Firm Partnership Row
• ABA President Balks At Rep's Call For More Lawyer Ad Regs
• Judge Will Allow Class To Object To $75M State Street Fees
• Dewey Staffer Says She Didn't Think She Committed Crimes
• 'Housewives' Star's Ex-Atty Urges Stay Of Malpractice Action
• Jacoby Loses 2nd Circ. Bid Over NY Outside Investor Ban
• NJ Atty Reprimanded Over Client's Default Judgment
• Guilty Pleas Kick Off Calif. Court Clerk Bribery Ring Case
• Liberty Mutual Looks To Fight Off Judge Recusal Bid
• Baker Urges 7th Circ. To End Ex-Employee's Retaliation Suit
• Ex-Monsanto Lawyer Must Hand Over Docs In Syngenta MDL
• Campaign Lies Show Need To End Judge Elections, Prof Says
• NJ Transit Employees Get Suit Against Law Firm Reinstated
• Asbestos Firms Shed Racketeering Suits For Lack Of Ill. Ties
• Alston & Bird Advice Caused $7.6M Tax Bill, PE Firm Says
• Fla. Judge Seeks To Retain Seat Despite Campaign 'Mistakes'
• Loop, Attys Face $3.5M Fee Bid In 'Nightmare' IP Suit
• Nephew's Google Job Prompts Recusal In Confidentiality Row
• Pa. Atty Accuses Rival Of Perjury In Frivolous Suit Trial
• Google, NASA, Planes And A Stronger Legal Team
• Feds Could Skirt McDonnell In Charges Against Philly DA
• Ohio Court Backs Embezzlement Finding In Fee Fight
• Chadbourne Pressed Women Attys To Pan Bias Suit, Vet Says
• NJ Atty Accused Of Concealing Case Dismissal For Years
• Texas High Court Told To Nix New Trial In $42M Atty Fee Row
• Dewey Finance Staffer Says She Cooked The Books
• Atty, Not Client, Must Prove Award Is Collectible, Judges Say
• Ex-Atty Gets 15 Months For Client Asylum Conspiracy
• Atty's Scanty Records Preclude Client Repayment, Court Says
• 2nd Circ. Looks Ready To Close Book On Newkirk And Maxim
• 10 Tips For Better Legal Negotiations
• Law Prof Bilked Diamond Co. Investors Of Millions, Feds Say
• Detroit Suit Threat Draws Heated Words From Jones Day Head
• Ex-Intern Didn't Ask Judge For Custody Help, NJ Panel Told
• Employment Lawyer Fined $7K For 'Female Energy' Remarks
• Ex-Client Sues, Says Houston Firm Admitted Flub
• Smigel Anderson Must Face Property-Sale Suit, Court Says
• Quarles & Brady Shakes Tire Investor Fraud Suit
• Philly DA Pleads Not Guilty To Bribery, Fraud Charges
• NY Firm Says Luv N' Care Admitted To Fees Obligation
• Gray Matters: Decision Error
• Ex-Dewey Atty Tells Jury Of $6.9M Fee Error On Firm's Books
• Ind. High Court Says Law Firm Not Exempt From State's Suit
• Atty Can't Keep $5M From Alleged Ponzi Client, 9th Circ. Says
• No New Trial For SanDisk Licensee In Audit Malpractice Row
• JPMorgan Whistleblower Pushes For Snarky Judge's Removal
• NC Court Nixes Attorney-Witness Dual Role In Fee Dispute
• Tribal Members Fight Sanctions Bid In Suit Over Cig Sales
• Philly DA Hit With Federal Corruption Charges
• Law Schools And Law Firms: Seeking Common Ground
• SEC Judge Finds Atty Liable In Marijuana-Related Co.'s Fraud
• SEC Fights Atty's Bid to Toss $9.6M EB-5 Investor Suit
• Bayer MDL Fee Fight Best Left For Trial, Judge Says
• Deal Ends DQ Bid Against Ex-Worker's Atty In Bias Suit
• D&O Insurance And The Conduct Exclusion
• Calif. Bar Wins Over Exec. Director In Whistleblower Case
• Former SF Deputy Atty Gets $2M Whistleblower Firing Verdict
• Burr & Forman Beats Diversity Sanction at 11th Circuit
• Fla. Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Allied Vets Atty
• Wife Of Fraudster Atty Can't Stop $32M Accounts Seizure
• Dewey Execs Say State's Secrecy Warrants Dismissal
• Judge Finds No IRS Authority Over Suspended Tax Lawyer
• Pa. Justices Urged To Revive Non-Atty's $1.5M Fee Claim
• High Court Won't Take Up Firm Debt Collection Letter Case
• Insurer Seeks Segal McCambridge Bill Audit After Fraud
• Gibson Dunn Narrows Workers' Age Bias Suit, For Now
• Chicago Firm Sued Over Advice On Failed $2M Investment
• Honigman Miller Beats Doctor's Legal Malpractice Suit
• Doral Trustee Seeks $5.3M From Paul Hastings
• Jones Walker Dodges DQ Bid In Contract Row
• Not From Around Here? Trying A Case As An Out-Of-Towner
• Ohio Judge's Campaign Offenses Lead To 10-Day Jail Stint
• Dewey's DiCarmine Not In On Accounting Fraud, Jury Hears
• Concrete Co. Says Fla. Judge Advised Foe In Indemnity Row
• Ex-Freshfields Lawyer Disbarred For Video Voyeurism
• NY Nonresident Atty Law Not Protectionist, High Court Told
• Ex-Texas Rep. Loses Appeal Of Law License Suspension
• Health Co. FCA Claims Nixed, As Atty Libel Suit Proceeds
• Stock Promoter To Pay $597K In Pump-And-Dump Suit
• 5th Circ. Backs Texas Lawyer In Malpractice Insurance Suit
• Claims Court Chides Gov't Atty For Lack Of Contract Candor
• Texas Justices Say Atty Must Face Church's Breach Claims
• 'Stop With The Games,' Judge Tells Atty In OT Pay Suit
• 'Housewives' Star's Ex-Atty Aims To Sink Bankruptcy Deal
• Privilege May Extend To A New Member Of The Litigation Team
• Dewey Defense Takes Aim At Cooperator's Plea Change
• Ex-Immigration Atty Gets 40 Years For Kidnapping Scheme
• Pa. Judge OKs Assets Plan In $34M ERISA Suit Against Atty
• Sheldon Silver Tells 2nd Circ. McDonnell Changes Everything
• Bankrupt Ski Resort Owner Says Ex-Atty Gets No Immunity
• NC Judge Pleads Guilty Ahead Of FBI Beer Bribery Retrial
• VW Slams German Prosecutors After Jones Day Office Search
• Atty's Ex Can't Dodge Claim He Hacked Firm Accounts
• Jaffe, CoBe Execs Look For Pension Liability Suit Victories
• Ex. Pa. Rep Suspended From Bar Over Bilking Client Funds
• Court Says No Client Fee Refund After Atty Quits For Cause
• Paxton Prosecutors, Defense Trade Barbs Over Trial Delay
• Insurer Seeks To Drop Atty Accused of Anti-Semitic Tirade
• Manatt Phelps Wins $7M Fee Appeal Against ECC Capital
• Calif. Ruling Starts Clock Early On Legal Malpractice Suits
• Bank Failed To Protect Against Check Scam, Law Group Says
• Atty Can't Ditch Client Bilking Conviction At 5th Circ.
• DQ Sought In Burn Victim Estate's Legal Malpractice Case
• Atty, Firm Seek Quick Win In Miami Land Price-Fix Suit
• Ex-Hunton Patent Atty Convicted Of Insider Trading
• Calif. Court Says PR Co. Talks Not Privileged In Schwab Case
• Gov. Seeks Del. Justices' Take On Bench Political Balance
• Chicago Firm, Attys Still On The Hook In Malpractice Suit
• After Winning Bid To Arbitrate, Redfin Says Judge Was Biased
• DC Circ. Says Firm Faces No Threat From ITAR Broker Rule
• Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Accuses Firm Of Anti-Jewish Bias
• DC Circ. Bats Down Challenge To Local Bar Admission Rule
• Judge Warns That Sausage Suit Stuffed With 'Boilerplate'
• Foley & Lardner Says Fla. Ties Nix Insurance Co.'s Suit
• 9th Circ. Widens Split Over Dodd-Frank Whistleblowers
• How The Most Profitable Law Firms Structure Their C-Suites
• Texas AG Paxton Slams Bid To Pause Securities Trial
• Ex-Hunton Atty's Tip Not Enough To Trade On, Jury Told
• NJ Atty Censured Over Business Dealings With Client
• Lender Says Quarles & Brady Misrepresented Project Clients
• Dewey Witness Says CFO Was In On Accounting Fraud
• Norton Rose, Hilton Strike Back At DQ Bids In Patent Row
• IP Atty Says Ex-Partner Hiding Data In Client Info Row
• Fox Rothschild Dodges Pa. Frivolous Bankruptcy Claim
• LJH Drops Rest Of $24M Oil Field Asset Suit
• 7th Circ. Frees Atty From Sanctions Over PNC Bank Suit
• Settlement Strategy: What Does The Client Really Want?
• Texas Justices Steer Clear Of Spat Among Fen-Phen Lawyers
• Star Dewey Cooperator Tells Of 'Master Plan' To Con Banks
• Calif. Bar Bans Attorney-Client Sex In Ethics Overhaul
• Judge Denies Atty Privilege In FIFA Corruption Case
• Dissolving Firms Must Still Put Clients First, DC Bar Says
• NJ Atty Dodges Disbarment Over Misspent Funds
• Pa. Atty Suspended After Conviction For Aiding Drug Ring
• Greenberg, LeClairRyan Sued Over Trademark Case Missteps
• Ex-Vanguard Atty Says Dodd-Frank Ruling Backs Revival Bid
• In The Associate Lateral Market, All Law Firms Are Not Equal
• Whistleblower Protections Vs. Confidentiality Obligations
• Paxton Prosecutors Want To Postpone Trial Till They're Paid
• Google's Email Scanning Deal Only Benefits Attys, Judge Says
• Coin.mx Tech Guru, Pastor Had 'Corrupt Intent,' Feds Say
• ComEd Appeal 'Pain In The Ass,' Fed. Circ. Judge Says
• State's Top Dewey Witness Takes Stand, Cops to Crimes
• Ex-Judge Can Serve Dual Roles In Arbitration Row, Court Says
• Ex-Hunton Lawyer In Tears As Judge Refuses To Nix Charges
• Loop Loses IP Suit Over Atty's 'Unprofessional Conduct'
• Galveston Courts Power Struggle Goes Before Texas Justices
• Attys Must Defend Judiciary From Trump Attacks, Judges Say
• Navy Denied Sanctions In $65M Blimp Damage Suit
• Reflections From A Mock Trial
• Atty Convicted In NFLer's Stock Scheme Wins Coverage
• New York Atty Charged In $3.3M Tax Evasion Scheme
• Atty Dropped Ball With Client And Suspension, DC Court Says
• PNC Bank Says $5.3M Suit Against Ill. Atty Is Timely
• Chadbourne Says Stanford Receiver Deal Nixes Investor Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms Sanctions For Fla. Tribe's Ex-GC
• Ex-Broker Tells Of Cover-Up Over Ex-Hunton Atty's Inside Tip
• Frustrated Alsup Orders 'Shoot Out' In Comcast's Patent Row
• 5th Circ. Dumps Atty's Defamation Suit In Overbilling Fight
• Ex-NJ AG Spared Prison Based On Reputation, Attys Say
• Feds Urge Justices To Uphold 6th Circ. Deportation Ruling
• SEC Nominee Clayton's Ethics Filings Show Possible Conflicts
• Ex-NJ Atty Gets Prison For $40.8M Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• Judge's Stake In Case Warranted Recusal, Pa. Justices Told
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Fired County Atty's Free Speech Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Dodd-Frank Protects Non-SEC Whistleblowers
• Sterne Kessler Says Attys In DQ Bid No Risk To Leak Secrets
• Ex-Atty Can't Ditch $70M Liability To Citigroup In 2nd Circ.
• Roche Wants Russian Co., Counsel Penalized For Drug Suit
• Ex-BigLaw Atty's Pfizer Tip Shared Among Friends, Jury Told
• Dewey Star Cooperator Set To Take Stand At Fraud Retrial
• Special Master To Probe $75M Fee Request In State St. Deal
• NJ Judge Made Clerk Do Son's Homework, Ethics Board Says
• Judge Spared Removal For Same-Sex Marriage Stance
• Shkreli, Ex-Katten Atty Should Not Split Trial, Feds Say
• Tilton, Patriarch Partners Seek To End Zohar Funds' Suit
• Texas Court Upholds Immigration Atty's 2-Year Suspension
• Attys Denied Quick Win In $8M BP Spill Client-Finder Suit
• USPTO Suspends Former Niro Haller IP Atty In Patent Probe
• EEOC, Seyfarth Owe Discovery Fees In Hiring Bias Suit
• Prenda Porn Troll Atty Cops To Copyright Fraud Scheme
• NY Town Justice Pleads Guilty In Sex-For-Leniency Case
• Banker Says Dewey Exec Wasn't In Loop On $150M Bond Deal
• Fla. Judge Faces Conduct Charges For Campaign Statements
• Texas AG's Win Over SEC Raises Doubts About Criminal Case​
• Ex-BigLaw Partner Tells Jury He Wouldn't Break Law For $15K
• Fla. Atty Convicted Of Money Laundering Wants No Jail Time
• High Court Gives Nev. Inmate New Shot At Judicial Bias Case
• Judge Says He 'Browbeat' Deal In Barnes & Thornburg TM Suit
• Conservative Watchdog Files FOIA Suit Over Flynn Docs
• Ex-Stanford Exec Says Attys Botched 20-Year Sentence
• Coal Rights Malpractice Dispute Hits Supreme Court
• NJ Construction Settlement Upheld Despite Atty Conflict
• Ex-NJ AG Avoids Prison In Airline Bribery Plot
• Data Analytics Now Cost-Effective For Smaller Firms
• Human Rights, Money Laundering Issues Loom For Law Firms
• Barclays 'Lost Faith' In Dewey Over Scant Info, Jury Hears
• Artificial Intelligence Raises Ethical Concerns For Attys
• 'Housewives' Star Fights Ex-Atty's Appeal Of Bankruptcy Deal
• BofI Loses Bid To Depose Auditor's Atty In Retaliation Suit
• Nooksack Council Looks To Sink RICO Suit By Members
• Waivers Give Clarity To Blurry Lobbyist Conflict Rules
• Atty Can't Recoup Client 'Courtesy Credits,' Mass. Panel Says
• Atty Rips Malpractice Claims Over Domino's Franchise Sale
• Law Firm's Mishaps Cost Coffee Franchisee $11M, Suit Says
• Barring Porn Evidence Didn't Hurt Pa. AG's Defense: Judge
• Don't Underestimate The Value Of An Internal Audit
• Eavesdropping Leads To Atty Sanctions In Photog Estate Fight
• Manatt's $7M Fee Win Can't Stand, ECC Tells Calif. Court
• Chadbourne Attys Press Forward With $100M Pay Bias Suit
• Cravath Wins Stay On Shell Docs Despite 'Specious' Args
• Banks Offered Millions As Dewey Crumbled, Jury Hears
• JPMorgan Whistleblower Wants Snarky Judge To Step Aside
• Atty's Claim For Fees After $242M Win Kept Alive
• Atlanta Immigration Judges' Conduct Merits Probe, DOJ Told
• Writer Claims Fake Atty Tried To Steal His 'Vamprechaun'
• Fla. Judge Banned Six Months For Campaign, Ethics Breaches
• Pa. Judge Gets 90-Day Suspension For Harassing Clerks
• Sessions Exits Probes Into Russian Election Meddling
• Greenberg Sued By 'Biggest Loser' Trainer Over Contracts
• Agent's Leaks Don't Sink Gambler's Insider Trading Charges
• Pa. Atty Accuses Rival Of Retaliating Over Expert Testimony
• Law Firm Securities Chief Can't Ditch SEC's Shell Co. Suit
• Dems Want Pink Slip For Sessions After Russian Revelations
• Texas AG Beats SEC Fraud Claims
• New Business Opportunities In Shared Workspaces
• CORRECTED: Greenberg Traurig Settles Malpractice Suit As Trial Closes
• Covington Pays Out To End 3M 'Side-Switching' Ethics Suit
• Equipment Co. Says Insurer Conflicted In Mining Death Suit
• NY Court Reverses Wilson Elser Fine In Med Mal Case
• NJ Disbars Atty Over Conviction In $24M Tax Evasion Scheme
• Ex-Vegas Judge Gets Life Ban After Handcuffing Defender
• Appeal Nixed In Fee Fight Over $8M Medical Malpractice Suit
• Philly Firm Denied Sanctions, New Shot At Ad Monopoly Suit
• 35-Year Chadbourne Veteran Joins Pay Discrimination Suit