Legal Ethics Archive » April, 2018

Legal Ethics - April, 2018

294 articles

• NJ Justices Disbar Atty Accused Of Misusing Client's $275K
• NJ Atty Disbarred After Getting Diversion In Criminal Case
• $10K Sanctions For Late-Filing Atty Exposed By Instagram
• Cleary, Outsourcing Co. Hit With Sex Harassment Suit
• Fla. Judge Says Campaign Violations Were Careless, Not Evil
• Utah Firm Sanctioned $361K Over Nitrogen Ice Cream IP Suit
• Dr. Dre, Capitol Must Produce More Docs In NWA Song Suit
• Hidden Expert-Pay Ruling Won't Improve J&J Odds At Retrial
• Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Silver's 2nd Graft Trial Kicks Off
• NJ Atty With Radio Show Stole $2M From Elderly Clients: AG
• Lawyer's Loose Lips Get Zimmer New Trial On $9M Damages
• SEC Sues Securities Atty, 2 Others Over Microcap Schemes
• Girardi Beats Ex-Client's Deal-Skimming Suit At 9th Circ.
• Conn. Justices Say Atty Can't Reseek License Ceded In Probe
• Architect Co. Execs Mishandled Worker Stock Plan, DOL Says
• The Fastest Federal Civil Court For A Decade
• Ex-Lundy Beldecos Client Gets 3rd Shot At Malpractice Suit
• MoFo Slapped With $100M Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Michael Cohen Gets 90-Day Stay In Stormy Daniels Case
• Gov't Urges 18-Month Sentence For Atty In Pa. Graft Case
• Fla. Bar Seeks Suspension Of AWOL Immigration Atty
• Fight Over NFL's Fraud Claims In Concussion Case Heats Up
• Fla. Court Says Woman Can't Amend Suit After 11-Year Delay
• Texas Atty Uses Free Speech Law To Get Fraud Claims Tossed
• NJ Personal Injury Atty Disbarred For Misusing Client Funds
• Ogletree Wants To Move Atty's $300M Gender Bias Suit
• Atty Asks 9th Circ. To Affirm He Didn't Defraud EB-5 Investor
• Manafort Loses Civil Challenge To Mueller Probe
• Shumaker Loop Faces DQ Bid In $25M Trade Secrets Suit
• Fee Order Stayed Against Pa. Sen. In Gerrymandering Row
• Chicago Atty Accused Of Impersonating Judge Found Dead
• How Attys Can Avoid Conflict Trouble In Litigation Funding
• Cushman & Wakefield Must Face Suit Over Philly Project
• Defending Lawyer Depositions: Lessons From Waymo V. Uber
• Ill. Court Takes First Step To Remove Convicted Judge
• Bad Faith Claims Trend Threatens Insurer Attys, Panel Says
• Disbarred Mass. Atty Gets Nearly 5 Years For Investor Scams
• $28M Monitronics Robocall Deal Objector Loses Sanctions Bid
• ABA To Mull Model 'Wellness' Policy For Struggling Attys
• Not Enough Proof For Fees In Property, Investor Suits: Panel
• Proskauer's Doe, Named In New Filing, Lodges Fresh Claims
• Atty Cites 1st Circ. In Seeking Contempt In Biolitec IP Case
• $1.5B Stanford Trial Against Proskauer Postponed
• Ex-Judge At Bracewell To Hear Cohen's Privilege Claims
• NJ Atty Disbarred Over Conviction In $5M Investment Plots
• Ill. Sheriff Wants Attys Sanctioned After Backpage's Plea
• Calif. Appeals Court Says Secret Brief Not OK In Arbitration
• Hidden Expert Pay Gets J&J New Trial After $502M Verdict
• Proposed Calif. Rule To Release Sex Deals Involving Judges
• Michael Cohen To Plead 5th In Stormy Daniels Case
• Farmers Say Firms Tricked Them Out Of GMO Settlements
• Holland & Hart's Filing In CAA Suit 'Frivolous,' Judge Says
• Thiel Reaches Pact Not To Buy Gawker Assets, Avoids Claims
• Fed. Circ. Says Merck Atty's Lies Doomed $200M Patent Win
• Proskauer Pulls Bid At 5th Circ. To Stay $1.5B Stanford Trial
• Ex-Nelson Levine Attys Can't Dodge Firm Wrap-Up Dispute
• Judges Face Tough Choices In Fighting Political Attacks
• Chiropractor Sues Defense Counsel After $6M RICO Loss
• Misdated Orders Sink Fee Row Against Firm, NJ Court Says
• Ex-Port Authority Commish Caught On Video Berating Cops
• 9th Circ. Affirms Reversal Of Ch. 7 Sanctions In RE Row
• Atty Liable For Firm's Malpractice Suit, Ill. Panel Says
• 3 Firms To Pay $800K More Amid Billable Hour Probe
• Texas Probate Judge Scolded For Calling Ward 'Maggot Man'
• Proskauer Asks 5th Circ. To Stay $1.5B Stanford Trial
• Skadden's Greg Craig Makes Sudden Exit Amid Mueller Probe
• BofA Fights Sanctions Bid In Suit Over Allegedly Shady Docs
• NY Court Atty Resigns After Giving Advice To Hubby's Client
• LabMD Says Judge Biased, Must Recuse In Tiversa Suit
• Ballard Can't Arbitrate IP Malpractice Suit, Judge Told
• Mass. Justices Skeptical Judge Can Keep Job After Scandal
• NY Jury Quickly Finds Atty Guilty Of Gifts-For-Guns Bribes
• Proskauer Loses Bid To Delay $1.5B Clawback Trial
• Bowles Rice, Title Insurer Spar Over $41M Settlement Payment
• NY Jury Gets Gifts-For-Guns Bribery Case Against Lawyer
• Fla. Judge Out After Berating Sick Woman Who Died Later
• Atty Resigns From Port Authority Post Amid Ethics Probe
• Philly Law Firm Pursues ID Of Negative Glassdoor Poster
• Ethics Rules Have Not Evolved With AI, GCs Say
• Burt Barr Gets $3M Legal Malpractice Suit Tossed
• Ex-NY DA Staffer Cops To Embezzling $440K From Office
• Fla. Bar Seeks Early Win On Claims Ticket App Is Illegal
• 2nd Circ. Upholds DLA Piper Win In Malpractice Suit
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Shot Wife Found Guilty Of Murder
• Woman's Suit Against Lawyer For Losing Case Came Too Late
• Have Your Cake, Eat It Too: Stocks Taxed As Assets In M&As
• Alleged Atty Conflict Not Enough To Doom Biofuel Indictment
• Ethical Advocacy In Mediation: You May Need A New Plan
• Stanford Ponzi Scheme Receiver, Ex-GC Reach Settlement
• Sanctions Bid Advances Against Fla. Firm, Billionaire
• Michael Cohen Says FBI Raid Must Pause Stormy Daniels Row
• Fired FBI Deputy McCabe Getting Legal Defense Fund
• Alston & Bird Settles $35M Ga. Malpractice Suit
• NY Restaurant Clan Fight Sparks Gift Tax Malpractice Suit
• Lawyers Spar Over Bid To DQ Atty In Corruption Case
• Mass. Atty Appeals Suspension, Gets 6 More Months
• Atty Suspended For Ignoring Clients, Missed Deadlines
• Mail Not Integral To Jailed Lawyer's Scheme, 7th Circ. Told
• Wis. Atty Disciplined For Bungling Med Mal Suit
• Heiress Accused Of Inheritance-Tax Dodge Gets Pretrial Win
• K&L Gates, Ex-Client Agree To Toss Houston Malpractice Suit
• Litigation Funding Isn't Just For The Little Guy Anymore
• Dentons Under Scrutiny After UK Maternity Leave Spat
• Ill. Judge Lied During Murder Investigation, Board Says
• Trump Atty Drops Libel Suit Against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS
• Pa. Judge Can't Appeal Jurisdiction In Defamation Suit
• Proskauer Tells 5th Circ. It's Immune From $1.5B Stanford Suit
• Ariz. Court Resolves Firms' Row Over Med Mal Settlement
• Texas Atty Gets 10 Years For $26M Workers' Comp Fraud
• NY Gun Atty's Wife Tells Bribe Jury Ex-Cop 'Broke His Heart'
• State AGs Tell Congress Not To Exclude Attys From FDCPA
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Atty Won't Face Malpractice Claims, Texas Court Affirms
• Pa. Judge Defends Axing Privilege For Divorce Records
• Most Confidential Info Can't Be Retained In Hilton ERISA Row
• Pa. Judge Can't Duck Conduct Charges For Alleged Bullying
• Fla. Court Wants Hearing On Engle Firm Conflict Questions
• Trump Likely Defamed Porn Star With Tweet, Lawyer Says
• Norton Rose Accused Of Client Betrayal In Energy Deal Talks
• Gifts-For-Guns Jury Sees Accused Atty's Emails To Ex-Cop
• Dickinson Wright Wins Hearing On Malpractice Suit Evidence
• Cohen, Feds Name Special Master Picks To Audit Seized Docs
• Michael Cohen, Wife Owe $110K Taxes On Taxi Cos., Docs Say
• Privilege Can't Halt Depos In Timeshare Co.'s Contract Suit
• Texas Panel Told To Revive Asbestos Depo 'Coaching' Row
• Girardi Can't Use Atty-Client Relationship To Nix Class Claims
• Pa. Court Urged To Ax Appeal Over 'Abusive' $1M Sanction
• Best Practices For Building A Better Meeting
• Fraud Conviction Unneeded For Extra Damages From NY Attys
• Ex-Massey CEO Says Withheld Docs Should Nix Conviction
• Let Judge See Mediator's Notes, Proskauer Atty Tells 2nd Circ.
• Ocwen TCPA Deal Delayed As Judge Mulls Atty Sanctions
• Denton Partner Charged In Fatal Hit-And-Run In Canada
• Rent-A-Wreck Head Demands Co. Pay His Ch. 11 Legal Fees
• 2nd Circ. Cool On Saving Funds' Suit Against DLA Piper
• Ex-Liddle Partner Hammers Firm In $32M Equal Pay Suit
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Blasts Murder Charges At Trial's Close
• Atty's Ex-Clerkship Shouldn't DQ Him From Immig. Suit: Judge
• Deal Could End Sanctions For Hastert Whistleblower
• Atty's Ex-Buddy Who Decoded Insider-Trade Texts Ducks Jail
• Attys Must Admit Some Errors To Current Clients, ABA Says
• 5 Ways Law Firms Are Becoming More Like Hotels
• Texas DA Says Judge's Stun Belt Use Doesn't Merit New Trial
• Ex-Ethics Judge Deserves Jail For $3M Fraud, 3rd Circ. Says
• NJ Atty Accused Of Misusing Client's $275K, Lying To Police
• Why BigLaw's Partnerships Are Shrinking
• Dropping Ranks: Lathrop's Rough Patch
• Dropping Ranks: Andrews Kurth's Pre-Merger Dip
• Dropping Ranks: Stroock's 'Shrink To Grow' Strategy
• Elaine Wynn Settles Claims Against Steve Wynn And Wynn GC
• SEC Reaches Deal With Exec Convicted In Dewey Fraud
• Feds Stick To DQ Of Atty In Mass. Dem's Corruption Case
• Judge Recuses Self, Scolds Law Student-Plaintiff
• NJ Courtroom's Layout Row Is Unsettled Matter, Court Says
• Cohen, Trump Can't Get Block Of Fed. Review Of Seized Docs
• Latimer LeVay Atty Should Be DQ'd Over Conflict, Judge Says
• Firm Can't Shake Ex-Associate's Bias Suit Over Samurai Pic
• NY Gun Atty Tells Jury He Was 'Pushy' But Didn't Pay Bribes
• Doc Says Atty For Patient's Estate Repped Prior Counsel
• Capitol, Dr. Dre Blast Privilege Waiver Ruling In NWA Suit
• Patent Atty Asks 6th Circ. To Revive Ford Employment Fight
• Morgan Lewis Denies Liability In $30M Malpractice Suit
• Gorsuch's 1st Year Shows He Is A Conservative Activist
• Dilworth Paxson Can't Dodge Suit Over Frivolous RE Cases
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• How 5 Firms Grew Without Merging
• The Law360 400
• Megafirms Find New Heights In Grounded Market
• Ex-Katten Atty Pushes To Deep-Six Fraud Verdict
• Car Co.'s Bid To DQ Quinn Over Presuit Atty Chat May Stall
• Billionaire, Fla. Firm To Face Depositions In Sanctions Bid
• NJ Atty Suspended Over Role In Living Trust Scheme
• CFPB Fights Quick Win Bid By Law Firms In Illegal Fees Suit
• Feds Say Cohen Is Barely A Lawyer, Blast Privilege Claims
• Trump Atty Did Little For Squire Patton, Prosecutors Say
• Disney Atty's Args Don't Call For New Trial, Fla. Court Says
• Firm Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Stock Plan Transaction
• Fed Raids On Trump Atty A Privilege Screen 'Nightmare'
• Greenberg Traurig Beats Malpractice Claim In Clawback Row
• A Chat With Baker Botts CMO Gillian Ward
• Ch. 7 Trustee Fights Sanctions Over His Chicago Cab Suit
• Hunt Petroleum Heir's Attys Lose $7.3M Fees In Estate Row
• NJ Disbars NY Atty Over Immigration Fraud Conviction
• There Is Middle Ground For US Lawyers On AML Regimes
• Fla. Firm Fights Sanctions In Billionaire Sex Offender Row
• Workers Reach $10M Deal In ERISA Suit Over Pension Ripoff
• Schiff Hardin Asks 5th Circ. To Nix Insurer's Malpractice Suit
• Drinks Co. Appeals Fees Award, Saying Arbitrator Would Profit
• Ex-Dorsey Partner Disbarred For Off-Book Client Work
• Invalid Arguments Raised In E-Filing Row, News Outfit Says
• Hospital Owner Can't Keep Ch. 11 Malpractice Row In Court
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• 2 Attys, Waffle House Exec's Maid Cleared In Sex Tape Case
• Pa. Ethics Board Slams Judge's Bid To Duck Conduct Charges
• Finance-Savvy Millennials Are Shifting Business Of Law
• 11th Circ. Denies LabMD Full Review In Tiversa Fraud Row
• Miami Atty Fights Disbarment, Slams Bar's 'Bad Faith' Claims
• Aviva Ends $35M Note Fraud Claims Against Dewey Execs
• Durie Tangri Should Be DQ'd From Twitter TM Row, Court Told
• Fla. Judge Resigns After Husband Accused Of Investor Fraud
• Feds Seek Leniency For BigLaw Atty's Insider Trading Partner
• NJ Real Estate Atty Suspended Over Botched Mortgage Payoff
• Immigration Atty Appeals EB-5 Fraud Suit Loss At 9th Circ.
• Atty Ducks Suit Alleging Withheld Jury Note Led To $25M Deal
• Insurer Must Defend NJ Atty Against Allstate's Fraud Claims
• Attorney-Client Privilege Is Alive And Well
• Dissolving Practice
• Calif. Justice Wants Court Sex Harass Deals To Name Names
• Shkreli Must Repay Investor $388K Over Property Deal Woes
• TIKD Asks Fla. High Court To End Fla. Bar Suit
• LegalZoom Can Arbitrate IP Firm's Ad, Competition Claims
• 9th Circ. Judge Rips Indirect Buyers' $577M CRT Settlement
• Fed. Committee Backs Tougher Corporate Deposition Rule
• UK Lawyer Convicted For Helping Heirs In $14M Tax Dodge
• Harvard Can File Admissions Info Under Seal, Judge Rules
• Dissolving Practice: How To Fix A Dysfunctional Law Firm
• Ethical Pitfalls In Witness Interviews: 4 Decisions To Know
• Attys Must Remember Duty Of Confidentiality When Online
• Atty Convicted Of Coercing Clients Into Sex Gets 80 Years
• Feds Raid Trump Atty Cohen's Office, Seize Emails
• California Attorney Denied New Stock Fraud Trial
• Ind. Court Raises Ethics Warning On Online Client Referrals
• Billionaire Sex Offender Fights Firm's Sanctions Bid
• Dallas Restaurateur Says Atty Betrayed Him In Tex-Mex Row
• CFPB, Debt Collector Law Firm Must Brace For Trial In Ohio
• NY Jury Gets Case Against UK Atty Eyed In Heirs' Tax Dodge
• Ballard Spahr Wants IP Rental Malpractice Claims Arbitrated
• Dissolving Practice: Partner Agreement Clauses That Can Help
• Steve Wynn Says Civil Rights Atty Lisa Bloom Defamed Him
• Quinn Emanuel Fights DQ Bid Over Presuit Chat With Attys
• Steptoe's Malpractice Win Kept Intact Amid Stolen-Asset Row
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Texas Justices OK Penalty For 'King Cobra' Atty In Fee Row
• NJ Atty Censured Over DWI Mileage Report Cover-Up
• DLA Piper, BakerHostetler Dodge Fraud Claims In Billing Row
• Vt. Justices Mulling Atty's Sanction In Quid Pro Quo Sex Case
• Pa. Judge, Atty Granted Delay In Money Laundering Trial
• Dissolving Practice: The Unfinished Business Doctrine
• Cozen Must Face Suit Over Ex-Partner's Philly Project Role
• XpresSpa Founders Hit With Sanctions Bid In Takeover Fight
• Judge Denies Bias And Texas State Sen.'s New Trial Bid
• Wash. High Court Backs A Bar Admission Of Former Prisoner
• Judge Stands Firm On Sanctions In Hastert Whistleblower Suit
• TIKD Denies Business Is Unlicensed Practice Of Law
• Ex-NY Asst. AG Agrees To Restitution Deal In Benefits Case
• TM Co. Wants Sanctions Over Witness Tampering Claims
• Magistrate Slams Oracle's 'Overheated Rhetoric' In HP Row
• Trump Says He Didn't Know Atty Paid Stormy Daniels $130K
• Fla. Atty Convicted Of Mortgage Fraud Faces Disbarment
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Ex-Pa. DA's Suit Against Cosby Accuser, Lawyers Tossed
• Ex-Pa. Judge Reprimanded For Retaliation Over Ethics Probe
• UK Regulator Threatens Action Over Lawyers' PPI Fees
• How Florida Affirmed Fiduciaries' Lawyer-Client Privilege
• Bogus Trades, Lies Drove $300M Stock Fraud, Jury Hears
• Pa. Atty Suspended After Copping To Tax Charge
• Pa. DA Charged With Sex-For-Leniency Scheme
• Calif. Food Co. Blasts EEOC Over Dead Charging Parties
• Gov't Says Civil Suit Can't Kill Manafort's Criminal Charges
• Man Tipped On Stocks By Ex-BigLaw Atty Angles For No Jail
• Baker Donelson Billing Advice Malpractice Suit Dismissed
• Mass. Judge Pleads To Keep Job Amid Sex Scandal
• NC Court Keeps 18-Year Battle Over AG Campaign Ad Alive
• Law Firm Denies Claim Of Bad Litigation Funding Advice
• Chipotle OT Suit Stayed While 5th Circ. Looks At Contempt
• Facebook's 11th-Hour Discovery Merits Sanctions, Judge Told
• IP Atty Accused Of 'Bizarre Scheme' In TM Antitrust Suit
• Wis. Gov. Signs Legal Funder Transparency Rule
• KPMG Fronting Ex-Employees' Legal Fees In PCAOB Case
• Feds Say Atty's Charitable Tax Scheme Cost Gov't $35M
• Sidley Must Face Some Of Linkwell Investor's Merger Suit
• Yelp Says Bad Atty Review Ruling Will Hurt Web Publishers
• Court Worker Fights Employer's Bid To Escape Judge Sex Suit
• Drinker Biddle Faces Defamation Claim Over Scotched Clinic
• Defunct Philly Firm Can't Dodge Malpractice Counterclaims
• NJ Construction Worker Can't Revive Suit After Atty Errors
• Ex-Skadden Atty Gets 30 Days For Lying To Mueller Team
• Attys Must Tread Carefully In Litigation Funding's Next Stage
• Trump Seeks To Arbitrate Stormy Daniels' Hush Contract Row
• Judge Scolds Attys For Facebook, BladeRoom As Trial Looms
• Defense Atty, Mass. Bar Pan DQ Bid In Corruption Case
• GoPro Wins Sanctions For Rival's Altered Doc In IP Row
• Firm's Cybersquatting Suit Against Ex-Client Gets Go-Ahead
• Holland & Knight's $35M Malpractice Loss Nixed On Appeal
• Judge Scolds No-Show Models In Fla. Swingers Club IP Spat
• Failed Developer Asks 1st Circ. To Undo Bankruptcy Judgment
• Courts Improperly Spent $200M In PACER Fees, Judge Rules
• Fintech 'Unicorn' Founder Stole $48M In Scam, SEC Claims
• 11th Circ. Revives Bankruptcy Client's Claims Against Attys
• Suspended NJ Atty's Suit Properly Tossed, 3rd Circ. Says
• Pa. Atty Can't Get 2nd Bite At Defamation Suit Against Firm
• BakerHostetler Shuts Down Hermitage's DQ Sanction Bid
• Pa. Atty Wants 2nd Shot At Duane Morris Malpractice Appeal
• How Law Firms Can Combat Sexual Harassment