Legal Ethics Archive » October, 2018

Legal Ethics - October, 2018

293 articles

• Estate Seeks Retrial After Jury Clears Firm Of Malpractice
• Convicted W.Va. Justice Wants New Corruption Trial
• 2nd Circ. Won't Decide On Discovery Yet In Tanker Spill Suit
• Real Estate Firm Fights For Control Of Ex-Exec's Jet
• MoFo IPO Malpractice Suit Properly Axed, NY Court Rules
• Residents Seek Atty DQ In Toxic Dumping Suit
• Quinn Emanuel Says Partnership Pact Row Must Be Arbitrated
• Tech Giants Tackled With 'Super Bowl Shuffle' IP Suit
• Atty-CEO Charged In $84M Haitian Port Bribery Plot
• Labaton Threatens Fight If State St. Fee Deal Is Rejected
• Dentons Faces Possible Discipline Over Pregnancy Bias Claim
• Wachtell Calls For Final Curtain On CVR Malpractice Case
• Judicial #MeToo Hearing Wrestles With Reporting Misconduct
• Dentons Settles Harassment Suit By Business Developer
• Atty Says 'Bloodlust' Behind Suit Over Lost $102M Verdict
• Schulte Roth Can't Duck Hedge Fund Subpoena: Liquidators
• Nichols Says No Conflict In MSU Suit Over Nassar Abuse
• Justices Appear Aligned On Post-Plea Appeal Rights
• Morgan & Morgan Must Pay $5M For Bungling Med Mal Case
• Trump Wants Atty Fees In Stormy Daniels' Defamation Suit
• Full Fed. Circ. Urged To Reimpose Sanction On NPE's Counsel
• Miami Judge Now Also Faces Suspension For Hotel Stays
• Outside Spending In State Supreme Court Races Hits $5M
• Protecting Law Firm Talent At Both Ends
• Dispute Over Trump Hush-Money Deal Ongoing, Daniels Says
• Judge Lets FTC Slip Allergan's Suit, But Rips Venue Conduct
• Cosby Slams 'Duplicative' Work In Schnader Harrison Fee Suit
• Saudi Oil Co. Wants Sanctions In $18B Award Row
• Firm DQ'd From Nonprofit Suit Over Joint Defense Conflicts
• Petrobras Says Arbitrator's Views Needed In $622M Award Suit
• Ill. Judge Behind Mortgage Fraud Deserves 2 Years, Feds Say
• Benefits Co. Sanctioned In Health Claim Payment Row
• Wendy Olson Talks Twin Falls, Tribes, Private Practice
• Litigious Atty Can't Shake Judge's 'Copyright Troll' Label
• Attys Should Consider Ephemeral Messages, Wickr GC Says
• Paul Hastings Must Face Suit Over Lighter Co. Deal
• Schulte Roth Fights Subpoena Bid On Platinum Partners Work
• Fowler White May Be Sanctioned Over Retaining Epstein Docs
• No Ethics Charge For Ex-Penn State Atty Over Sandusky Case
• Ex-Napoli Bern Atty Seals $4M Win In Fee Fight With Firm
• NJ Atty-Radio Host Gets 10 Years For Bilking Elderly Clients
• Federated Law Group Sued Over Collection Letters Language
• Yale Seeks DQ Of Ex-Adjunct's Atty For Professor Phone Call
• Judging A Book: Brown Reviews 'Dangerous Leaders'
• Law Student Pleads Guilty To Cyberstalking Georgetown Alum
• Fla. High Court OKs Victims' Rights, Judges Ballot Proposal
• Uber Says Limo Co.'s Counsel Is Conflicted, Wants DQ
• Ill. Judicial Watchdog Says Judge Lied About Firing Gun
• Embezzling Atty Loses Bid For Lighter Sentence At 2nd Circ.
• Google CLO Allegedly Had An Affair With Subordinate
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Calif. Atty Gets 5 Years For Pump-And-Dump Schemes
• Attys Disciplined For Sharing Client Info During Engagement
• Donziger Is Thumbing His Nose At Injunction, Chevron Says
• Ex-W.Va. Supreme Court Justice's Law License Annulled
• Senator Refers Kavanaugh Accuser, Avenatti For Investigation
• NY AG Seeks Judge's Recusal In Exxon Climate Fraud Suit
• Breaking The Rules: 3 Ways To 'Lead' A Direct Examination
• Contract Suit Against Fla. Timeshare Exit Team Survives
• Seed Co. Wants Local Counsel Removed In Insurance Dispute
• Ex-LeClair Atty Who Won Gender Case Seeks Final $1M Award
• Unum, John Hancock Fight Bid To DQ Attys In Disability Suit
• State St. Row Shows Flip Side Of ABA's Special Masters Push
• LA Judge Dinged For Delegating Case Scheduling Hearings
• Booted Law Student Says Cheating Probe Merits Suit's Revival
• Suspended Atty Seeks Sanctions On Ex-Partner In Fee Fight
• NJ Water Agency Hits Back At Trenk DiPasquale Judgment Bid
• Ex-NY Senate Leader Gets 4 Years For 2nd Graft Conviction
• Google Sanctioned For Overdesignating Docs As Private
• Atty Wanted On Charges In New Jersey Shooting Death
• NY Court System Illegally Suspended Obese Judge, Suit Says
• Laser Co. Asked Too Late To Disqualify Ex-CEO's Attorney
• Ill. Judge Acquitted Of Gun-Dropping Charge
• Ex-Balch & Bingham Atty Gets 5 Years In Ala. Bribery Case
• State Judge, Ex-Employee Say Ute Tribe Can't DQ Fed. Judge
• Calif. Firm Fights Malpractice Suit Over $30M Trial Loss
• Couple Says Gov't 'Ambush' Led To Fraud Convictions
• Miss. Law Firm Owes $4M For Handling Of Appeal, Suit Says
• Attys Weren't Alerted To Basis For Sanctions, 3rd Circ. Told
• CRT Purchasers Defend $6M Carveout For Excluded Buyers
• Ill. Railroad Wins Fees In Cops' 'Frivolous' Bias Suit
• Tech Co. Can't DQ Ex-Exec's Attys Over Privileged Docs
• Former Fla. Attorney Charged In 'Pump And Dump' Scheme
• Ex-Allentown Mayor Gets 15 Years For Pay-To-Play Scheme
• Heritage Foundation's Clerk Training Raises Specter Of Bias
• How Employers Can Address Secret Workplace Recordings
• Fla. Atty Suspended 1 Year For Disparaging Judges
• Avenatti On Hook For $4.9M Owed To Former Law Partner
• Pa. Atty Can't Dodge $19K Malpractice Award
• Judge Won't Free Atty In Fattah Jr. Fraud Case During Appeal
• Atty Lied About Wine's Role In Stock Tip Slip, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Fla. Justices Rip Ex-Palm Beach Judge For Campaign Smears
• David Boies Adds Muscle To Posner-Backed Pro Se Case
• CFPB Doesn't Owe Law Firm $1.2M Attys' Fees In Debt Suit
• Legal Settlement Cash Advances Aren't Loans: Ga. Justices
• Allergan Fights For Ropes & Gray Docs In Compounder IP Suit
• BigLaw Atty Accused Of Exposing Self Seeks Gym Evidence
• O'Quinn Not Covered For Part Of $46M Overbill, 5th Circ. Says
• BigLaw Firms Quiet About Lobbying Ties To Saudi Arabia
• 4th Circ. Wants Redo Of United's $30K Fee Award In Bias Suit
• Atty Banned From USPTO Accused Of Scamming Authors
• Atty Urges Justices To Hear Suit Over Defamatory Yelp Review
• 11th Circ. Won't Stop Deportation Of Honduran Woman
• Fired Tool Co. Atty Fights To Keep ADA, ERISA Claims
• Ex-Bush Ethicist Slams McDonald's Over NLRB Recusal Reply
• Judge Justified In Ejecting Felon Paralegal, 9th Circ. Says
• Need Litigation Finance? Don't Skip These 5 Steps
• Labaton Says 1/3 Of Its Open Cases Include Referral Fees
• Heritage Foundation Suspends Law Clerk Training Program
• Georgia-Pacific Gets Unjust Benefit With Ch. 11, Creditors Say
• Calif. Judges Want Clarification On High Court Recusal
• SEC Accuses Immigration Atty Of $10M EB-5 Fraud Scheme
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• 3 Takeaways From ABA's Firm Breach Disclosure Guidance
• Feds Issue Summons To Immigration Atty Over Leaked Doc
• Battle Brews Over Atty's Admission In Woodbridge Ch. 11
• Crash Victims Ask 8th Circ. To Cut Firm's Fees In Toyota Row
• Pryor Cashman Says Atty Fired For Work, Attitude, Not Age
• NY DAs Sue Cuomo Over Prosecutorial Misconduct Law
• Atty Convicted Of Hypnotizing Clients For Sex Must Pay $2.3M
• Jailed Fla. Atty Turned Wannabe Drug Informant Disbarred
• Texas Firm's Advice Cost It $1M In Asset Sale, Telecom Says
• Disbarred NY Atty Says Even Trump Got 2nd Chance
• Horizon Wants DLA Piper DQ'd In Hemophilia Treatment Row
• Keevican Weiss Can't Duck Salary Obligations To Ex-Atty
• Blank Rome Must Face Malpractice Suit From Exec's Ex-Wife
• NJ Judge Defends 'Close Your Legs' Comment To Ethics Panel
• Calif. Firm Accused Of Cornering Landowner Into Bad Deal
• A High Court Milestone Stirs Hope Of Gender Parity
• The Use Of Third-Party Litigation Financing Is Soaring
• Calif. Law Firm Beats Malpractice Suit Over Altered Stock Deal
• Embezzling Bankruptcy Atty Tells 2nd Circ. Gov't Broke Deal
• Lieff Cabraser, Others Want $90M In State Farm Judge Case
• Left-Out CRT Buyers Blast 'Paltry' $6M Fee-Share Proposal
• ABA Says Attys Must Inform Clients After A Data Breach
• Nassar Plaintiffs' Law Firm Has Conflict, Mich. State U Says
• Asbestos Trust Rep Beats DOJ Objection In Duro Dyne Ch. 11
• SEC Comes Up Short In Fraud Case Against RD Legal Capital
• Paul Hastings A 3rd Party To Fraud, Cancer Center Exec Says
• K&L Gates Repped Both Tech Co. And Its Lenders, Suit Says
• Burford Seeks Arbitration In Suit Over $50M Note's Sale
• CVR Takes Another Swing At Wachtell In Icahn Takeover Case
• Ex-Foley & Lardner Atty Suspended 2 Years For Faked Docs
• Ex-King & Spalding Atty Fights Lien In Termination Suit
• Law Firm Barred From Contacting Madoff Clients About Suit
• Ex-Foley Partner Disbarred In Fla. For Insider Trading
• Purina, Attys Sanctioned For 'Gamesmanship' In Cat Litter Suit
• A Holistic Approach To Client Retention
• NY Firm Says Rival Poached Clients In Green Card Scheme
• NJ Atty Must Face Malpractice Row Over Construction Dispute
• The Path To Becoming A Supreme Court Advocate
• A Chat With Allens Pricing Chief Pier D'Angelo
• Error-Filled $1M Award Can't Be Confirmed, LeClairRyan Says
• Labaton State Street Atty Fee Accord Not Yet A Done Deal
• Ga. Atty Convicted In $26M Firm Embezzlement
• Gender Disparity At The High Court: How Top Law Firms Measure Up
• Calif. Supreme Court Recuses Itself In Judicial Raises Case
• Pipeline Co. Wants $1.5M In Atty Fees For Frivolous Suit
• Schnader Harrison Wants Inheritance Malpractice Case Axed
• 1 In 4 Women In Law Experienced Recent Harassment: Report
• Why Is There So Much Bullying In The Legal Industry?
• Supreme Court Women: A Vet & 1st-Timer Talk Gender Disparity
• Will The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar Be Female?
• Ill. Lawyer's $25M Deal Was Misleading, Commission Says
• W.Va. High Court Halts Impeachment Of Chief Justice
• Boston Globe Sues To Access 'Secret Court' Docs
• W.Va. Ex-Justice Who Took Famous Desk Guilty Of Fraud
• Landowners' Counsel DQ'd In Okla. Pollution Suit
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Stealing $19K In Legal Fees
• Pa. Firm Can't Split Legal, Medical Malpractice Cases
• Class Attys Defend 'Boss, Give Money' Notice On WeChat
• McDonald's Slams Ex-Bush Atty's Call For NLRB Recusals
• Attys Spar Over Sanctions Bids In Appeal Of $7.5M Uber Deal
• Texas Atty Suspended During Workers' Comp Fraud Appeal
• Charges Over $18M Offshore Tax Scheme Too Late, Atty Says
• The ABA Was Dead Wrong About Model Rule 8.4(g)
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Gross Neglect, Misuse Of Client Funds
• NY Judge Stays Deposition In Madoff Victims' Law Firm Suit
• Lieff Cabraser Balks At Paying More In State Street Fee Fight
• Ex-Associate Sues Chicago Firm Over Fee-Sharing Deal
• Pa. Atty Wants Insurer's 'Extortion' Claim Thrown Out
• Atty DQ'd For Being Client's Golf Buddy During Incident
• Gates Owes $368K For Mueller Probe Work, Ex-Counsel Says
• 'Irredeemable' Atty Disbarred In NJ Over Theft From Client
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• The Supreme Court Should Become Boring
• Dilworth Paxson Settles Homeowner's Frivolous Suit Claim
• Back To School: BC's Kent Greenfield Talks Corporate Law
• Fugitive Ex-Fla. Atty Pleads Guilty To $21M Fraud Scheme
• 9th Circ. Raises Conflict Concerns In Atty's Sanction Appeal
• Ex-Willkie, Hunton Atty Gets 5 Years In $7.8M Fraud Case
• Calif. High Court OKs New Judiciary Ethics Rules
• Chief Justice Transfers Kavanaugh Complaints To 10th Circ.
• Pa. Atty, Girlfriend Charged Over Secret Pics Of Drunk Woman
• Chicago Atty Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman In Office
• Ute Tribe Seeks Judge's Recusal In Tribal Water Theft Suit
• Smaller Firms Must Prepare For Cyberattacks, Too
• Pro-Se Malpractice Row Should Be Revived, NJ Justices Told
• Disbarred NJ Atty Can Only Get 70% Of Disputed Fee
• Ogletree Says Atty Ignored Chance To Opt Out Of Arbitration
• Legal Funder Burford Puts $50M Toward Female-Led Litigation
• Justices Won't Hear From Judge Who Screened Gay Couples
• Kavanaugh Cannot Be Compelled To Recuse Himself
• Labaton To Pay $4.8M, Accept Oversight On Fee Practices
• Judge Won't DQ FordHarrison From Kraft Heinz Wage Row
• Ex-Willkie, Hunton Atty Faces Prison Over $7.8M Fraud
• Westgate Suit Against 'Timeshare Exit' Firm Moves Forward
• Stormy Daniels Shouldn't Get Declaratory Relief, Court Told
• Law Firms Battle Over 'Ever Argued With A Woman?' Slogan
• Locke Lord Sued For Malpractice Over Stolen Escrow Funds
• Supreme Court Won't Review Milberg Malpractice Suit
• Texas Atty Flagged After 'Attacks' On Judges' Integrity
• Chicago Courts Join Judiciary's Sex Harassment Reckoning
• Knowledge Management: An Unsung Hero Of Legal Innovation
• Oil & Gas Service Cos. Win $1.5M Fees In Fringe Benefits Suit
• Dye Co. Hit With Default Loss For 'Egregious' Discovery Abuse
• UPDATE: Ill. Atty, Developer Freed From Claims They Defamed EB-5 Fund To Chinese Investors
• Defamation In Litigation: A Primer On Privileges In NY
• A Look Back At Kavanaugh's Confirmation Battle
• Kavanaugh Confirmed To Supreme Court By Tight Senate Vote
• Kavanaugh's Bruising Battle May Prove Costly To High Court
• Disbarred Atty Charged With Murder In Officer's Shooting
• ABA Rethinking Kavanaugh's Rating After Senate Hearing
• Hospitals Won't Be Rapped For Arbitration Deals Amid OT Suit
• Calif. Malpractice Coverage Mandate Would Be No Easy Leap
• Feds Seek $1.8M From Disbarred Ex-Fugitive Atty Over Fraud
• Asbestos Firm, Insurers Reach Deal In Payback Suit
• Insurer Says Firm's Bad Advice Cost It Millions
• Atty Looks To Check Out Of Timeshare-Exit Contract Suit
• Atty, Rabbi, Fraudster All Plead Not Guilty In $7M Extortion
• Senate Vote Likely Secures Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Bid
• Justice Stevens Says Kavanaugh Unfit For High Court
• Gay Atty Alleges Co-Counsel Outed Him To Al-Qaida Client
• Sedgwick's Ch. 11 Filing 'A Success Story,' Judge Told
• NCAI Attorney Departs Amid Sexual Harassment Claims
• 'Post-Truth Era' Won't Deter Judge In Firm's Row With Bank
• Senate Barrels Toward Kavanaugh Vote Following FBI Report
• Simpson Suit Spotlights In-House Counsel's Clashing Roles
• NJ Justices Order Judge To Defend Ethics Charges
• Ex-Morgan Lewis Client Challenges Subpoena In $30M Suit
• 11th Circ. Affirms Ex-Mutual Benefits Atty's 10-Year Sentence
• Law360's The Week In Disclipline
• Jay-Z Copyright Suit Has 'A Real Stench': 2nd Circ. Judge
• $4.3M Engle Sanctions May Fund Ethics Training, Legal Aid
• NJ Atty Can't Escape Sanctions Over 'Vexatious' Motions
• Disbarred Atty, Ex-Clients Ink $19M Deal In Fen-Phen Case
• Ill. Judge Removed From Bench Over 'Slave' Comments
• Sheldon Silver Skirts Prison Ahead Of 2nd Circ. Appeal
• Senate Kicks Off Process For Final Kavanaugh Vote
• 9th Circ. Rejects Attys' Fees In $38M ProFlowers Deal
• Developer Improperly Paid Fact Witnesses, Fla. Justices Hear
• Sedgwick Ch. 11 Sets Stage For Atty Payments Battle
• Dems' New Line Of Attack On Kavanaugh: His Temperament
• Skip The New 'Civility Courses' And Think Like A Lawyer
• Gibson Dunn's Ted Olson Slams ABA Over Kavanaugh Letter
• 2nd Circ. Pauses NYU ERISA Appeal For Unresolved Motions
• US Settles With Ex-Herrick Atty Accused Of $130M Tax Fraud
• Clerk's Sandia Work Doesn't Warrant NM Judge's Recusal
• CRT Indirect Buyers Seek Fee-Share After 9th Circ. Pushback
• Ogletree Gender Bias Suit Shouldn't Be Arbitrated, Atty Says
• Why Law Firms Should Monitor The Dark Web
• Firm Beats $5M Malpractice Claim, Wins $150K For Fees
• 6th Circ. Revives Cuban Immigrant's Bid To Vacate Sentence
• Fla. Attys Fend Off Partnership Breach Suit, Win Sanctions
• Senate Dems Push GOP To Release Kavanaugh FBI Findings
• Judge Scolds JPMorgan, Traders For 'Excessive' Redactions
• Baker Donelson DQ'd In BCBS Antitrust Row Against Ex-Client
• Georgia-Pacific Affiliate Says Ch. 11 Should Keep Going
• Atty Accused Of Depositing Stolen $1M Tax Refund Check
• Ex-King & Spalding Atty's Counsel Have Dibs On Any Award
• Does Rule 45 Protect Nonparties From Undue Burden?
• NYU Workers Want New Trial After Judge Joins Cravath
• NJ Atty Suspended Over $16K Referral Fee Paid To Lawyer
• Ex-Novak Druce Atty Sues Polsinelli Over Unpaid Fees
• Fla. Justices Unsure How To Stop 'Artificial' Judicial Vacancies
• Sedgwick Files For Ch. 11 Bankruptcy
• Justices Won't Hear Claims Against Orrick By Ill. Atty
• Napoli, Firms Say Asbestos Fee Agreements Violate NY Ethics
• Proposed Asbestos Trust Rep Faces Depo In Duro Dyne Ch. 11
• 5th Circ. Says Ethics Class Sanction For Atty Unreasonable
• Try Using Neutrals For State Court ESI Disputes
• Mass Tort Firm Faces Employee Class Suit Over 401(k) Fees
• Insurer Need Not Cover Pa. Law Firm's Malpractice Suit
• Senate Leader Plans A Kavanaugh Vote This Week
• $17.5M Ocwen TCPA Settlement Denied Over Attys' Fees
• Nixon Peabody Facing DQ Bid In Level Solar Ch. 11
• Ex-Life Partners Atty, CEO Ordered To Pay $7M In Fines
• Ex-LeClairRyan Atty Wants $1M Arbitral Win OK'd In Bias Case
• High Court Won't Hear Skadden Win Against Ex-Radnor CEO
• Ethics Considerations For 4 Types Of Artificial Intelligence
• NJ High Court Won't Review Fee Suit In Transit Bias Case
• Jury Clears Buchalter In Dairy Heirs' Atty Misconduct Suit
• High Court Rejects Atty's Appeal Of Tax Court Sanctions