Legal Ethics Archive » January, 2018

Legal Ethics - January, 2018

247 articles

• 11th Circ. Scolds Winn-Dixie Rivals' Attys In Exclusivity Row
• Plea Deal For Ex-Ill. Judge's Accomplice Calls For Prison
• Attys Beat Concert Promoters In Row Over Racial Bias Suit
• Miami Restaurant Looks To DQ Ex-Worker's Attys In Wage Suit
• Shkreli Sentencing Delayed While Parties Mull Loss, Forfeiture
• Investors Blast NuVasive's Sanctions Bid Over Depositions
• Man Cannot Nix 1970 Marijuana Tax Conviction, Court Says
• Resorts' Suits Against Timeshare Exit Firms Heat Up
• Ex-Judge Can Recoup Prostitution 'John School' Tuition
• The Meaninglessness Of 'Disinterested'
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• NH Asks Justices To Deny Endo's Challenge Of Outside Atty
• Dechert Slams Ex-Payroll Staffers' Age Discrimination Suit
• Calif. Regulator Seeks Atty Sanctions In 'Moot' Wildfire Suit
• As Uber-Waymo Trial Nears, Judge Highlights MoFo's Impact
• SEC, DiCarmine Announce Tentative Deal Over Dewey Fraud
• Atty Who Sent Ill. Judge Angry Emails Suspended From Court
• Traffic Ticket App Must Answer Fla. Bar's Injunction Bid
• Concert Fraudster's Prison Sentence Fair, 3rd Circ. Says
• $90M Malpractice Suit Claims Van Ness Botched Land Deal
• Pa. Justices To Mull Privilege For Atty Emails To Consultants
• Pepper Hamilton Has To Face Jury In Breach-Of-Duty Dispute
• NLRB Nominee Has Repped Tech Titans As Morgan Lewis Atty
• Fed. Circ. Nixes Sanctions Against DOJ Atty In Contract Row
• 4 Habits That Can Land Personal Injury Attys In Hot Water
• Ore. Law Firm Must Face Logging Co.'s Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Ill. Judge Loses New Bid To Duck Mortgage Fraud Charges
• Locke Lord Engineer Faces Fair Jail Time, 5th Circ. Says
• Fla. High Court Clarifies Privilege Question In Estates Cases
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Detroit Residents Sanctioned In Pistons Arena Funding Fight
• BBC, Guardian Can't Move Suit Over Paradise Papers Leak
• Nonprofit Can't See Finances Of Atty In Tribal Land Deal
• Diamond Resorts Can Pursue Trimmed Suit Over Atty's Ads
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• Florida Waiver Ruling Reinforces Substance Over Form
• How #MeToo Is Changing Internal Investigations
• Ethics Training For Attys Should Aim Higher, Sotomayor Says
• Ex-ICE Agent Admits Taking Bribes From Immigrants' Atty
• Three Plead Guilty In Fla. For 'Shell Factory Fraud'
• Resort Can Sue 'Interfering' Timeshare Exit Co., Judge Says
• Judge Won't Step Aside In SEC's Fair Finance Co. Fraud Case
• Kmart Must Follow FCA Settlement Or Be Sanctioned: Court
• Nixon Peabody Gets A Shot At Ducking DQ In Insurance Case
• Jurist Accused Of Profane Rant In Bid To Duck DWI Arrest
• Comcast Defends Hire Of Ex-Tech VP To Consult On IP Suit
• McDermott Urges Toss Of Westlaw Widow's $7.5M Estate Suit
• Pa. Atty Accused Of Stealing To Buy Sex Toys Loses License
• Judge's Co-Defendant Cops To Role In $1.4M Mortgage Fraud
• IRS Escapes FOIA Suit Over Tax Attorney's Document Request
• Zoo Tries To Nix Judge In PETA Suit Over Animal Dwellings
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• NJ Judge's Civil Rights Claims Against Fellow Jurists Trimmed
• Fitbit Rival Dodges Sanctions Bid In IP Suit, For Now
• Suit Over Sidley, Malpractice Limits Appealed To High Court
• Fraudster's Atty Increased His Prison Time, Judge Says
• Verdict For Hartman Simons In $10M Legal Mal Coverage Row
• Resort Co. Says Timeshare Exit Co., Attys Must Face Suit
• Girardi Can't Shake Accounting Suit Over $120M Class Deals
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Ex-Fla. Bar President Withdraws From $11M Antitrust Suit
• Former City Atty Employee Sentenced For Embezzling $700K
• Bill For Apps That Resolve Traffic Tickets Withdrawn In Fla.
• LA Court Tosses Firing Suit By County's Ex-Lawyer
• 'Big Hitter' Swindlers Putting Strain On Client Victim Funds
• Morgan Lewis Fights Sanctions Bid In Suit Over Explosion
• Bar Exam Prep Co., Blind Students Settle ADA Suit
• 1st Circ. 'Reluctantly' Nixes Sanctions In $70M Fine Appeal
• Mass. Judge Sexually Coerced Court Worker, Suit Says
• Congresswoman's Ex-Staffers Plead Guilty In Nude Pics Case
• Fugitive Atty's Ex-Wife Admits Lying About Contact With Him
• Ex-Winston Partner Fights Order To Arbitrate Bias Case
• Eisner Jaffe To Rep Weinstein Co. In Film Rights Dispute
• Blank Rome Slams DQ Bid Amid Producers' Plane-Crash Suit
• Pa. Justices Won't Reinstate Ex-DA Who Seduced Minor Boy
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• 'Judge Judy' Cut Producers Out Of $95M Deal, Suit Claims
• Video-Averse Plaintiffs' Atty Has Been Abusive, Puma Says
• When Attorneys Get Ensnared In FCPA Misconduct
• NJ Judge Misused Role In Own Child Support Case: Complaint
• Attorneys Squabble Over Cut Of $785M Pfizer FCA Deal
• LA Atty Geragos Accused of Blowing Hospital Death Suit
• LA Attys Kabateck, Geragos Back In Court Over Private Jet
• Pa. Mayor Sold Contracts For Campaign Cash, Jurors Told
• NY DAs Urged To Slash Campaign Donations From Attorneys
• Ex-Dentons Atty Charged In Extortion Plot Gets 5 Months
• Calif. Appeals Court Won't Raise Fees In $2.5M Med Mal Case
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• Trump Int'l Hotels Says Fed Court Must Decide Law Firm's Suit
• DOL Gets $1.9M Sanction Against Health Care Co. In OT Case
• Lloyd's, SFA End $64M Dickstein Malpractice Coverage Row
• '#Killinnazis' Uproar Shows Attys Must Tread Lightly Online
• Hanover Off Hook For Costs In Dershowitz Defamation Suit
• Fla. Atty In Allied Veterans Gambling Case Wins Costs
• Dentons Probing Claims Of Atty's 'Inappropriate Behavior'
• Client Insult Protected From Atty Defamation Suit: NJ Court
• Thompson Hine Atty Still DQ'd In $86M Pump-And-Dump Case
• Ex-Dewey Exec DiCarmine Might Represent Self At SEC Trial
• Kipling-Quoting Oil Developer Gets No Fees In Patent Case
• Immigration Judges Sued For Not Conducting Bond Hearings
• 11th Circ. Frees Paul Weiss From Suit By Ex-Dolphins Coach
• Atty Fees For Berkshire Bank CEO's Son Concern Libor Judge
• Atty Agrees To Disbarment For Filming Women In Restrooms
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Fake Medical Pot Certifications Get Fla. Atty Disbarred
• Derrick Rose Asks 9th Circ. To Sanction Rape Accuser Attys
• Pa. Justices Disbar Judge Who Stole Cocaine From Evidence
• Ex-Ill. Judge Must Face Mortgage Fraud Charges: Court
• Ill. Atty Censured For Not Banning Disbarred Wife From Firm
• Panama Attys Say Trump Hotel Co.'s RICO Claims 'Absurd'
• Greenberg Traurig Faces DQ Bid By Onetime Vet-Led Client
• Bock Hatch Looks To DQ Foley & Lardner For Fla. Bar Violation
• Excessive Powers Fueled Ex-Pa. AG Leak Probe, Panel Hears
• Justices Weigh Death Row Inmate's Unauthorized Guilty Plea
• Puma Biotech Investors Say Depo Camera Is Meant To Harass
• When And How To Communicate With Pro Se Litigants
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Foreign Trader Fails To Boot SEC Attys Over Privileged Docs
• High Court Skeptical Of Challenge To Terror Review Judges
• Uber Slams Waymo's Hidden-Evidence Claims As 'Whining'
• Firms Deserve $9M Fine For 'Baseless' Engle Suits: Report
• Texas Court Affirms Atty Suspension Over Client Soliciting
• Justices Won't Hear Fla. Firm's Tribal Immunity Case
• NY's Silver Loses High Court Attempt, Clearing Retrial Path
• The Legal Case Against Weinstein's Suppression Efforts
• Ogletree Atty Hits Firm With $300M Gender Bias Class Action
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Up Next At High Court: Betraying A Client, Appellate Rules
• NJ Atty Suspended After Disbarment In Fla. Over Land Deals
• Arbitrator Promised Win For Fees, Ill. Regulator Says
• Harvey Class Attys Hit Back At Royal Caribbean Sanctions Bid
• Paragon Seeks Sanctions For Meddlesome Equity Holder
• Disbarred Atty Can Recoup Fees From Med Mal Case
• Texas Atty Drops Suit Against Ex-Firm Over Fee Agreement
• Shkreli Hits Back At Feds' $7.3M Forfeiture Bid
• Atty's Malpractice Jurisdiction Fight Dies At Texas High Court
• Final Dewey Cooperator Gets No Jail Time
• Judge Won't Recuse Self From Suit Against Ark. High Court
• Ex-VP Can't Help Comcast In IP Row, Tech Firm Says
• New Group To Probe Workplace Harassment In Federal Courts
• Ex-State Street Exec Can Try To Depose Clifford Chance Atty
• Gilbride Tusa Gets Quick Win Axed In $85M Malpractice Suit
• NJ Atty Of Movie Fame Gets Home Confinement In Tax Case
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Morgan Lewis Fights DQ For Repping Both Sides In Wage Suit
• Atty Can Revive 'Grisham'-Like Counterclaims Against Firm
• DQ King & Spalding In Vaccine Patent Row, Ex-Client Says
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• Tax-Dodging Med Mal Lawyer Ducks Prison Due To Weak Heart
• Atty Can't Duck SEC Suit Over Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Bad Conduct Should Limit Tribal Immunity, High Court Told
• Pa. Broker Sentenced To 6½ Years For Mortgage Fraud
• Enviros Say Dakota Access Attys Sued Philosophy, Not Entity
• Doc Says 'Payoff' By Feds Warrants Nix Of Criminal Case
• Spring Trial Date Set In $300M Stock Fraud Case
• NJ Estate Atty Convicted Of Looting $1.5M From Clients
• Former Loeb & Loeb Client Says Firm Misfiled Patent Notices
• Fight Harassment In Fed Court With Ombudsman: Advocates
• New Info Won't Cause 3rd Circ. To Rethink Nixing $30M Award
• Sen. Gillibrand Pledges To Block Trump's US Atty Pick
• DOL Wins OT Suit After Health Care Co. Shirks Court Orders
• Skadden Beats Golfer Singh's Sanctions Bid In PGA Tour Suit
• Atty Agrees To Pay $8.1M To SEC In Investor Fraud Deal
• Trump Atty Sues BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS Over Russia Dossier
• Archer & Greiner Beats Malpractice Suit Over Leaky Church
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• IP Firm Stakes Survival On War Against Non-Atty TM Services
• Fla. Bar Seeks To DQ Ex-Prez From $11M Antitrust Row
• Schiff Hardin Must Face Insurer's Suit Over $34M Verdict
• MoFo Will Face Macquarie Again Over IPO Malpractice Claims
• Feinstein Puts Out Fusion GPS Founder's Russia Interview
• Firm Says Ex-Partner Exploited Widow To Sign Over $2M
• Fired-Atty Fee Dispute A Matter Of Principle, 7th Circ. Told
• Pa. Judge Junks $28M Xarelto Verdict Against J&J, Bayer
• Cadwalader Out To Sink Six Flags Proxy Malpractice Beef
• Renco Sues Ex-Kaye Scholer Attys Over $214M Verdict
• Firms Duck 'Mafia-Style' RICO Accusations, For Now
• Judge Wood Talks To Law360 About Rooting Out Harassment
• Convicted 'Kids For Cash' Judge Gets Retrial On 3 Counts
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• Cook County Must Provide Instant Access To E-Filed Suits
• High Court Declines To Review 7 IP Cases
• Law Firm Must Face False Ad Suit Over 'Your Lawyer' Claims
• Doc's Attys Duel Over Fee Split In $785M Pfizer FCA Deal
• Fusion GPS Seeks Judge's Recusal In Dossier Subpoena Case
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• Thompson Hine Atty Fights DQ In $86M Pump-And-Dump Case
• Time-Share Exit Co., Law Firms Seek To End Conspiracy Suit
• Law Firm Sues BofA After Funds Wired To Hacker's Account
• Taking And Defending Depositions You Can Actually Use
• Judge's 'Hostile And Bullying' Acts Prompt New Hearing
• PTAB Scolds Tribe Over Unauthorized Impartiality Motion
• Lydecker Diaz, Ex-Client Spar Over Failed $12M Loan
• SEC's Ponzi Suit Against DC Atty Dumped As 'Thin Gruel'
• Calif. Gov. Can Ignore National Guard Whistleblower Referrals
• Racer Jailed For $2B Fraud After Judge Rips Tribal Defense
• King & Spalding Moves To Sink Ex-Associate's Suit
• Arpaio Deputy Must Pay Partial Atty Fees Over Appeal
• Jury Misconduct Claimed In Ex-Katten Atty Trial
• Atty In $28M Xarelto Trial Could Be Nixed Over Judge Photo
• NY Lawyer Who Padded Billables To Look Busy Censured
• Fla. Attys Look To Toss Ticket Startup's $11M Antitrust Suit
• Manafort's Unlikely Shot At Mueller Aimed For Public Splash
• Lobbyist Says Firm Fired Her For Anti-Harassment Campaign
• Greenberg Traurig To Pay $5M To Defunct Builder In JV Row
• 7th Circ. Forms Committee To Examine Sexual Harassment
• Sessions' Pivot On Pot Could Put Chill On Cannabis Law
• Weinstein Co. Loses Attys Over Unpaid Bills In Rights Suit
• Pa. Appeals Court Revives Suit Against Atty In Med Mal Row
• Stockbridge-Munsee Opposes Sanction In Wis. Casino Dispute
• Law360's The Week in Discipline
• End Of The Line For 'Rambling' RICO Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• Ex-Partner Sues NJ Firm Over Unpaid Retirement Benefits
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• Ex-Merrill Lynch Manager Loses Mormon Bias Appeal
• Texas Appeals Court Tosses $2.9M Judgment Against Oil Cos.
• Mass. Trial Courts Ban Certain Opioids From Courthouses
• Pot Exec Says Atty's Arbitration Pact Doesn't Apply To Him
• LeClairRyan Sued For Malpractice By Ex-Blood Test Exec
• GC's Wrongful Termination Suit Must Stay In DC, Judge Says
• A Look At The Sanction Dogging A Trump Judicial Nominee
• Morgan Lewis, Manufacturing Execs Resolve Discovery Row
• Manafort Sues DOJ, Seeking To Topple Special Counsel
• Atty Denies Passing Confidential Data In Ocwen TCPA Row
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• 5th Circ. Trims Harboring Convictions For Texas Lawyer
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• LabMD Seeks Full 11th Circ. Review In Tiversa Fraud Row
• Trump's Judge-Vetting Under Scrutiny After Failed Nominees
• Ethical Landmines For Counsel To Closely Held Entities
• Ex-Katten Atty Conviction A Cautionary BigLaw Tale
• Insurer Asks Texas Justices To Nix Thompson Coe Suit
• Sloan Kettering Gets Trimmed Fees In IP Fight
• Firing Ex-Tobacco Atty Doesn't Fix Engle Case Conflict: Court
• Ex-NY Town Atty Avoids Prison For Role In Muni Bond Fraud
• Waymo Says Withheld Letter Could Be Uber 'Cover-Up'
• Texas Court Affirms Reprimand Of Atty For Recusal Motions
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• US Wants 20 Years For Payday Loan Boss Scott Tucker
• Simpson Thacher Accused Of Owing $937K To Recruiting Firm
• Ex-Brooklyn DA Disbarred After Wiretapping Romantic Target
• Justice Roberts Orders Review Of Sexual Harassment Policies
• Ex-Dewey Exec DiCarmine Unable To Bury Hatchet With SEC
• 4 Attorney Rule Changes To Watch For In 2018
• Pennsylvania Cases To Watch In 2018
• Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2018