Legal Ethics Archive » July, 2017

Legal Ethics - July, 2017

294 articles

• Calif. Bar Committee Presents Proposal To Lower Pass Score
• German Court Temporarily Bars Use Of Jones Day VW Docs
• Allentown Indictment A Warning To Attys Seeking Gov't Work
• Diamond Resorts Hits Atty With Suit Over 'Secret Sauce'
• Law Firm Blames Ex-Client For Missing Deadline To Sue
• Calif. DA Convicted Of Perjury Gets Interim Suspension
• Judge Backs Cohen Milstein Intervention Bid In Doctor Suit
• Texas Judge Greenlights $100M Halliburton Class Settlement
• Proskauer Partner Says $50M Gender Bias Suit Should Survive
• Burford Clinches Portfolio Funding Deal With UK Firm
• Why Silver Is Taking A Case He Won To The Supreme Court
• Houston Law Firm Sued For Missed Wrongful Death Deadline
• Ex-L'Oreal Atty Faces Tough Road In Wrongful Firing Case
• How State High Courts Are Reshaping Anti-SLAPP Laws
• Cybersecurity Risks In The Courtroom
• Oil Exec's Son Wins $16M Against 2 Attys Over Estate Work
• Group Gets Injunction In EOIR Immigrant Representation Row
• Investors Can't Join SEC's $89M EB-5 Scam Suit, Atty Argues
• Browne George Ross Gets Settlement In Atty Fee Dispute
• Calif. 'Slush Fund' Suit Remanded Over Privilege Conflict
• Texas Atty Won't Be DQ'd For Recommending Witness
• Ex-Pa. Rep.'s Son Loses Bid For $5M Press Leak Damages
• Florida Attorney Gets 4 Years For Money Laundering
• Shkreli Called A 'Con Man' As Fraud Case Heads To Jury
• Paterno Ruling Highlights Broad Pa. Work Product Protections
• MSRB Says Underwriters Need Independent Attys
• Late Word Of Family Tie Irks Judge In GFI Sale Price Action
• Ohio Justices Sanction Atty For Oversharing In Withdrawal Bid
• 3rd. Circ. Won't Revive H-1B Worker's Suit Against Law Firms
• Tenn. Law Firm Can't Toss Fla. Time-Share Fraud Suit
• Judge Doubts King & Spalding Account Of Associate's Firing
• NJ Atty Escapes Ex-Client's Suit Over Med Mal Settlement
• Gray Matters: Clients Are Not Really 'Emotional'
• Feds Call Shkreli A Liar As Defense Denies Any Fraud
• Fed. Circ. OKs Inequitable Conduct Ruling Against Regeneron
• Texas AG's Securities Fraud Trial Gets December Start Date
• InfiLaw Financers Escape Suit Against For-Profit Law School
• A Disciplinary Wrist Slap For NY Atty With Stolen Shoes
• Allentown Mayor, Atty Plead Not Guilty To Pay-To-Play Scheme
• UK Law Firms Lost £3.2M To Cybercrime In 1st Quarter
• Texas Court Wipes Out Firm's Win Against Ex-Receptionist
• Ex-Class Attys Must Produce Docs In $333M BofA Settlement
• 4 Social Media Ethics Questions For Attorneys
• Having A Chief Privacy Officer Reassures Your Firm's Clients
• Feds Raise Concern Of Clifford Chance Conflict In FIFA Case
• SEC Program Raises Ethics Issues For Atty Whistleblowers
• Alsup Says DQ'ing MoFo Not Necessary In Uber-Waymo Row
• Niro Law Escapes IP Client's Malpractice Suit
• Shkreli Loses Bid To Nix Charges After Resting Case
• Pa. Mayors, Norris McLaughlin Atty Charged Over Pay-To-Play
• CEO Accuses Prosecutor Of Using Fraud To Get Guilty Plea
• TASER Rival Zapped With Sanctions, Default Ruling In IP Row
• Ohio Atty Loses 6th Circ. Appeal Of Bias Suit Against Judge
• Linklaters Atty Denies Link To Husband's Alleged Fraud
• NJ Attys, ShopRite Must Face Accusations Over 'Sham' Suit
• MasterCard Win Cools Funders' Fever For UK Class Actions
• Senate Panel Quizzes Commerce GC Pick On Science, Climate
• Time-Share Co. Accuses Law Firms Of Preying Upon Clients
• Judge Questions $1.12M Atty Fees In Vibrator Privacy Suit
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal Over Atty's $45K Sanction
• Houston Atty, Ex-Firm Settle IP Theft Lawsuit
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Discussions Before Deliberations
• Ex-Partner In TM Row Says Firm's Marks Are 'Descriptive'
• 8th Circ. Reverses Attys' Bad Class Deal Sanctions
• Shkreli Slams Katten Atty In Emails, As Trial Wraps Up
• Dallas Atty Facing Up To 10 Yrs In $22M Workers' Comp Scam
• Pa. Panel Bars Freeh-Report Notes In Paterno Estate Suit
• 3rd Circ. Revives Ex-L'Oréal Atty's Whistleblower Row
• Plaintiffs' Atty Gives Duquesne Law $7.5M To Educate Judges
• NY Appeals Court Revives Ex-Client Suit Against Willkie Farr
• Ex-Adviser Cops To Trading Scheme With Ex-Hunton Atty
• Former Fugitive Atty Pleads Not Guilty To Real Estate Scam
• Libor Trader Waives Conflict To Keep Paul Hastings Team
• Kirkland Atty's Russian Client Complicates DOJ Nomination
• Edelson Escapes Mizuho Bank Sanctions Bid In Mt. Gox Suit
• NJ Judge Fights To Keep Civil Rights Claims Against Jurists
• 5 Questions Firms Should Ask When Evaluating Litigation AFA
• For Law Firm Offices, Business Savvy Is The New Cool
• Wells Fargo Seeks Return Of Inadvertently Leaked Client Info
• Divided 7th Circ. Revives Debtor's Wrong Venue Suit
• SEC Wins Bid To Shield Notes From Atty Gone Fraudster
• Chris Brown Says Atty Tried To Extort Him In Philippines
• Lloyd's Malpractice Suit Belongs In Arbitration, Court Told
• Shkreli Says He Won't Take Stand At Securities Fraud Trial
• 8th Circ. Won't Reconsider Sigillito Ponzi Victims' Case
• Hilton Denied Bid To DQ Atty, Expert In Robocall Suit
• Resistance To Nonlawyer Investment May Be Hurting BigLaw
• Chicago Law Firms In Trademark Fight Over 'O'Keefe' Names
• Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Fights SEC's $2M Penalty Bid
• Endologix Seeks Sanctions For Investor's Witness Statements
• Planning A Legal Career With A Future Relocation In Mind
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Could An NFL Diversity Rule Be A BigLaw Game-Changer?
• Women See Another Year Of Slow Gains At Law Firms
• BigLaw Bias Suits New Wild Card In Fight For Gender Equity
• 4 Female Perspectives On BigLaw Leadership
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• How 4 Firms Are Moving The Needle On Gender Diversity
• Feds' Shkreli Case Nears End, Amid Testy Exchanges
• Uber Seeks Sanctions In Driver Misclassification Suit
• WilmerHale Must Face 'Freeze-Out' Suit, Appeals Court Says
• Tenn. Law Firm Wants Fla. Timeshare Fraud Suit Nixed
• The Elephant In The Room: Advancing Women To Partnership
• How Midsize Law Firms Can Minimize Cybersecurity Threats
• Fla. Atty In $300M Internet Cafe Case Reinstated To Bar
• Pharma Co. Fails In DQ Bid Against Ex-CEO's Counsel
• Chinese Students Ask To Join $89M EB-5 Scam Suit
• Texas High Court Won't Review Ex-US Rep's Suspension
• Freeh Says Ex-PSU President's Conviction Dooms Libel Suit
• Ill. County Public Defender's Office Beats Bias Claims At Trial
• 20 Minutes Of Research Could've Ended Book Row: Judge
• Greenberg Fights Ex-Client's DQ Bid In Wine Biz Fray
• Shkreli, Gov't Embroiled In Investor Evidence Fight
• Lawyer Group Blasts Issa's Attack On Gilstrap's Venue Rules
• Kilpatrick Must Face Farm Lobbyist's Unjust Enrichment Claim
• Christmas Tree Co.'s Counsel DQ'd By Judge-Shopping Claim
• Elliott Greenleaf Atty Elected As Interim Philly DA
• Dentons Ex-Associate Pleads Not Guilty To Extortion Plot
• Pa. Atty Pushes For Discovery In Defamation Row With Rival
• Knottier Malpractice Theories Driving Up BigLaw Defense Bills
• Xmas Tree Maker Says DQ Doesn't Require Intent To Nix Judge
• Ex-Quinn Worker Claims Racism Behind Scenes Of Apple Trial
• Shkreli Trial On Hiatus Over Gov't Evidence Gambit
• Congresswoman's Atty Pleads Not Guilty In Nude Pics Case
• Atty Gets Prison For Obstructing NJ Time-Share Co. Probe
• Magistrate Who Signed Warrants DQ'd From Fraud Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Blasts Malpractice Claim In Clawback Row
• NY Atty Charged Over Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Dallas Atty Accused Of Rigging Fraud Marriage For Assistant
• NJ High Court Tosses Ethics Charges Against Bankruptcy Atty
• White & Case, Partner Fined £300K For Acting 'Recklessly'
• Whiteout IP Malpractice Suit Mostly Erased, But Trial Looms
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Matching Experts
• SEC Seeks To Lift Stay On Suit Against Ex-Dewey CFO
• NJ Atty With Pa. Practice Gets 3 Years For Aiding Drug Ring
• Shkreli Vowed To Make Trader's Kids Homeless, Jury Hears
• Prosecutors May Testify In $1B Fla. Health Care Fraud Case
• Canada Tackles Tax Loopholes Used By Wealthy Professionals
• Investor Rips Atty Fee Requests In $100M Halliburton Deal
• Snell & Wilmer Slams DQ Bid In Cybersecurity Co. IP Row
• Houston Law Firm Sues Recruiter Over Atty's Credentials
• Ex-Pa. Attorney Gets 2 Years For Fraud Scheme
• Fox Rothschild Didn't Protect $2.4M Escrow Funds, Court Told
• Justices Recused Over 200 Times This Term, Watchdog Says
• Atty Stuck With $25K Sanction In Enbrel Discovery Row
• Pa. Fracking Suit Sees New Round Of Dueling Sanction Bids
• The Rise Of Midsize Firms
• 5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Submitting Litigation AFA
• Fed. Circ. Won't Revive 'Polo' TM Case Over Atty 'Deceit'
• Abortion Foe, Attys Held In Contempt For Posting Videos
• Shkreli Investor Irked By Loss, But Then Cashed In Big
• Judge Tells High Court 'False' Flyers Are Protected Speech
• Calif. Judge To Resign Over Swiped Business Card Holders
• Texas Debt Collection Lawyer Can't Shake $25M Penalty
• 9th Circ. OKs Partial Disallowance Of Fees In Howrey Case
• Merchant & Gould Kills Rival Firm's 'MG-IP' Trademark
• FTC Slams 'Debt Collectors' Who Impersonated Attorneys
• RI Atty Must Face Fee Dispute Suit In Texas, Court Affirms
• Sklar Kirsh Wins Bid To Arbitrate $7.5M Malpractice Suit
• Gilead Wins $14M In Attys' Fees For Merck Patent Misconduct
• 2nd Circ. Suggests Some 'Official Acts' Not Worth Charging
• Trader Eyed For Libor Fraud Set To Keep Paul Hastings Team
• Spotify Can't End Auto-Renewal Suit After 'Trick,' Alsup Says
• Law Firm, Ex-Partner Agree To Mediate Trade Secrets Row
• Consumers Object To Letter Seeking New Look At RICO Suit
• Fross Zelnick Avoids $1.6M Ding, But Clients May Be Charged
• How Mobile Apps Can Benefit Your Practice
• Evaluating Effect Of Bad Atty Advice On Case-By-Case Basis
• The Future Of Litigation Finance Is Analytics
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Retrophin CEO Was Told Of Shady Shkreli Deals, Jury Hears
• Seward & Kissel Says Due Diligence Was Client's Job
• Fugitive Atty Gets 12 Years For Social Security Scam
• Co.'s 'Rogue' Atty Claims Can't Revive Gordon & Rees Suit
• Trump Atty's Nasty Emails Unlikely To Draw Sanction
• NJ Estate Atty Suspended For Selling Client's Home To Wife
• Strike One Called In Rose's Suit Against Ex-Akin Gump Atty
• Country Club Seeks Sanctions In Residents' 'Frivolous' Suit
• 14 Attys, Judges Vie To Become Interim Philly DA
• Health Co. Execs Can't Stop $20M LeClairRyan Settlement
• Asarco Attorney To Be Witness, Not Counsel, For Co.
• Doc Wins Medical Records Fight In Legal Malpractice Suit
• Mayan Refugees Duped By Fake Atty Seek High Court Relief
• Avvo Ruling Belies Wider Acceptance For Online Legal Cos.
• Atty Gets 5-Year Retroactive Suspension For Bribing Judge
• House Rep's Atty Indicted For Stealing, Posting Nude Pics
• $121K In Atty Fees Sought In Facebook Birth Copyright Case
• Firm Wants Fee Split Nixed In Wells Fargo Case Dispute
• Alsup Says Davis Wright Attys For Spotify Misled Him
• Baker Hostetler Atty Bled Philly Firm For Fees, Suit Says
• Shkreli Like The Pied Piper, Retrophin CEO Tells Jury
• Ex-Philly DA Abraham Wants To Return For Interim Role
• Judge's Tweets Don't Merit Recusal, 9th Circ. Says
• Texas Sen. Taps New Attys For Securities Fraud Defense
• Keep Dickstein Malpractice Suit In State Court, 9th Circ. Told
• Pa. Judge's Staffer Sues For Gender Pay Discrimination
• Doc Sues Med Mal Atty Over Advice In State Review Process
• Asarco Counsel Can't Play 2 Roles, Union Pacific Says
• Where AI Meets Cybersecurity And The Legal Profession
• 2nd Circ. Flips Sheldon Silver's Corruption Conviction
• Drinker Biddle Beats Ex-Associate's $30M Firing Suit
• Judge Scolds 'Snickering' Attys In $30M Quincy Jones Trial
• Shkreli 'Absolutely Stunned' Chairman With Lie
• DQ'd Holland & Knight Can Turn Over Bank Files To FDIC
• Texas Atty Gets 3-Year District Ban Over ADA Litigation
• Justice Breyer On Changing His Mind And Sparring With Scalia
• Kenyon Trims Most Of Oil Co.'s Patent Malpractice Suit
• DirecTV Audit Partner Urges Toss Of Debt-Collection Suit
• 3rd Circ. Told Malpractice Claim Belonged In Bankruptcy Court
• Bison May Get A Do-Over In Hunton Malpractice Case
• Ex-Atty Gets Jail Time, Fine For Swindling Homeowners
• Kasowitz's Securities Work Not Presidential Caliber, Suit Says
• Baker McKenzie Adopts Transgender Workplace Policy
• No New Trial In Malpractice Suit Over Contract Mistake
• Husband Of Linklaters Associate Busted For Insider Trading
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Interim Arguments
• Unstructured Data Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
• Ex-Willkie, Hunton Atty Wields Subpoenas In Fraud Case
• Justice Breyer On The Limits Of Presidential Power
• Judge Charged With Mortgage Fraud Drops Speedy-Trial Bid
• FTC Seeks Quick Wins In Alleged Mortgage Relief Scam Row
• Shkreli Fund In The Red, Jury Told, As He Boasted Of Millions
• National Lampoon Ex-CEO Can't Beat Suit Over $1M Atty Pay
• Texas Man Facing $25.6M Tax Suit To Lose Atty Of 6 Weeks
• Judge Slams Sessions, Union Attys For Sloppy Briefs
• Ex-Continental Atty Accuses Insurer Of Age Discrimination
• Ex-Novak Partners Ink Wage Deal, Eye Polsinelli To Collect
• Morgan Lewis Tells Judge Privilege Breach Dooms Fraud Case
• Edelson Suit May Not Stop Class Deal Objectors, Judge Says
• NJ Panel Affirms Press Comments Didn't Breach Settlement
• 5 Questions To Ask Firm Before Accepting A Litigation AFA
• Christmas Tree Co. Denies Acting Naughty In Atty Hiring
• Shkreli's Focus Reminds Investor Of The 'Rain Man'
• Atty's Ex-Counsel Can't Rep His Ex-Client, Court Told
• Posner Says Judges Should Step Aside After 80
• Feds Deny Privilege Violations In Energy Tax Credit Row
• Consumer Sues Attorneys After Failed Hepatitis Berry Suit
• Unilife Committee Atty Withdraws To Save Firm's Retention
• Mich. Court Wants Another Look At Atty's Windfall Inheritance
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Accused Of FCA Caper In Talks With Feds
• Texas Politico's Atty DQ'd Over Client Conflict
• Conn. Judge Recuses Herself In Rail Car Injury Case
• Prosecutor Says Ex-Pa. AG Slandered Him
• Why You Should Argue Your Appeal
• 6 Ways Teaching A Law School Class Can Benefit Lawyers
• Shkreli Called 'Scam Artist' By Ex-Hedge Fund Analyst
• Sidley, Deloitte, Others Can't Skip $350M Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Atty Gets Year For Role In $1.2M Theft From Hospital
• Investor Says Fla. Homebuilders Scammed Him Out Of $4.5M
• Prosthetics Maker Says Shumaker Loop Error Cost It $50M
• Biofuel Exec Decries Holland & Knight Duo's Role In His Case
• Justices Told Case Complexity Led To Dismissal, Sanction
• Whistleblowers Fight To Keep Medicare Fraud Suit Alive
• Dickstein Atty Coverage Row Doesn't Belong In DC, Court Told
• Gawker's Probe Of Thiel Keeps Harsh Light On Legal Funders
• Feds Blast Ex-Stanford Exec's Bid To Ditch 20-Year Sentence
• CNBC Wage Deal Doesn't End FLSA Suit, Ex-Worker Says
• Spiral Dynamics And The Vanishing Jury Trial
• Ex-Analyst Tells Of 'Depressed' Shkreli After Fund Implosion
• Cowan Liebowitz Cleared In Inventor's Malpractice Suit
• Clifford Chance Under Scrutiny For Excalibur Finance Debacle
• Full Tilt, Cozen Near End Of $900M Poker Fraud Class Action
• Fla. Atty Convicted Of Money Laundering Seeks Leniency
• Ohio Atty Suspended For Trading On Justice's Name
• FTC To Shield Its Workers From Damages In Personal Suits
• Telemarketer Loses Quick Win, Sanctions Bids In Call Suit
• Pa. Atty Accused Of Rerouting Ex-Partner's Emails
• White Attorney Loses Fight Over Makeup Of Texas Bar Board
• Kobach Loses Bid To Shed Sanctions In Voter Records Suit
• Ill. Judge Charged In Fraud Scheme Says Gov't Targeted Her
• Considerations For Entry Into The Marijuana Industry
• Pa. Magistrate Judge Accused Of Watching Porn In Chambers
• 5th Circ. Won't Stay $374K Fine On Firm Suing Car Parts Co.
• Justice Stevens On Gorsuch And Sticking With The Cubs
• Unilife Creditor Objects To Committee's Counsel Retention
• Kan. Atty Says Inflated Recovery Ads Give Rival Unfair Edge
• Shkreli Ordered To Shut Up About Securities Fraud Trial
• Attys' Early Win Bid Nixed In $1.8M Clawback Row
• Ga. Law Firm Fails To Squash IRS Summons For Financial Info
• Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2017
• Ex-Kan. AG's Suspension Appeal Barred, 10th Circ. Says
• Defunct Pa. Law Firm Can't Be Sued In NJ, Panel Says
• Christmas Tree-Maker Says Rival Hired Atty To Recuse Judge
• Innovating For Wise Juries: Openings Before Voir Dire
• 5 Questions To Ask Client Before Proposing A Litigation AFA
• Justice Stevens On Playing Politics With The High Court
• No DQ For Bryan Cave In $4.5M E-Payments Buyout Suit
• Sanctions Should Stay In Debt Collection Row, 2nd Circ. Told
• NJ Brothers Get Prison, Fines For Insurance Fraud
• 8th Circ. Upholds Ex-Judge's 10-Year Sentence For Bribery
• DOJ Compliance Counsel Quits, Cites Administration Ethics
• Sharing Texts From Boss Not Protected, NLRB Judge Rules
• Greenberg Traurig Staying On 'Straight Outta Compton' Suit
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Taking Client's Money Without Consent