Legal Ethics Archive » June, 2018

Legal Ethics - June, 2018

289 articles

• Justice Kennedy Leaves Mixed Record On Civil Rights
• SRA Fines UK Firm Slater & Gordon For Sharing Client Info
• Disbarred Hunton Atty Cops To Fraud After 20 Years On Lam
• Michigan Law School Pals Who Ran Invoice Scam Get Prison
• Seyfarth Beats Malpractice Suit At Trial, Wins $133K
• 4th Circ. Says Deal With Feds Preserves Co.'s Privilege
• Trump Says He Will Announce Supreme Court Nominee July 9
• Kennedy's Retirement: Legacy, Fallout & The Battle Ahead
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• State Street Fraud Case Firms Punch Back At Special Master
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Cops To $9M In Unlicensed Transfers
• Agency Says Immig. Judge Publicly Supported Clinton In 2016
• Ex-Norris McLaughlin Atty Gets 27 Months In Pa. Bribery Case
• Archer Ducks NJ Malpractice Claims Over Pa. Insurance Suit
• Limiting Law Firms' Professional Liability Risks: Part 3
• New Stats On Millennial Attorney Disciplinary Actions
• Sedgwick Faces New, $23M Landlord Suit Over NY Lease
• V&E Attys Hurt In Boat Crash, Partner Pilot Faces Questions
• Ex-Willkie, Hunton Partner Disbarred Over $7.8M Fraud
• Why The Defense Bar Celebrates Kennedy
• Seyfarth, Landmark Square Off As Malpractice Trial Wraps
• Roberts Becomes True Power As 'Kennedy Court' Ends
• Fla. Panel Voids Arbitration Clause In Legal Malpractice Suit
• Law360's The Week in Discipline
• Firms In State Street Row Should Cut $10.6M In Fees: Report
• Ex-ICE Atty Gets 4 Years For Stealing Immigrants' Identities
• Ex-Baylor Official Can't Revive Pepper Hamilton Report Claims
• Limiting Law Firms' Professional Liability Risks: Part 2
• Ponzi Schemer Can't Recuse All NJ Judges From Case
• Delay On Kennedy Replacement 'Ain't Going To Happen': GOP
• Calif. Atty's Defamation Suit Against Newspaper Shot Down
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: Prioritizing Is Always Key
• Clifford Chance In The Clear After RBS 'Fraud' Probe
• From Iqbal To Citizens United: Kennedy's Biggest Decisions
• Life After Kennedy: 1 Big Question, 6 Judges To Watch
• 'Goodbye, Tony!' Justices Bid Farewell To Kennedy
• Calif. Panel Remands Crowell & Moring DQ In Fluidmaster Suit
• When Partisan Passion Raged, Kennedy Was The Vote To Get
• Va. Atty Admits To Lying To FBI About Sex For Services
• Fitbit Rival Faces Attys' Fees Sanction For 'Frivolous' IP Suit
• Ill. Court Affirms $1.3M Award In Med Mal Referral
• Chiropractor Must Arbitrate Claim Atty Flubbed RICO Trial
• Limiting Law Firms' Professional Liability Risks: Part 1
• A&O Fraudster's Atty Was Ineffective, 4th Circ. Says
• Texas Law Firm Fights Reversal Of Privacy Invasion Win
• GOP Kicks Off Race To Confirm Kennedy Replacement
• NJ Judge Says She Never Meant To Influence Friend's Case
• Ohio Atty Suspended 1 Year For 'Sloppy Office Practices'
• Pa. Judge Settles Defamation Suit Over Abortion Doc Book
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: How Congress Affected My Career
• Justice Kennedy's Retirement To Upset High Court Balance
• Calif. IP Firm Beats Patent Atty's Bias, Firing Suit
• Judge Trims FCA Claims Over Foreclosure Services Billing
• Ex-Ogletree Atty Seeks To Amend $300M Gender Bias Suit
• NJ Law Firm Not Liable For 'Negligent Referral,' Panel Says
• NJ Judge Denies Harboring Beau Wanted For Armed Robbery
• Firm Let Atty Run Around Like He Still Worked There: Suit
• Aussie Debate On Legal Funder Rules Holds Lessons For US
• Ex-Fla. Judge Who Accepted Rays Tickets Faces Suspension
• EEOC Chided For Hiding Parties' Deaths In Bias Class Action
• Winston Says Netflix Can't Claim Conflict In Relativity Ch. 11
• Toss Of Del. Courts' Political Balance Rules Paused By Judge
• Pa. Atty Gets One Year After Copping To Tax Fraud
• Ex-Texas Lawmaker Gets 12 Years In Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Immigration Atty Wants New Trial Over False Billing Scam
• Atty Didn't Sink Med Student's Bias Claim, NJ Court Says
• Montgomery McCracken Wants Malpractice Suit Axed
• Ex-CVR General Counsel Will Have To Sit For 4th Deposition
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: DC Isn't As Bad As You Think
• Judge's Bias Row Against Jurists Paused Amid Ethics Case
• Atty Barred From Penny Stocks For Part In Sports Ticket Fraud
• Cohen's Lawyers Say 12,000 Seized Files Are Privileged
• 6th Circ. Says Ohio Judicial Campaign Laws Constitutional
• Chicago Landlord Says Defunct Sedgwick Law Firm In Default
• Fla. Justices Remove Judge Over Campaign Ethics Violations
• Justices Deny Cert For Engineer Seeking Green Card
• Texas Justices Limit Subpoena Reach In Atty Discipline Cases
• Justices Decline Recusal Question On Judge's Alleged Tweets
• Big Legal Malpractice Claim Payouts Up As Volume Stays Flat
• Allentown Mayor's Promise To Atty Not Bribery, Judge Told
• Ex-Senior Associate Pushes For Sanctions Against Old Firm
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer: 6 Things I Learned In Congress
• Jones Day Atty Accused Of Botching Chem Co. Merger Fee
• Few Of Cohen's Privileged Docs So Far Are Client Convos
• Md. Justices Suspend Injury Atty For Road Rage Conviction
• BNY Mellon Slams 'Broken' Atty Relationship In Cert. Fight
• Mud Slung In Conflicts Suit Against Madoff Victims' Lawyer
• Labaton Asks For Judges' Communications In $75M Fee Fight
• Gov't Denies Asst. US Atty Coached Nurse's Testimony
• Scottrade Seeks Fees For Litigating After Companion Suit Nix
• Kelley Drye Set Discovery 'Trap' In Contract Row, Telco Says
• Ex-Nelson Levine Atty Fights Arbitration Bid By Colleague
• Fox Rothschild Must Face Claim It Aided Ponzi Schemer
• High Court Says Gitmo Judgeships Are Constitutional
• Md. High Court Nixes Order To Probe Clinton Attys
• Kang Haggerty Settles Suit Over Racketeering Accusations
• Mass. Atty Gets More Than 1 Year For Short-Selling Homes
• SEC Says Suit Alleging Microcap Schemes Not Time-Barred
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Ga. Atty Beats Defamation Suit Over Snapchat Accident Row
• Firefighters Didn't Vet Defective Siren Claims: 3rd Circ.
• Labaton Sucharow Can't Get Judge Recused In $75M Fee Row
• BigLaw's Associate Salary Model Is A Relic Of A Bygone Era
• CFPB Structure Ruled Unconstitutional By NY Judge
• Plaintiffs' Firm Pulled Into Cahill Asbestos Suit Discovery War
• Ex-Dewey CFO Disbarred By Fraud Scheme Felony Conviction
• Judge May Be Ousted Over Role In Custody Spat, Court Told
• Apology For 'Overheated Rhetoric' Can't Revive Patent Suit
• Ogletree's Bid To Transfer Sex Bias Row Stalled As Suit Grows
• Rennert, Ex-Attys Move To Settle Row Over $214M Verdict
• Grocery Store Worker's Atty Loses Sanction Bid In OT Suit
• Costs For Financial Crisis Suits Against Attys Still Climbing
• Gawker Auction Set For July After Stalking Horse Offer OK'd
• W.Va. Justice Charged With Fraud, Taking Desk
• Structured Settlement Co. Owners Didn't Scam Seller: Judge
• Feds Fight Convicted Ex-Valeant Exec's Claims Of Juror Bias
• Ill. Board Wants Convicted Judge Removed From Bench
• Wilmington Bank Can Keep Attorney In Insurance Row: Judge
• Ex-Pa. Lawmaker Loses Corruption Conviction Appeal Bid
• Jones Day Sued Over Alleged Gender Bias, 'Fraternity Culture'
• #MeToo At Law Firms And What We Can Do About It
• Ga. Justices Disbar Atty For Seizing Art, Hiding Funds
• Allstate Dodges Sanctions, Sheppard Mullin Atty Less Lucky
• Australian Commission Seeks Lift Of Contingency Fee Ban
• DC Circ. Backs Boehringer In FTC Atty-Client Privilege Row
• No Sanctions For Atty Who Shared Allegedly Confidential Info
• Alsup Wants Breakdown Of $16M Fee Bid In LendingClub Suit
• Jury Hung On Whether Belkin Copied Cellphone Holder IP
• Ex-Prof Slams For-Profit Law School's Bid To Slip FCA Suit
• A Chat With Holland & Knight CFO Mia Stutzman
• Feds Downplay Testimony From Ex-Katten Atty's Loss Expert
• GCs Tackle Law Firm Culture In Diversity Push
• The Best Firms For Minority Equity Partners
• The Hurdles Facing BigLaw's Minority Women
• Knowledge Lawyers Can Help Firms Stay Ahead Of The Curve
• Linkwell Investor Says Execs Waived Attorney-Client Privilege
• Pa. Panel Won't Revive Racketeering Claims Against Linn Law
• Utah Judge Rebuffs Ute Tribe's Stay Bid In Contract Row
• After Kozinski, 7th Circ. Expands Harassment Reporting
• Ex-Calif. Restaurateur Gets Law Firms' Retaliation Claim Axed
• Attys' Fee Dispute Must Go To Trial, Judge Rules
• Proskauer Called 'Conflicted' In Sale Leaving $15M Tax Bill
• In Their Own Words: Minority Partners On Reaching The Top
• Texas State Senator Convicted Of Fraud Resigns
• Pa. Injury Firm Inks Deal With Feds For Medicare Repayments
• Fla. Coastal Tries To Avert Notice Of ABA Compliance Finding
• Lindquist Fights Nix Of Arbitration In Laser-Tech Advice Row
• The 2018 Law360 Diversity Snapshot
• Minority Lawyers On Why They Left BigLaw
• Taking On The 'Petri Dish' Of BigLaw Bias
• The Best Firms For Minority Attorneys
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: By The Numbers
• Law360's Pro Say: What BigLaw Should Do About Diversity
• Letter For Defendant Spells Trouble For Miami-Dade Judge
• Feds Capture Trove Of Cohen's Encrypted Messages
• Conrad & Scherer Owe Ex-Client $20M, Fla. Judge Says
• NC Firm Dodges Harassment Suit Over 'Boorish' Comments
• Firm Sued Over Client's $500K Asset Sale Pension Penalty
• 3 High Court Justices Dump Some, But Not All, Of Their Stock
• An Unprecedented Look Inside The FARA Unit
• Female Attys Take To Twitter As Senate Looks At Harassment
• Atty's Brother Gets 2½ Years For Aiding $1.5M Stock Scheme
• Law Firms Want Mass. Judge Recused In $75M Fee Fight
• Ticket-Fighting App Tells Fla. Justices It's Not Practicing Law
• Iranian Mall Atty Sanctioned For Baseless Pipe Collapse Suit
• Foley & Lardner Conflict Warrants DQ, Hardware Co. Says
• Avenatti 'Publicity Tour' Justifies Gag Order, Cohen Says
• LegalForce Slips Sanctions In TM Co. Witness Tampering Row
• SEC Wants Atty-Turned-Fraudster Banned From Penny Stocks
• Plaintiffs Want AbbVie Fined $500K In Testosterone Row
• Ex-NFLers' Tax Credit Scheme Suit Against Chuhak Trimmed
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Texas Panel Grants New Trial Over Atty Immigration Reference
• Comey 'Insubordinate' In Clinton Email Probe, Watchdog Says
• NJ Atty Reprimanded For Mishandling Mortgage Suit
• Why Lawyers Shouldn't Accept Fees In Cryptocurrency: Part 2
• Ex-Dewey CFO Gets Discovery Stay For Criminal Appeal
• Related Group Wants Ball Janik DQ'ed In Defect Litigation
• Michael Cohen Splits With McDermott Legal Team
• Avenatti's Ex-Partner Seeks Assets To Satisfy $10M Judgment
• 2nd Circ. Revives Bid For Seized Funds By Tax Atty's Wife
• Ford Asks 6th Circ. To OK Toss Of Ex-Patent Atty's Suit
• Attys Must Face Malpractice Row Over $32M Award In Ill. Court
• 3rd Circ. Denies Sanctions Rehearing Bid By Jailed Atty
• GSA Risked 'Disaster' With Court Security Snafu, Judge Says
• Utes Push Judge To Pause Tribal Court Jurisdiction Ruling
• Immigration Atty Urges Court To Rethink DQ In EB-5 Suit
• Sens. Slam US Courts' Action Plan On Sexual Harassment
• Why Lawyers Shouldn't Accept Fees In Cryptocurrency: Part 1
• J&J Secretly Funded Talc Study, Atty Claims
• Would-Be Whistleblower's Malpractice Suit Moves Forward
• Jury Deadlocks In Pa. Public Defenders' Age-Bias Suit
• New Firm Ripped Off Lawyer's 'Sterling' Reputation: Suit
• No Bail For Atty Accused Of Lengthy Cyberstalking Campaign
• Venezuela's Foley Hoag Attys Can Depart Crystallex Appeal
• ABA Revokes Accreditation From For-Profit Ariz. Law School
• Litigation Support Co. In Hot Water As Belkin IP Trial Starts
• Pa. Atty Suspended After Guilty Plea In Gambling Scheme
• Clearer Rule On Witness Compensation Disclosure Is Needed
• Pa. Atty Suspended For Conflict In Campus Sex Assault Case
• Ex-Locke Lord Partner Faces Financial Fraud Charges In UK
• Ex-KPMG Partner Says Feds Sitting On Evidence
• Woeful Judge Won't Free Attys From Kenyon Malpractice Suit
• Justices Turn Away Deportee's Due Process Appeal
• Dov Charney Must Pay Glaser Weil $2.2M After Arbitration
• Greenberg Traurig Slips $10M NY Film Financing Fraud Suit
• Inmate Can't Tie Atty Racism To Poor Counsel, 9th Circ. Says
• Appeals Court Revives Malpractice Suit Over Chicago Condos
• Winston & Strawn Accused Of Conflict In Relativity Ch. 11
• Dentons Ignored Managing Director's Harassment, Suit Says
• NJ Firm Can't Slip Malpractice Suit Over Prudential Bias Case
• Pa. Atty Again Loses Bid For Review Of Disbarment In Fla.
• 'Housewives' Star Gets Green Light For Atty Malpractice Deal
• Ex-Walmart Atty Beats DQ Bid In Slip-And-Fall Row
• Cohen Can't Seal Objections To Privilege Report, Says Judge
• Hendrix Judge 'Dismayed' By Conduct In Purple Haze TM Suit
• Ogletree Says Atty In Gender Bias Suit Is Forum Shopping
• Conn. Court Tosses $935K Award In Legal Malpractice Suit
• Stormy Daniels' Former Atty Retaliates With Defamation Suit
• Miami Judge's Ethics Case Over Hotel Stays Will Be Revisited
• King & Spalding To Face Trial In Ex-Associate's Firing Suit
• Firm Sees RICO Suit Against Rival Over Tribal Work Slashed
• Ex-US Atty To Settle SEC Fraud Claims For $200K
• Impediments To Legal Industry's 'Inevitable' Future: Part 2
• Fla. High Court Rejects 30-Day Suspension For Racial Slurs
• Copyright Boutique Fights McGraw-Hill's DQ Bid In Photo Suit
• 3rd-Party Funding Has No Place In Treaty Arbitration: Report
• Drink Co.'s Tactics In JPMorgan Suit Puzzle 9th Circ. Judge
• NJ Justices Won't Rethink Legal Service Sites Ban
• Ill. Atty Faces Suspension For Forging Rival's Dating Profile
• Law School Oversight Suits Point To Needed ABA Reforms
• Property Owner Says Law Firms Trapped It In Loan Scheme
• 9th Circ. Upholds Sanctions In Nike Soccer Antitrust Win
• Judge Quizzes Wigdor On Bid To Quit Repping Ex-Fox Pundit
• Atty Closing Rightly Nixed $1.6M Injury Award, Panel Says
• Lawyer Asks To Leave Suit Alleging Judge Outed Victim
• Chicago Law Firm Didn't Honor Parting Pay, Lawyer Says
• NJ Atty Loses Real Estate Interest Over Ethics Violations
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Plaintiff Linked To $75M Attys' Fees Flap Wants To Stay On
• 2nd Circ. Axes Arbitrator Bias Ruling In Reinsurance Row
• Schlichtmann Must Face Avandia Settlement Malpractice Row
• Fla. Justices Split On Judge-Atty Facebook Friendships
• Impediments To Legal Industry's 'Inevitable' Future: Part 1
• Fla. Judge Can Remain On Cases Of Election Opponent's Firm
• Conrad & Scherer Says Atty Perjured Himself In Chiquita MDL
• Sheppard Tells Calif. High Court Broad Waiver Saves $4M Fee
• Stormy Daniels Accuses Ex-Atty Of Being Trump's 'Puppet'
• Fla. Attorneys Risk Sanctions In Clash Over ADA Cases
• Convicted Valeant Exec Says Dishonest Juror Tainted Trial
• Calif. Judge's Ouster May Presage More Recall Bids
• Platinum Receiver Fights Firm's $489K Fee Bid
• Atty Fees Awarded Over 'Blatant' Judge-Shopping In IP Row
• Montgomery McCracken Faces $620M Suit For Toxic Tort Work
• Fla. Bar Says Case Law Shows TIKD Is Unlicensed Practice
• Allstate, Sheppard Mullin Atty Fight Sanctions At 9th Circ.
• Real Estate Co. Escapes Fine Over DQ Bid For JAMS Judge
• Venezuela's Oil Co. Slips Contempt, Attys Dinged In Bribe Suit
• Ex-SEAL's Malpractice Row Not Just Speculative, Judge Says
• Fee Objectors In NFL Concussion Deal Denied Do-Over Bid
• Drilling Co. Can't Ditch Arbitration In Legal Fee Fight
• Trenk DiPasquale Must Produce Hard Drives In Ex-Client Row
• NJ Judge's Errors Strip Atty Of No-Jail Deal In Fraud Case
• Pa. Judge 'Mortified' That Staff Saw Him Viewing Lewd Pics
• Ohio Panel Affirms Atty DQ In Back Surgery Negligence Case
• Ex-Nelson Levine Atty Seeks To Arbitrate With Ex-Colleagues
• Just 162 Seized Cohen Docs Deemed Privileged So Far
• Pa. Panel Agrees To Unseal Sandusky Cover-Up Case Records
• Asbestos Litigators Escape Fraud Claims At 7th Circ.
• $550M Social Security Fraud Lawyer Cops To Skipping Bail
• Atty's 17 Years For Stock Scheme Was Proper, Feds Say
• Atty Should Be Disbarred For Forgeries, DC Board Says
• Durie Tangri Won't Be DQ'd In Canned Twitter TM Suit
• Judges Must Make Courts Safe Workplaces, Jurists Say
• Phelan Hallinan Again Dodges Foreclosure Fee Class Suit
• Allergy Tester Wants Baker Donelson DQ'd From Antitrust Suit
• Homeowner Can't Get Fees For Withdrawn Foreclosure Case
• Why Widespread Use Of Live Video Testimony Is Not Justified
• Latest Weinstein Class Action Includes New Rape Claim
• Canadian High Court Tosses Misconduct Finding For Rude Atty
• Attys Sanctioned Over Possible Fraud In HDMI Cable Suit
• Tax Atty Asks High Court To Review Frivolous Sanctions Row
• FTC Attys Protected from LabMD Revenge Claim: DC Circ.
• Lawyer Arrested For Lengthy Cyberstalking Campaign
• Ex-Prosecutor Wins Texas High Court Review Of Firing Suit
• Whistleblower Allegedly Filed Doc Mocking Hastert Atty
• Pa. High Court Drops Ex-Lawmaker's Appeal Of Conviction
• Steptoe Pay Bias Suit Headed To Arbitrator Post-Epic
• Judging A Book: Wallach Reviews 'Uncivil Warriors'