Legal Ethics Archive » September, 2017

Legal Ethics - September, 2017

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• Even Split Of $20M Atty Fee Was Wrong, Judge Says
• Mars Says Attys Deserve Sanctions For Failed Rice Suit
• NY Atty Accused Of 'Contumacious' Attitude Disbarred
• Atty Ducks Nudism Promoter's Malpractice, Slander Claims
• Fla. Judge Faces Removal Over Campaign Behavior
• 3rd-Party Funding Finding A Home In Patent Litigation
• Justices Revive Rose Walker Malpractice Suit Over Seized Jet
• Ex-Katten Atty Seeks Jurors Without 'Pharma Bro' Baggage
• Pair Of Florida Law Firms Hit With OT Suits
• Judge Won't Move Up Ex-Philly DA's Sentencing For FBI Agent
• NY Lawyer Who Beat Girlfriend's Dog To Death Disbarred
• The Case For Ethical Due Diligence
• Bankruptcy Trustee Sues Crane Heyman Over WARN Failure
• Kasowitz Benson Fights Order Keeping Fraud Suit In Fla.
• Prankster Touts Email From Lowell Meant For Kushner
• Balch Attys Charged In Bribery Scheme To Fight EPA Cleanup
• NJ Atty Must Face Libel Claims Over Leaked Divorce Docs
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Gorsuch Speech At Trump Hotel Draws Ethics Concerns
• Redo Ordered On Bid To DQ McElroy Deutsch In Insurer Row
• Racer Used Payday Loan Dough To Buy 6 Ferraris, Jury Hears
• Pa. Justices Say Developer's Recusal Bid Came Too Late
• Attys Who Don't Correct Patent Examiners 'Sleazy': Judge
• New Sedona Principles Stress Information Governance
• High Court To Weigh Nature Of Gitmo Review Judgeships
• Photog Sues Verizon Media Outlet Over Pic Of Punched Atty
• Debt Collectors, Firm Can't Toss Class Action Under Spokeo
• WilmerHale Reveals SEC's Pepsi Probe In Accidental Email
• Outten Wants NLRB's Emanuel Recused Due To Littler Ties
• Sheppard Mullin Can Arbitrate Claim It Bungled $50M RE Deal
• Disbarred Atty Still Owes $1M In Taxes, Fed. Court Says
• Trustee Fights Kasowitz Exit From Ampal Bankruptcy
• Tribal Atty Fined By FTC Testifies At $2B Payday Loan Trial
• Foley & Lardner Faces DQ Bid In IP Suit Against Patent Atty
• Atty Denies Pocketing Legal Fees On Reservations
• Yukos Investors Want Magistrate Judge Order Reviewed
• For More Value And Diversity In Outside Counsel, Go Small
• SEC Befuddled By Ponzi Schemer's Latest Call For Legal Rep
• DC Rules Barring Out-Of-State Attys Need To Go, Group Says
• Sens. Waffle On Giving Courts Say In Special Counsel Firings
• Harvard Grad Fired From Ropes & Gray Trims Bar Exam Suit
• Online Punk Of Kushner Atty Shows Holes In Email Security
• Gibson Dunn Pressed To Divulge Bolivian Mining Co. Info
• Ex-Hunton Atty Avoids Jail For Wine-Fueled Insider Trading
• Ybrant Ch. 11 Firm Says It Returned Fees US Trustee Seeks
• Feds Say Rothstein Lied, Shouldn't Get 50-Year Term Reduced
• Lawyer's Email Boasts Shown At $2B Payday Loan Fraud Trial
• Source Code Expert Disqualified In StubHub Trade Secret War
• Ex-Steptoe Atty Seeks Green Light For Pay Bias Action
• McGraw-Hill Wants Photo Co. Counsel DQ'd Over Consultant
• King & Spalding Chair Fights Deposition In Ex-Atty's Suit
• Winston & Strawn Sued By Client That Won $42M Verdict
• Morgan Lewis Pushes Pa. Court To Toss $30M Conflict Suit
• Texas Criminal Court Stays Paxton Prosecutor Pay Ruling
• 2nd Circ. Vacates Skelos Corruption Convictions
• Ex-IP Partner Hits Winston & Strawn With Gender Bias Suit
• Ex-Liskow Atty Suspended For Phony Billable Hour Reports
• Law Schools, Bar Prep Co. Escape $50M Antitrust Suit
• Ex-Ill. Rep. Rips Prosecutors' Zeal In Tax Case As Trial Opens
• Texas State Bar Sues Ex-Prosecutor Over False Testimony
• Litigation Funder Wants Philly Atty To Repay $50K
• 'We're Laundering Money,' $2B Payday Loan Fraud Jury Hears
• NJ Atty Didn't Prove Equity Partner Status, Panel Says
• Unfunded Pension Liabilities: Caveat Emptor, Caveat Esquire
• Ex-Hunton Atty Seeks No Jail Time For Tipping Off Friend
• Ex-NJ Justice Can Serve As Master In Fraud Suit, Judge Says
• Fla. Judge Hits Taser Rival With More Sanctions In IP Row
• Pa. Mayor's Corruption Trial To Be Held In Allentown
• Ex-Calif. Court Clerk Gets 11 Years In Case-Fixing Scheme
• Olympian Urges 2nd Circ. To Rethink NBC Royalty Row Ruling
• Atty Wins Arbitration Bid At 3rd Circ. In Malpractice Row
• Calif. Panel Says Real Estate Atty Was Wrongly DQ'd
• Hospital Group Seeks To DQ Rival's Atty In Antitrust Suit
• Debt Lawyers Say CFPB Can't Ax $25M Free Speech Suit
• 7th Circ. Revives Ex-Legal Assistant's Age Bias Suit
• Donald Sterling Can't Trim Attys' Suit Over Clippers Work
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Chadbourne & Parke, Female Partners Fight Over Discovery
• Country Club Says 'Baseless' OT Claims Warrant Sanctions
• Law Firm Says Its Workers Used AmEx On Amazon's Watch
• Rothstein Feeder Fund Slaps Insurance Broker With $63M Suit
• UK Litigation Funder, IP Firm Put Funding Row To Rest
• Attys Can't Yet Dump Client Jawbone In Fitbit IP Suit
• The Role Legal Finance Can Play In Firm Year-End Collections
• Holland & Knight Inks $5M Deal To End Malpractice Claims
• ACLU Urges Mass. Justices To Toss Tainted Drug Convictions
• DLA, Baker Slam Philly Firm's Fraud And Excess Fee Suit
• SEC Says Ex-DC Atty 'Minimizes' Role In $14M Ponzi Scheme
• Greenberg Traurig Pays $9.8M To Settle Lender's Claims
• Rolls-Royce Wants FCA Claims Tossed, Atty DQ'd
• Trump Fed. Judge Pick Says Trans Kid Part Of 'Satan's Plan'
• NC Bar Gets Suit Over Unauthorized Law Practice Regs Nixed
• General Mills Says Age Bias Class Counsel Needs To Be DQ'd
• Goodwin Procter DQ Bid Pauses Teva-Impax Indemnity Suit
• Tribal Boss Got Stark Warning Over Loan Empire, Jury Hears
• Pa. Firm Can't Keep Misconduct Suit, Fee Spat Separate
• Freeh Beats Ex-PSU Chief's Libel Suit Over Sandusky Report
• 'Per-Doc' Pricing Can Improve Document Review
• Ill. Firm Must Face AlphaMetrix Receiver's Malpractice Suit
• Firm Loses Bid To Block Sanction Of Emails To Uber Drivers
• Ex-Atty Gets 38 Months For Defrauding Investors Of $1.4M
• SF Judge Blasts Barbizon Attys Over Interview Tactics
• DOJ Urges High Court To Nix Atty's Client Bilking Appeal
• Ressler & Ressler Must Face Dumped Atty's Defamation Suit
• Paxton Prosecutors Appeal Pay Ruling To Top Criminal Court
• Ex-NFLers Facing Potential Deception In Concussion Claims
• JLL Can't Access Atty Emails In Failed Land Sale Row
• Gibson Dunn Trims Ex-Billing Workers' Discrimination Suit
• NY Atty Takes Plea Deal Amid Claim He Threatened Witness
• Farrar & Ball Gets Fees In Ex-Paralegal's Defamation Row
• Feds Seek 51-Plus Months For Ex-Hunton Atty's Tipping
• Arent Fox Presses For Ex-Client's Communications With Attys
• Racer Blames Manager For Weather Fibs At $2B Fraud Trial
• Calif. Atty, EB-5 Investor Settle Bitter Counterclaims
• We Must Protect Consumers From Illegal Debt Collectors
• Ex-Atty Says No Conspiracy To Falsify Asylum Apps
• NJ Water Agency Asks To Probe Trenk DiPasquale Computers
• Ex-K&L Gates Atty Escapes Sanctions Over Withheld Evidence
• Ex-Dewey CFO Says It's Only Fair He Doesn't Serve Time
• Rebuke Of Bentham Deal May Chill Canada Class Suit Funding
• Chipotle Worker Says Overtime Suit Didn't Flout Texas Court
• Jurors Hear Secretly Recorded Spat At NY Atty's Fraud Trial
• Attys Shed Suit Over $1.3M In Insurance Claims At 3rd Circ.
• Atty Tells Jury Tribe Grew Wary Of Racer's Payday Loan Plan
• Dodge Owners Slam Sanctions Bid In Clutch Defect Suit
• Stanford Ponzi Scheme Receiver Battles Ex-GC For Records
• NJ 'Housewives' Star Blasts 'Insulting' Malpractice Suit Offer
• Former Paul Weiss Atty Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charge
• Litigation Financing Co. Closes Second Fund At $500M
• Posner's Book Reveals Deteriorating Ties With Chief Judge
• Fla. Atty Says Lender Didn't Allege Actual Harm In EB-5 Row
• Buchanan, Doctor Settle Suit Over Arena Football Team Buy
• Judge's Suit Over Psych Exam To Test Oversight Limits
• Doctor Urges High Court To Revive Suit Over $4M Settlement
• 5th Circ. Backs NLRB On Union-Dodging Contractors
• Authors Say Pa. Judge Can't Bring Libel Suit In Home Court
• Ill. Firm Wants Cut Of Suit It Didn't Work On, Ex-Client Says
• Tenn. Exec Argues Over Jurisdiction In Fla. Time-Share Suit
• NJ Atty Gets Prison For Part In $873K Fake Mortgage Scheme
• NJ Atty Disbarred After Stealing $1.1M From Clients
• Insurer Says Atty Not Covered In Workers' Comp Fraud Case
• Judge Pushes SEC To Come To Terms With Dewey Duo
• A Guide To The Executive Branch Official Nomination Process
• AIG, Trade Group Back VisionAid Insurer In Coverage Dispute
• Atty's Suit Against Ex-Firm 'Not Career-Enhancing': Judge
• Fired Chicago Attys Win Fees From Air Cargo Settlements
• 'Hedge Fund' Founder's Sentencing Nixed On Victim Question
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Atty's Bid To Avoid Essay Sanction
• Loeb & Loeb Beats 'Classic Hot Potato' DQ Bid
• $2B Payday Loan Scam Jury Hears 2nd Borrower Horror Story
• From Agency Adversary To Agency Official: A Recusal Primer
• Quarles & Brady Beats Lender's Malpractice Suit Over Loans
• Atty Says He Failed Ex-Judge In 'Kids For Cash' Case
• Firm Tells 5th Circ. Coverage Is Owed For Malpractice Suits
• Ex-Litchfield Cavo Attorney Loses Sex Bias Arbitration
• One Of Dewey 'Secret Seven' Cooperators Sentenced
• Judge OKs $1.3M Deal Ending 4-Year Rice GMO Fee Spat
• Pet Supplier's Ex-GC Destroyed Evidence, Feds Tell Judge
• Steptoe's Atty Gets Scolding, Stay In Lawyer Pay Bias Row
• NJ Law Firm Can't Stop IRS While It Fights Tax Debt
• Texas Atty Sues Firm Over Slice Of Possible Million-Dollar Pie
• Small Talk Of Weather Looms Large At $2B Payday Loan Trial
• Ex-SEC Atty Gets 9 Months For Stealing From Web Sales Co.
• Settlement Buyer Can't Nix CFPB Case, But Atty Escapes
• 4 Attorney-Client Privilege Decisions You Need To Know
• Ex-Chuhak Atty Gets 18 Months For Defrauding NFL Players
• Texas Bar Sues Austin Atty Over Misleading ADA Letters
• Ex-Yukos Shareholders Must Subpoena Atty In Person: Judge
• Judge Urged To Nix Sanctions Bid In Video Game Patent Row
• $2B Payday-Loan Hustle Hid Behind Tribes, Gov't Says
• Ex-Hunton Atty Won't Get Do-Over Of Insider Trading Trial
• ExamWorks' $86.5M Settlement Fund Gets Chancery Court OK
• Ex-Greenberg Atty Testifies 'Rat' He Smelled Was Forgery
• Cravath Tells 2nd Circ. Shell Docs Secrecy Is 'Iron-Clad'
• Seward & Kissel Must Face Lighting Co. Ex-Owner's Suit
• EisnerAmper Wants To Keep $100M Fraud Claims Nixed
• Pa. High Court Reviews $1.5M Barrack Rodos Fee-Sharing Suit
• King & Spalding Sheds 'Frivolous' Suit Over ZTE Work
• Ex-Yukos Shareholders Say Russian Atty Is Elusive
• Manhattan DA Wants Up To 4 Years For Ex-Dewey CFO
• Liss-Riordan Paralegals Testify On Damages In Grubhub Trial
• Mueller Probe Reopens Unsettled Questions Of Privilege
• IP Firm Wants Its Money Back From Ex-Managing Partner
• CFPB Urges 9th Circ. To Make Law Firm Obey Subpoena
• NY Atty Forged Docs To Inflate Damages, Feds Tell Jury
• Atty, Law Firm Rip Diamond Resorts Suit Over 'Secret Sauce'
• NJ Panel OKs Dismissal Of 1 Count Against Suspended Judge
• Cohen Milstein Wants Fees From $360M Hospital Antitrust Suit
• Impax Can't Stay Teva Suit During Goodwin Procter Appeal
• No Baker Botts Privilege In $50B Row: Yukos Shareholders
• Deported Seismic Consultant Sues Houston Immigration Firm
• Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs
• Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo
• Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017
• Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze
• EXCLUSIVE: Priebus, McGahn Hire Quinn Emanuel In Mueller Probe
• DC Circ. Pick Puts White House Advice Under Microscope
• NJ Atty Charged With Forgery, Misuse Of Client Funds
• Lasser Hochman Beats Suit Over Health Center Row Tactics
• Judge Scolds Getty, Ex-VP Over Trade Secrets Deposition Row
• Pakistan Loses Bid To DQ Copper Cos.' Arbitrator
• Saveri Firm Wins Fight Over Titanium MDL Referral Fee
• Ponzi Mastermind Blasts $34M Hunton Settlement Deal
• Redaction Fails: 4 Times Doc Blunders Exposed Secret Info
• Maine Court Backs Tough Suspension For Ex-Probate Judge
• Chicago Lawyer Allegedly Filmed Co-Worker Undressing
• How Collaboration Is Changing Inside Some Law Firms
• Fraud Convictions Vacated Over Juror's Call To ADA Friend
• Firm Can't Force Privacy Suit Into Arbitration, Court Hears
• Mass. Court Revives Defamation Suit Against Attys
• Calif. Bar Sends Exam Score Issue To State Justices
• Aman Resorts Involuntary Bankruptcy Saga Draws Judge's Ire
• Atty Fights Subpoena For Tell-All Book On Ex-Willkie Partner
• TransUnion Renews Bid To Boot Former Atty From FCRA Row
• Ex-NJ Justice Says No Impropriety As Master In Fraud Suit
• Seventy Seven Seeks Sanctions Against Firm In Merger Suit
• Ballard Spahr Settles $20M Antitrust Fee Suit With Symphony
• J&J Defends Privileged Docs In Contact Lens Antitrust MDL
• Dealing With Difficult Lawyers
• 2 Ex-Howrey Partners Settle Tax Cases For $50K Each
• Atty's Ex-Counsel Targeting Him In Suit Dodges DQ Again
• Atty Scolded For Sanctions Bid Over 'Formatting' Error
• DC Board Sanctions Ex-GE Atty For Multiple Tax Fraud Leaks
• Pa. Law Firm Hit With Suit Over Inflated Tax Collection
• SEC Bans Attorney For Trading On Cooperman Info
• Ex-Roche Worker, Insurer Settle Suit Over Malpractice Ruling
• Ex-Sedgwick Partner Who Settled Equal Pay Suit Joins Foran
• Shareholder, Atty Clash In Energy Co. Bankruptcy Row
• 4 Takeaways From Hunton & Williams' $34M Stanford Deal
• Judge's Meddling Undoes Bio-Med Convictions, Justices Told
• Ruling Delayed On Ex-NJ Justice As Master In Fraud Suit
• LA Attys Take The Air Out Of 'Baby Jet' Squabble
• Dewey DA Slams Ex-CFO's Bid To Dodge Fraud Conviction
• TransPerfect's Shawe Alleges Custodian Made Threats
• Immigration Atty Dodges SEC's Bid For EB-5 Ban
• Steptoe Says Discovery In Atty's Pay Bias Suit Must Wait
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Firm's Case Against Miss. Atty
• Pa. Judge Asks To Delay Federal Bribery Trial
• Ex-Atty Gets More Than 3 Years In Embezzlement Scheme
• 2nd Circ. Corruption Prosecutions In A Post-McDonnell World
• SEC Judges Meant To Be Removable Officers, High Court Hears
• $2B Trial Puts Tribal Payday Lending In Spotlight
• Discovery Battle Heats Up In BASF Asbestos Fraud Suit
• Lawyer Faces Contempt Over Email Threat In Visa Case
• Baylor Privilege Loss Sends Warning On Internal-Probe Risks
• Legal Recruiter Wins $335K From Manatt Over Partner Hires
• Atty Suspended For Drunken CLE In Hot Water Again
• SEC Follows Feds In Dropping Fraud Case Against PE CEO