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Legal Ethics - October, 2017

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• Jailed Lawyer Can Plead 5th In SEC Case Against Ex-US Atty
• Investor Tells Of Cash-Out Woes In Trial Of Ex-Katten Atty
• NJ Panel Sinks Defamation Claim Over Atty's Ebay Letters
• Va. Poised To Deem Atty-Matching Sites Like Avvo Unethical
• Judge OKs Oil Heir Dropping Suit Against Ex-Dallas DA, Attys
• Texas Defense Group Pulls Amicus Brief In Paxton Case
• J&J Calls Witness Tampering Accusation 'Overblown'
• Atty Speech Debate Roils Ontario Regulator's Diversity Rule
• Jacoby & Meyers Clients Lose Class Cert. Bid In Billing Suit
• Colo. Justices Back Disbarment For Atty Using Client Funds
• Judging A Book: McConnell Reviews 'Unequal'
• Increased FARA Enforcement May Lie Ahead
• Conduct Panel Rebukes Posner's Release Of Emails In Book
• Retrophin Privilege Fray Irks Judge At Ex-Katten Atty's Trial
• 2 Firms Blast Ford's Claims They Misled Settlement Opt-Outs
• The Non-Arbitration Alternative To New York ADR
• Mueller's Team Won Order Requiring Manafort's Atty To Talk
• Client-Conning Defense Atty Strikes Out With High Court
• MoFo Resolves Fee Dispute In Sungevity Ch. 11
• 8th Circ. Pick's Bias Makes Him Unfit, ABA Committee Says
• Tax Atty Pleads Not Guilty In NFL Player Refund Case
• Firm Should Have Expected Malpractice Suits, 5th Circ. Told
• Husband Of Ex-Linklaters Associate Cops To Illegal Trades
• Tribe Atty Violated State Bar Rules, Ref Tells Fla. High Court
• Pa. Atty Reinstated To Bar After Serving A Year For Fraud
• Ex-Port Authority Atty Dodges Suspension Over Fake Letter
• Del. Bankruptcy Struggles With Lingering Transparency Rep
• Pa. Judge Suspended Following Retaliation Complaint
• WWE Says Atty Improperly Solicited Wrestler In Royalty Row
• Making Pro Bono Work
• Being There: Preparing Witnesses For Depositions
• NJ Judge Accused Of Rage, 'Extreme Emotional Immaturity'
• Firm Wants Ex-SEAL's Bin Laden Book Malpractice Suit Nixed
• Class Counsel In Dow Pollution Suit Slam Attys' Fee Bid
• Why The Mammoth Engle Sanctions Order Is Likely To Stand
• NJ Lawmaker Sues AG For Docs In Whistleblower Case
• Marshall Dennehey Ends Atty's ADA Suit Over Fear Of Heights
• Herrick Feinstein Owes For Malpractice, Investor Group Says
• Convicted Philly Court Clerk's Pension Suit To Stay Paused
• Golfer Singh Seeks Skadden Sanctions For 'Frivolous' Motion
• Jodi Arias Sues Ex-Lawyer Over Tell-All Book About Case
• Utility Servicer Ducks Federal Claims In Ill. Stock Fraud Suit
• Class Wants Objector's Atty DQ'd In Caribou TCPA Suit
• Making Pro Bono Work: The Sidley-Exelon Partnership
• Why Board Certification For Bankruptcy Lawyers Matters
• Top Dewey Cooperator Gets No Prison Time For Fraud
• Recipe For Legal Project Management: Look To BBQ Champs
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Skater Baiul's Royalties Suit
• MoFo Slams Sungevity Creditor's Ch. 11 Fee Claims
• Ex-Pa. Atty's Whistleblower Claims Against AG's Office Axed
• Firm Accused Of Firing Paralegal After Harassment Complaint
• Ropes & Gray DQ'd In Guardant Health's False Ad Suit
• Judges Recused From El Paso Arena Row Over Staff Bias
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Ky. Judge Refusing Gay Adoption Cases Resigns
• Disbarred Atty Back Behind Bars For Identity Theft Scheme
• Dentons DQ'd Over Conflict In Sutherland Trust Fraud Case
• Scrap Over Oil Moneyman's Bail Not A Conflict, Judge Holds
• Making Pro Bono Work: Can You Practice In Your State?
• Representing Women At The Intersection Of Law And Finance
• Retrophin Ex-Chairman Says Ex-Katten Atty Not Independent
• Fla. Court Revives Ch. 7 Trustee's Legal Malpractice Claims
• Long Island DA, Deputy Charged In Police Brutality Cover-Up
• Fewer Dog Shows, More Documents, NY Judge Tells Gun Atty
• How Law Firms Are Failing To Keep Clients' Data Safe
• Mass. Justices OK Atty's Disbarment For Misusing Funds
• Hibu Wants Latham DQed Completely In Employee Poach Suit
• Giuliani Says Prosecutors Too Zealous In Corporate Cases
• Making Pro Bono Work: Building Sponsorship Relationships
• 3 Ways To Avoid Ethical Pitfalls In High-Low Settlements
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Be A Sponge
• McGraw-Hill Using Law Firm DQ Bid As Weapon, Court Told
• Norton Rose Atty Was 'Hostile,' 'Unreasonable': Calif. Court
• Troutman Partner Scolded Over Yahoo, Google Subpoenas
• Judge Posner Conveyed Guilt In Pro Se Case, 7th Circ. Says
• Oil & Gas Exec Says He Was Wrongly Ousted As Counsel
• Ex-Katten Atty Seeks To Chase Shkreli's Specter From Trial
• Drinker Biddle Attys Deny Pressuring Doc In Hip Implant Trial
• Bankrupt Atty Can't Pledge Future Fees, NJ Justices Told
• Del. High Court Disbars Atty Who Hid Altered Medical Records
• Citing Escobar, 7th Circ. Reverses Ill. Atty's $10M Fine
• Ex-CONMEBOL Chief Waives Conflicts As FIFA Trial Nears
• Many Judges Haunted By Graphic Courtroom Images
• Making Pro Bono Work: Beyond The Hurdles
• Walmart, Fla. Firm Face Class Cert. Bid In Robocall Suit
• MoFo Fights DQ Bid In Banc Of Calif. Cloud Access Suit
• Ex-Philly DA Gets 5 Years For Bribery Conviction
• Lasser Hochman Gets Shot At Fees For Copying Client's Files
• Phelps Dunbar Wants Lloyd's Malpractice Suit Sent To London
• Dentons Ex-Atty Cops Lesser Plea In Extortion Suit
• Ex-Katten Atty Was Shkreli's Right-Hand Man, Jury Hears
• Texas High Court Rejects Suit Over Attys' Health Disclosures
• Foley & Lardner Slams DQ Bid In Slot Game Suit
• Atty Reprimanded For 'Angry Black Women' Remark
• Sungevity Creditor Seeks Partial Refund Of MoFo's Fees
• Ex-Chadbourne Partner May Be 4th To Join Gender Bias Suit
• Judging A Book: Pryor Reviews 'Scalia Speaks'
• Atty Can't Defend Client In CRS Clawback Case, Court Says
• LSAT Dyslexia Accommodation Suit Tossed For Now
• Ex-Fried Frank Client Fights To Revive Tax-Advice Suit
• Freshfields' Frankfurt Office Raided In Tax Evasion Probe
• Atty In $2.8M Fraud Can't Use Bipolar Disorder To Duck Prison
• Testing Judicial Control Over Attorney Conduct At Depositions
• The Inside Counsel Revolution
• Law Firm Can't Undo Debtor's Win In Unfair-Collection Suit
• Mich. Court OKs Nixing 'Foot-Dragging' Atty's Med Mal Suit
• Ex-Katten Atty Betrayed Client, Feds Say As Trial Starts
• Fla. Atty Will Propose Tough Frivolous Action Rule In Court
• Seattle Firm Says Time-Share Contract Suit Is Retaliatory
• Mich. Hospital, Atty Get Sanctions Nixed In Med Mal Suit
• Union Boss Seeks Win In Pepper Hamilton Duty Breach Row
• RI Atty Can't Ditch Texas Suit Over Hernia Mesh Litigation
• Texas Justices OK Atty's Disbarment For Fake Crash Scam
• NJ Court Orders Hearing To See If Threat Swayed Arbitrator
• Ex-Philly DA Disbarred Following Corruption Plea
• Drinker Biddle DQ'd In Pa. Pharma Partnership Fight
• How Arbitrators Maintain Proportionality In Discovery
• NJ Justices Disbar Atty Who Stole Funds To Gamble
• Johnny Depp Claims Lawyers Illegally Took Contingent Fees
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Calif. Court Slams Property Mgmt. Co.'s Appeal Gambit
• Ybrant Ch. 11 Law Firm Escapes Gov't Fee Disgorgement Bid
• Prior Fee Suit Bars Malpractice Claims, NJ Panel Says
• Ex-Pa. AG's Conviction Should Stand, Prosecutors Argue
• Ex-Philly DA Wants Post-Sentencing Release To Visit Mother
• The Law Firm CFO's Role In The Strategic Planning Process
• Fla. Firms To Pay $9.1M For Engle Ethics Disaster
• Posner Seeks To Advise 4th Circ. Pro Se Litigant
• Calif. Supreme Court Won't Lower Score To Pass Bar Exam
• Texas State Sen.'s Securities Fraud Trial Abruptly Shelved
• Judge Can't Dodge Training Ban During Probe, NJ Argues
• Atty, CEO Plead Guilty Over $86M Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• 3rd Circ. Says Investors' Atty Hid Info, Buries $30M Award
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Faruqi Atty's Commissions Suit
• Fla. Justices Asked To Rule On Judge's Facebook Friendship
• Law Firms Must Transition To An Industry Sector Approach
• Tribal Lenders Look To Avoid Taint Of Racer's $2B Fraud
• Two Of Dewey's 'Secret Seven' Sentenced To No-Jail Terms
• Yale Team's Bias Argument Boosts Inmate's New Trial Hopes
• Judge Won't DQ Mintz Levin In Parking Meter IP Dispute
• CashCall GC Blames Katten As $287M CFPA Trial Starts
• Shkreli Acquittal Inadmissible At Trial, Gov't Argues
• Tampering Flap Puts J&J Trial Attys Under Ethics Microscope​
• NJ Panel Keeps Legal Malpractice Suit Nixed Over Experts
• Bio-Rad Asks 9th Circ. To Undo $8M Verdict For Ex-GC
• Chadbourne Must Produce Info About Partners' Pay And Pull
• Cohen Milstein Forfeited Fees For Exiting Suit, Court Told
• Zoo Elephants' 'Friends' Don't Have Proper Counsel, City Says
• Judging A Book: Kozinski Reviews 'The Judge'
• 2nd Circ. Vindicates Bharara's Level Global Raid
• Pa. Justices Consider Awarding Fees In Departed Atty Suit
• Ford Says Firms Lied To Get Drivers To Opt Out Of Deal
• BuzzFeed Sues DOJ For Names In Ex-US Atty's Office Affair
• Ex-Katten Atty Loses Bid To Nix Shkreli Conspiracy Charge
• Insurer's Dispute With Firm Belongs In State Court: Judge
• Calif. County Sheds Strip Search, Retaliatory Raid Claims
• Pa. Atty Pleads Guilty To Fraud In Client Fund Theft Row
• 'Time-Share Advocate' Firm Denies Meddling With Contracts
• Trenk DiPasquale's Email Excuse Is Shaky, Water Agency Says
• NY's Silver Asks Justices To Decide Money Laundering Split
• 'Dysfunctional' Immigration Atty Faces 9th Circ. Sanctions
• Feds Want Ex-Philly DA To Serve 5 Years For Graft
• Bankruptcy Atty Gets 5 Years For Embezzling Millions
• New Post-Recession Metrics For BigLaw Partner Success
• Acting As Fiduciary Is Always In An Atty's Best Interest
• NJ Judge Fights Training Program Ban Amid Bias Claims
• Catfishing, Conning Attys Gets Fraudster 40 Years, $13M Ding
• No Counterclaims For Law Firms In CFBP Illicit Fees Case
• Chadbourne's Move Could Shift Dynamic Of Bias Suits
• Fla. Denied Bid To Remove Judge In Medical Pot License Suit
• Ex-Pa. Rep. Can't Jettison Conviction, State Court Says
• Paralegals' 'Caustic' Jabs At Atty Not Of Public Concern
• Auto Racer, Atty Guilty Of Running Predatory Loan Empire
• Pa. Justices Snub Settlement Appeal In Atty Partnership Tiff
• Time To Lift Student Loan Counseling Restrictions
• 3rd Circ. Knocks Atty's 'Rudimentary' Error In Cops' Bias Suit
• For-Profit Law School's Fall May Signal Industrywide Woes
• Pa. Paper Denied In Bid For Porn Scandal Redacted Docs
• New Jersey Whistleblower Protections: More Than Skin-Deep
• USPTO's Decision To Bar Attorney Upheld By Federal Circ.
• Sessions Slams Asylum Process 'Abuses' In Speech
• O'Melveny Defends $2.5M Fee Bid In La Paloma Ch. 11
• Dow Pollution Class Attys Tell 10th Circ. They Deserve Fees
• Racer In $2B Loan Fraud Says Atty Advice Drove Tribal Ties
• Proskauer Atty Says Judge Undercut Gender Bias Case
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Probation Officer Accuses Pa. Judge Of Sexual Misconduct
• Jawbone's Claims In Fitbit IP Suit Hamper Atty Withdrawal
• Atty, Ex-NY Democratic Leader Cops To $1M Tax Evasion Plot
• Atty Pleads Guilty In $3.4M Tax Evasion Scheme
• Ex-Grant & Eisenhofer's Atty Looks To End $7M Fee Fight
• Maryland Atty Says Napoli 'Stonewalling' On Fee Split Deal
• 'Wizard Of Oz' Reference Caps $2B Tribal Payday Loan Trial
• SEC Says Attys Sent Fraudulent Penny Stock Opinion Letters
• Ex-Herrick Feinstein Atty Gets 2 Years For Tax Evasion
• Top Mass. Court Rules Dechert 'Plainly Negligent' In $2M Suit
• Morris Nichols Switched Sides In Dollar Tree Feud, Court Told
• Why You Should Consider Hyperlinking Your Next Brief
• Pa. Judge Cited For Retaliation On Conduct Board Witnesses
• Convicted Ex-Simpson Thacher Tipper Gets Opening On Fine
• Chadbourne Hits Back At Partner Behind Gender Bias Suit
• Pa. Judge's Partiality Questioned In $21M Insurance Appeal
• Trenk DiPasquale Fights Probe Request In Water Agency Suit
• Trump Ambassador Pick Earned $2.8M At Dentons In 18 Mos.
• 3 District Court Decisions Highlight Limits To CFPB Claims
• Texas Justices Weigh Atty Pay After Oral Contingency Deals
• Ex-Katten Muchin Atty, Prosecutors Submit Revised Juror Q's
• Court Won't Nix Fee Split In Wells Fargo Case Dispute
• Prudential Sues Legal Plan Provider Over Loan Audits
• Atty Eyed For Payday Loan Fraud Says Tribe Strategy Is Legit
• Chinese Co. Drops $160M Suit Against Becker & Poliakoff
• Baker Botts Argues Privilege For Docs In $50B Yukos Row
• Texas Atty Hit With $120K Fee Award In Defamation Suit
• Asian-Americans Facing Challenges In The Legal Industry
• Winston & Strawn Looks To Arbitrate Ex-IP Atty's Bias Suit
• No-Show Suspended Atty Ordered To Pay $350K In SEC Case
• Fiat Chrysler Wins DQ Of Atty In Defective Car Suit
• Ex-Dewey CFO Dodges Prison Time For Fraud Scheme
• Fla. Judge Says Attys Immune From Court Filing Fees Suit
• Judge Unlikely To Dismiss Ex-Katten Atty Conspiracy Count
• SEC Says Atlanta Atty Participated In $30M Ponzi Scheme
• Benefits Portal Biz Wants Derivative Suit Cut Short
• Greenberg Traurig's $9.8M Malpractice Suit Settlement OK'd
• Atty Indicates Willingness To Settle Suit Against Cuneo Gilbert
• Fox News' Top Atty Takes Leave Amid Harassment Woes
• A BigLaw Ladies' Guide To Becoming A 1st-Chair Trial Lawyer
• Atty Seeks Out Of Country Club's Time-Share Contracts Suit
• 1st Circ. Upholds Calif. Atty's Pump-And-Dump Conviction
• 2 Ex-Kirkland Attys DQ'd From Hibu Employment Suit
• Schwartz Simon Drops Suit Against IRS Over Tax Collection
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Atty Ordered To Pay $13.7M In SEC Pump-And-Dump Case
• Feds Re-Up Bid To Ban 5 Experts In Ex-Katten Atty's Trial
• Fla. Bar Should Pay Disbarment Defense Costs, Referee Says
• Fla. High Court Suspends Atty For Year For Client Solicitation
• NJ Justices To Weigh Ethics Rules For Dispute Resolution Biz
• Ex-Pa. AG Kane Escapes Former Deputy's Slander Suit
• Insurer Buys More Time In Exxon Suit But Gets Scolding Too
• Guarding Atty-Client Privilege As Advice Travels Through Co.
• A New Strain Of Inequitable Conduct Litigation
• 5 Tips To Ensure Proper Deposition Behavior
• NJ Atty Sent Doctor's Donations For Menendez, Witness Says
• 11th Circ. Kills Malpractice Claims Against Boies Schiller
• Atty's Tactic At USPTO Not Illegal, Judge Says
• SC Hospital GC Reprimanded For Representing Patient
• Ex-Holland & Knight Atty's Pay Suit Will Get Its Day In Court
• Surgery Centers Ask 9th Circ. To DQ Judge From Billing Suit
• Colo. Atty Walks Fine Line At Racer's $2B Loan Fraud Trial
• Prosecutors Get Delay In Paxton Securities Fraud Trial
• Venezuelan Agency Goes MIA, Ex-Counsel Gets Suit Tossed
• Fed. Circ. Says Atty's Challenge To USPTO Probe Must Wait
• Texas Atty Can Pursue Bribery Claims In Fee Dispute
• Yukos Shareholders Face More Roadblocks In Russia Tax Row
• Feds Must Review Docs After 'False' Claims In Schock Case
• Jaffe Hit With $5M Negligence Verdict Over Pension Advice
• Tribal Council Claims Illegal Gov't Takeover In RICO Suit
• Waymo-Uber Trade Secret Trial Delayed As Judge Blasts Attys
• Chief Recounts 'Awkward' Lunch With Racer At $2B Loan Trial
• Justices Won't Hear California Judge's Disciplinary Appeal
• FBI Agent Testifies About Search In $1B Health Fraud Case
• Steptoe Says Ex-Associate Can't Certify Pay Bias Suit
• Kasowitz Benson Can't Exit Ampal Ch. 7 Case, Judge Rules
• Canadian Court Allows Extradition Of Tax Shelter Promoter
• Judging A Book: Tunheim Reviews 'Miles Lord'
• Ex-Katten Atty Fights To Keep 5 Experts In Shkreli Trial
• CBS Fires In-House Counsel Over Post-Vegas Gun Comments
• Former Texas Atty Gets 10 Years For Money Laundering
• High Court Rejects Petitions For Several Immigration Cases
• Pa. Recusal Ruling Puts Judicial Ethics Burden On Attys
• 3 Pa. Attys Sanctioned Over Surgery Payment Class Action
• IP Attys Back Regeneron Over Inequitable Conduct Finding
• CFPB Suit Can Proceed Against Debt Collecting Law Firm
• Atty Can't Depose King & Spalding Chair In Firing Suit
• High Court Snubs Ex-Jenkens Atty's $7B Tax Fraud Appeal
• Technology Assisted Review Can Work For Small Cases
• Defense Bar Group No Fan Of Shell Co. Transparency Bill
• Justices Won't Hear 6 False Claims Act Appeals
• SEC's Fraud Case Against Roof Co., GC Survives Unscathed
• High Court Turns Away Handful Of Employment Petitions
• Gibson Dunn Ordered To Divulge Bolivian Mining Co. Info
• UPMC's Suit Against Atty Over Client Solicitation To Advance
• Law360 Sizes Up The Term To Come