Legal Ethics Archive » May, 2017

Legal Ethics - May, 2017

305 articles

• Victims Can't Directly Appeal Restitution Orders: 9th Circ.
• Robins Kaplan Atty Gets Supreme Court Apology For Mix-Up
• Texas Panel Sides With Paxton In Bid For New Judge
• Atty Can't Represent Himself In Texas Extortion Row
• NBA Agent Must Face Poaching Suit In Calif. State Court
• Liddle & Robinson Pays $1.25M To End UBS Exec Suit
• Asbestos Victims Slam BASF Bid For Sanctions In Fraud Suit
• Retailer Re-Ups Libel Fight Over Coach Counterfeiting Case
• Ex-Managing Atty Hits NJ Law Firm With Whistleblower Suit
• NY Malpractice Atty Slapped For Deceit In Dismissal Appeal
• Law Firms Can't Toss CFPB's Debt-Relief-Deception Claims
• Alleged CMS Inside Traders Accuse Feds Of Judge-Shopping
• Attys Sued For Malpractice Over Tossed Novartis Suit
• Privilege Lessons From An Inadvertent Email
• Law School Misled Students On Accreditation, Suit Says
• Attys Face $25K In Fees After Enbrel Suit Discovery Row
• Heir Says Conflict Should DQ Cozen In Construction Row
• Tax Atty Asks For Leniency For Role In $200M Fraud Scheme
• The Return Of Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire
• Ill. Atty Urges 7th Circ. To Drop $10M Fine For Lie To HUD
• King & Spalding Hit With Suit Over Representation Of ZTE
• NASCAR Driver Wins Bid To DQ Firm From Royalty Dispute
• Al Jazeera Settles Malpractice Row With Ex-Law Firm
• Feds Say NYC Ed Dept. Must Hand Over Docs In Bias Suit
• Contractor Pushes To Revive Challenge To Tribal Court Case
• NJ Debtor Was Harmed By Law Firm's Practices, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. Axes Late NY Pol's Conviction, Fine For FBI Lies
• Texas AG Paxton, Prosecutors Spar Over Bid For New Judge
• Gray Matters: Identities Are Us
• Family Dredges Up Pradaxa Manufacturer's Discovery Woes
• The Firms That Lost The Most Ground In 2016
• Biggest US Firms Opt For Modest Growth In Sluggish Market
• The Firms That Grew Fastest Without Merging
• The Law360 400
• Turning 50, Greenberg Traurig Tops The Law360 400
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Ill. Bill Would Prohibit Attys From Profiting On Own Patents
• Atty's Assets Frozen Over $4.5M Judgment Dispute
• Inheritance Interference Claim Won't Fly, Texas Justices Say
• Feds Scoff At Philly DA Bid To Toss Charges, Limit Testimony
• Drug Settlement Malpractice Suits Rightly Tossed: 10th Circ.
• NJ Atty Fights Ex-Firm's Defamation, Trade Libel Claims
• Illinois Atty Shakes Suspension Over Payroll Taxes
• Atty And Her Dad Used $50M EB-5 Scam To Buy Homes: Gov't.
• Atty Faces DQ Bid In Tutoring Service Franchise Row
• Proskauer Atty Can't Win Order Protecting Mediation Docs
• Pa. Justices Uphold Restrictions On Ex-Gaming Board Attys
• Calif. High Court Bats Down Atty's Beef With Facebook GC
• Houston Law Prof Can't Revive Amicus Filing Defamation Suit
• $18M Telecom Malpractice Case Time-Barred, Pa. Judge Told
• Calif. Senate Bans Bombastic Judicial Ballot Titles
• Ex-District Judge In Texas Cleared In Campaign Bribery Case
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 2
• Cleary Gottlieb Beats Ex-Atty's Amended Race Bias Suit
• Citing Trump's Kasowitz Hire, Lieberman Quits FBI Job Search
• Proskauer Atty Says Court Needs To Protect Mediation Docs
• Investor Calls Fraud Suit Against Cozen, Blank Rome Timely
• NJ Atty Suspended For Golf Club Road Rage Attack
• Atty Told To Break Privilege Denied Due Process, Court Says
• Trump's Russia Probe Atty Faces Beltway Learning Curve
• Too-Old Sidley Austin Malpractice Suit Tossed By Ill. Panel
• Atty Hits Back At Muzzling Motion In Chiquita MDL
• NJ Justices Say Child Sex Offenses No Automatic Disbarment
• NY Attys Must Face Client's Suit Over Dropped Case In DC
• Hot Yoga Guru's Defiance Earns Arrest Warrant, $8M Bail
• Delivery Agent Execs Say Stearns Weaver Can't Rep Investor
• My Milkshake Is Better Than Yours: Part 1
• Sippy Cup Maker's Malpractice Beef Looks DOA At 2nd Circ.
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 23, Benevolent Deception
• Fox News Blasts Cyberstalking Claim In Bid For Sanctions
• CFPB, Law Firms To Mediate Deceptive Debt-Relief Claims
• Class Makes Emergency Bid To Muzzle Atty In Chiquita MDL
• NJ Judge Didn't Aid Fugitive Boyfriend, Appeals Court Told
• Judge Upholds Suspension Of Late-Filing Atty By USPTO
• Irish Court Nixes 3rd-Party Funding Of Telecom Suit
• Mediator In Proskauer Bias Case Slams Bid To Preserve Notes
• Houston Atty Cleared In Libel Suit Over Trial Book He Wrote
• Prosecutors Fight Texas AG's Bid For New Judge
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Accused Of Insider Trading Out On Bail
• Attorneys, Your Input Is Needed On Deposition Rule
• Giuliani, Mukasey Deny Conflict In Iran Sanctions Case
• Calif. Atty And Her Father Hit With Suit From EB-5 Investors
• Fraudster Agrees To Ban In $13.6M Pump-And-Dump Case
• Fee Deal Need Not Explain Joint Financial Duty: Ill. Justices
• Trade Secrets Suit Based On Forged Letter, Pharma Co. Says
• Texas Woman Seeks Dismissal In Law Firm Ripoff Case
• Energy Co. Attys Fight DQ Bid For Repping Contractor
• 3 Social Media Alerts That Can Get Lawyers In Trouble
• Justices Won't Hear $3M Jenner & Block Fee Appeal
• NJ Atty Censured For Lying To Client About Infant Remains
• Pharma Co. Says Rosen Firm's Conflicted In Stock Drop Case
• Cravath Can't Dodge Shell Docs Subpoena, 2nd Circ. Told
• Indicted Philly DA Invokes McDonnell In Dismissal Bid
• Prenda Law 'Porn Troll 'Agrees To Be Disbarred In Illinois
• 3rd Circ. Won't Boot Judge Off Bankruptcy Misconduct Appeal
• Ill. Attorney Censured For Hiding Client's Death
• Texas Justices Say Setting Pay Ranges Is Counties' Purview
• Proskauer Sex Bias Case May Prompt More 'Jane Doe' Suits
• NJ High Court Reprimands Atty Over Illegal Vote Conviction
• Hollins Law Can Keep Defenses In Malicious Prosecution Case
• Docs Show Proskauer Met Bias Claim With Threat: Plaintiff
• Discovery Dispute Pauses Atty Testimony Defamation Suit
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Suit Over Local Bar Membership Rule
• Former Law Firm Securities Chief Faces Fraud Indictment
• Atty Who Skirted Scam Injunction 'Disingenuous,' Judge Says
• Venable Sued For Mismanaging $11M Lead Generation Estate
• Md. Atty Beats Doctor's Revoked License Malpractice Suit
• Turkey-Owned Bank Foots Legal Bill For Zarrab Co-Defendant
• NJ Atty Disbarred Over Abandoning Client, Hiring Thief
• NJ Attys Settle Malpractice Action Over Medicaid Fraudster
• NC Judge Gets 2 Years In FBI Beer Bribery Case
• Ex-Rep. Grimm Gets 4-Year Atty Suspension On Tax Charge
• How Client Feedback Programs Benefit Law Firms And Clients
• Proskauer Atty Can Proceed As 'Jane Doe' In Sex Bias Suit
• Houston Atty Fights Disbarment Over Fake Car Crash Incident
• Ex-Pa. Rep.'s Son Can Sue Govt. Over Investigation Leaks
• Judge Junks Suit Aimed At Ousting Indicted Philly DA
• NJ Lawyer Cops To False Entries In Bank Fraud Conspiracy
• Mouthing Off: 4 Times Bad Manners Put Lawyers In Hot Water
• Ohio Supreme Court Yanks Law License Of 'Ethics Monster'
• Judge Wants Prayer Suit Nixed, Texas AG Asks To Intervene
• Texas Panel Wrestles With Paxton Prosecutor Pay Challenge
• Sierra Pacific Asks 9th Circ. To Nix Fire Deal, Cites Fraud
• Pa. Atty Slams Challenge To Abusive Sanctions Claim
• Ex-US Atty Committed Misconduct With Office Romance: DOJ
• Two Suspended NJ Attys Stole Client Funds, AG Says
• Ex-Client Hits BakerHostetler With $1.4M Bill For Russia Spat
• Talking 'Bull': Episode 22, Dirty Little Secrets
• Phony Estate Atty's Sentence Affirmed By Pa. Appeals Court
• Ill. Judge Says Gov't Can't Pin Her In $1.4M Mortgage Scheme
• BigLaw May See Wave Of Sex Bias Suits From Senior Partners
• Plaintiffs Firms Duel Over Texas Jurisdiction In Fee Fight
• Texas State Sen. Indicted For Fracking Sand Fraud, Kickbacks
• Pharma Sale Conflict Suit Against Hinshaw Gutted, For Now
• Attys Can Ethically Sell Future Fees To Nonlawyers, Prof Says
• Texas Appellate Panel Stays Paxton Fraud Proceedings
• Texas Judges Let 1 Negligence Claim Against Atty Proceed
• Ky. Judge Refusing Gay Adoption Cases Gets Complaint
• Ex-Faruqi Partner Urges 2nd Circ. To Revive Commission Suit
• LA County Bar, Trustees Spar Over Board Election Result
• Indicted Philly DA's Challenge To Removal Suit Slammed
• SEC Seeks Judgment Against Simpson Thacher Tipster
• Ga. Lawyer Who Hired Disbarred Atty As Paralegal Suspended
• VW To Appeal Raid On Jones Day To German High Court
• Ex-Illinois Rep. Told To Stop Tweeting About Tax Case
• Solving The Legal Industry's Data Protection Breakdown
• Discovery Sanctions Get Sanctioned
• Charges Against BigLaw Atty Show Vetting Difficulties
• Proskauer Partner Says Bias Complaint Led To Firing Threat
• 9/11 Families Seek Sanctions For Bin Laden Associate's Atty
• Lloyd's Wants Dickstein Malpractice Case Back In Fed. Court
• Giuliani, Mukasey Conflict Affidavits Lacking, Judge Says
• Bank Gets Green Light To Sue Firm Over Estate Tax Advice
• Geico Says Atty Trade Secret Claims Should Stay In Pa.
• 5 Things To Know About Justice Gorsuch's First 30 Days
• Ex-Exec Blames 25-Year Ponzi Sentence On Bad Lawyers
• Ex-Crowell Atty Lodges IP, Privacy Suit Over 'Cheater' Post
• My Strangest Day In Court: When There Were No Witnesses
• Forest Wants At Least $6M In Fees After Atty Misconduct
• Provision In Law Firm's Policy 'Unintelligible,' Judge Says
• Law Firm Asks Judge To Dump Ex-SEAL's Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Judge Named In Social Security Fraud Case Pleads Guilty
• 5 Mistakes That End Law Firms
• Can You Tweet That? NY Bar Updates Social Media Guidance
• Firm Says It Never Repped NASCAR Driver In DQ Row
• Atty Says Ill. Police Dept. Framed Him For His Wife's Murder
• NM Urges High Court To Take On Atty Subpoena Rule Fight
• The Dewey Saga: From Collapse To Verdict
• Paul Hastings Moves To Toss $5.3M Doral Trustee Suit
• Judge Agrees To Delay Bribery Trial For Philly DA
• McCusker Anselmi Sued For Malpractice In $1M Contract Row
• Kerr Russell Cops To Aiding Eavesdropping On Depositions
• UPDATE: Why Cosgrove V. National Should Terrify Insurers
• Don't Miss Post-Brexit Enforcement Risks For UK Judgments
• Insurer Won't Cover Cantor Colburn For Sanctions In IP Suit
• Ex-BigLaw Attys' Co. Called A 'New Breed Of Patent Troll'
• Judge Has More Questions On Giuliani, Mukasey Conflicts
• Businessman Cops To Bribing Embattled Philly DA
• Attys Must Take 'Reasonable' Cybersecurity Steps, ABA Says
• BigLaw Partner Traded On Secret Foley & Lardner Client Docs, Feds Say
• Yogi Sanctioned For Stonewalling On $6.7M Judgment
• AG Paxton Attys Again Seek New Judge In Securities Trial
• Firm Faces Another Sanctions Bid In Call-Recording Row
• Bio-Rad Can't Get New Trial Over $8M Jury Verdict For Ex-GC
• NJ Judge Claims Retaliation Over Bias Suit Against Jurists
• Ex-Sandusky Atty Wins Resentencing On Client Theft Charges
• Texas Jet Charter Co. Says Atty's Shoddy Work Cost It Big
• Understanding Privilege In UK Internal Investigations
• Dewey Appeal To Take Broad Look At Tangled Prosecution
• Weil's High Fees Bid In Bankruptcy Case Gets Bench Slap
• CFTC Seeks $390K Fine, Lifetime Ban For Menacing Trader
• NJ Water Agency Demands Docs From Trenk DiPasquale
• Ohio High Court Upholds Suspension Of Convicted Judge
• DirecTV Wants Atty Declaration Struck From FLSA Suit
• Holland & Hart Blames CAA Sanction On Judge's 'Math Errors'
• NJ Atty Loses Appeal Over Malpractice Insurance Coverage
• MDL Lead Attys Face Class Action Over Dismissed Yaz Suits
• Pa. House Committee Advances Judicial Merit Selection Bill
• Pfizer Settles Fee Dispute In $785M FCA Deal
• 'Talking Bull': Episode 21, How To Dodge A Bullet
• Judge Won't Sanction Coke, Counsel In Data Breach Suit
• Test Strip Makers Agree On Sanctions For Eavesdropping
• DLA Piper Gets Second Win In $36M Bankruptcy Appeal
• Split Dewey Verdict Shows Difficulty Of Convicting Top Execs
• SEC, Chinese Investors' Atty Spar Over EB-5 'Securities'
• Calif. IP Firm Fights Patent Atty's Retaliation Suit
• NextEra Says Greenberg Traurig Neglected Common Defense
• Investors Claim Sheppard Mullin Hid Ex-Client's Artwork
• 5th Circ. Bars Atty From Dropping Client Note In Ch. 7
• Glavin Dishes On 'Nightmare' Case For Dewey's DiCarmine
• Pa. Justices Urged To Rethink Removal Of Case-Fixing Judges
• Feds Ramp Up Corruption Charges Against Philly DA
• UBS Says It Didn't Know Judge's Dad Had Arbitration 'Cameo'
• NJ Justices Suspend Atty With Lewdness Convictions
• Consumer Fights Hilton Bid To DQ Atty, Expert In TCPA Suit
• Venezuela Still Can't DQ Arbitrator In Glass Cos. Spat
• Why US Law Firms Need Anti-Money Laundering Policies
• Streamlining Salvages Dewey Case On Second Try
• Developer Can't Shake Gibson Dunn Attys' $6M Sanctions Win
• Weary Dewey Jurors Say Case Against Sanders Far Clearer
• 2 More Ex-NJ College Staffers Sue Over Retaliatory Firings
• 11th Circ. Backs Fla. School In Law Prof's Wage Bias Suit
• Client Accuses Greenberg Traurig Of Misusing Privileged Info
• Cincinnati Law Agrees To Reinstate Dean Placed On Leave
• King & Spalding Fired Atty Who Questioned Ethics, Suit Says
• Offshore Services Co. Says Atty Wrongfully Took $7M, Ferrari
• Jury Convicts Ex-Dewey CFO, Frees Exec Director
• Pa. Judge Axes Challenge To $2.3M Frivolous Suit Verdict
• Trio Owes $45M In Law Firm Ripoff Case, Feds Say
• Ind. Atty Sanctioned For Aiding Unauthorized Practice
• ABA Raises Concerns Over DHS Searches Of Lawyer Devices
• Atty In Chefs' Warehouse Row: No Threatening Calls From Me
• UK Atty Can't Escape US Charges In Tax Avoidance Scheme
• Law Partner Has To Pay Secretary $80K For Unpaid OT
• CORRECTION: Hinshaw Partner Seeks Sanctions After Price-Fix Suit Nixed
• Retrophin Slams Shkreli's Move For Katten Muchin Docs
• Jenner & Block $3M Fee Win Appealed To Supreme Court
• Former Senior LG Atty Reprimanded Over Ineligibility In NJ
• MIA Atty Suspended For 2 Years For Unauthorized Practice
• Dewey Jury Eyes Execs' Actions In $150M Bond Offering
• Recipient Of $1.5M Settlement Sues Lawyers, Wanting More
• Tribe Member Fights Enerplus' Bid For Win In Royalty Row
• Ex-Worker Wants Coke, Counsel Sanctioned In Breach Suit
• Receiver Drops Sanctions Against Atty In $28M Ponzi Case
• Bern Drops $80M Defamation Suit Against Ex-Partner Napoli
• Secretary's Claims Against Winston & Strawn Are Trimmed
• Law Partner Misclassified Assistant, Owes $140K, Jury Told
• Jackson Lewis Looks To Toss Ex-Coach's NJ Malpractice Suit
• Fla. House Says State Attys Lack Death Penalty Discretion
• Ex-NJ Fire Official Gets Hearing On Atty Misconduct Claim
• Long Island Atty Gets Up To 4 Years For Short Sale Scam
• Calif. Panel Axes Bergstein's $50M Film World Malpractice Win
• Atty Sanction In Texas Mortgage Case Needs Re-Do
• Tri-Med Investors, Law Firm Reach Deal To Settle Suit
• Judge Rips Both Sides In Post-Judgment DQ Bid In $70M Row
• Dewey Retrial Jury Settles In For The Long Haul
• Co-Defendant Likely To Testify Against Ill. Judge, Feds Say
• NY Court Suspends Atty Involved In FIFA Corruption Case
• Philly Judge Recuses Herself From Removal Bid Against DA
• Inventor Can't Void Settlement On Insanity Claims
• FBI To Quiz Holland & Knight Duo In Energy Tax Credit Case
• Misleading Campaign Ad Lands Fla. Judge 90-Day Suspension
• Klehr Harrison Slams Allegedly Malicious Atty Sanction Bid
• False Claims In CIPA Row Warrant Sanctions, Court Told
• Fla. Prosecutors Back Gov. In Fight With State Atty
• Kohl's Blasts LA-Lieff Cabraser Fee Deal In Sale Price Row
• NJ Judge Accused Of Influencing Friend's Custody Case
• SF Firm Gets $1.1M Sanction For Asbestos Discovery Deceit
• Firm Sanctioned For Extending Cert. Deadline In False Ad Suit
• Consultant Cleared To Weigh In On Labaton's $75M Fee Award
• Iowa Court Revives Ex-Judge's Wrongful Termination Suit
• Treasury GC Pick Made $2.9M In 2016 At Sullivan & Cromwell
• Dewey Jury Reconstructing Case Piece By Piece
• Judge Won't Take 2nd Look At Duane Morris Malpractice Claim
• Mom Set Up Law Firm For Atty Facing Secretary's OT Suit
• Hueston Hennigan Can Arbitrate SFX Chief's Malpractice Suit
• Trenk DiPasquale Doc Response 'Paltry,' NJ Agency Says
• Test Strips Seller Faces Eavesdrop Sanctions In Abbott Row
• Judge Rips Giuliani, Mukasey For 'Disingenuous' Iran Dodges
• Judge Withdraws Sanction For Atty In Loan Dispute
• Co. Says Judges Back Claims In 'Mafia-Style' RICO Suit
• Nelson Mullins Atty Settles SEC Pay-To-Play Suit For $95K
• Atty's Bid To Brief $1.75M Damage Challenge Is Slammed
• BASF Seeks Sanctions In Asbestos Victims' Spoliation Case
• Disbarred Atty Gets 3 Years For Immigrant Fraud
• Verdict Eludes Dewey 2.0 Jury In Fraud Retrial
• Tribe Members Fight Bid To Nix Cigarette Sales Fight
• Greenberg Traurig Rips DQ Bid In 'Compton' Defamation Row
• Ally Financial Says Lies Warrant Sanctions In TCPA Spat
• Attys Blocked From Some PAGA Fees In Calif. Seating Suits
• McAfee & Taft Fights DQ Bid In Soil Contamination Suit
• What Lawyers Should Know To Avoid Online Scams
• Nestle Loses Sanctions Bid Against Locke Lord In TM Row
• Greenberg Traurig To Face Questions About Turkey In Hearing
• NJ College Accused Of Firing President, GC In Retaliation
• Maine Gov. Sues AG For Not Supporting Executive Orders
• Mich. High Court To Mull Judge's Liability For $1M Award
• Pro-Business Agenda Threatens Consumer Legal Funding
• Fraud Retrial Of Dewey Execs Heads To Jury
• Revival Sought For Fox Rothschild Frivolous Petition Suit
• 2nd Circ. Backs Civil Rights Atty's Fees In Prison Doc's Suit
• 'Housewives' Star's Ex-Atty Can't Halt NJ Malpractice Row
• NJ City Sues Atty For Failing To Appeal Ex-Worker's Award
• Atty, Firm Reach Settlement In Miami Land Price-Fix Row
• Web Servers: An Overlooked Cybersecurity Risk At Law Firms