Legal Ethics Archive » December, 2018

Legal Ethics - December, 2018

175 articles

• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• Feds Blast Ex-Platinum Execs' Misconduct Claims
• Libor Prosecutors Told To Sift Their Work From Paul Weiss'
• Judge Raps Quinn Emanuel Trial Preparedness In Fraud Case
• Takeda's Patent Infringement Suit Not Antitrust-Proof
• Penn Millers Atty Dodges DQ In Storm Damage Claim Row
• Calif. Atty Owes Former Client $800K For Mishandled Case
• Bipartisan Bill Targets McKinsey Conflicts In Puerto Rico
• 3rd Circ. Revives Firm's Fee Claim Against Ex-Atty
• NTSB Says Local DA Blocking Probe Of Deadly NY Limo Crash
• Witness Collusion Accusations Fly In Airline Price-Fixing Suit
• Ex-Judge Convicted Of Mortgage Fraud Gets 1 Year In Prison
• Bill O'Reilly's $10M Suit Against Ex-Wife's Atty Dismissed
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• How State Ethics Reforms Won Big In 2018
• Full Fed. Circ. Won't Reimpose Sanction On NPE Counsel
• Avvo Beats Suit Claiming Paying Attys Get Higher Ratings
• Litigation Funder On Hook For $8.9M Award, Cotton Cos. Say
• Ill. Atty Stole Clients, Lawyers Before Changing Firms: Suit
• Generic-Drug Cos. Want AGs To Shut Up About Price-Fixing
• NJ Atty's Improper Argument Leads To New Slip-And-Fall Trial
• Greenberg Traurig Litigation Head Reapproved For Texas Case
• Ex-NJ Judge Says He Didn't Know DWI Fund Protocol
• Litchfield Cavo Atty Accused Of Pursuing Bogus Pa. RE Suit
• Pa. Judge Can't Dodge Ethics Violations Over Lewd Pics
• Thornton, Lieff Dig In Against Ex-Judge In $75M Fee Fight
• Fla. Panel Revives Health Center's Fight Over Attys' Fees
• Atty Used Trump To Justify Insults, Ethics Watchdog Says
• McKinsey, Jay Alix Tiff May End Careers, Ch. 11 Judge Warns
• Jackson Walker Can't Ax Wealth Management Suit: Ex-NFLer
• Celgene Wants Mylan Sanctioned For Bid To Add Witnesses
• Chancery Clerk's Termination For Emailing Zuckerberg Upheld
• Colombian Official Seeks Leniency In Bribery Case
• Attys Want $2.7M Fee In TurboTax Refund Fraud Deal
• 10th Circ. Throws Out Complaints Against Justice Kavanaugh
• Harvard Prof Wants Boston Pentagon Paper Records Released
• Deloitte, Sidley Austin Want Investors' Ponzi Suit Tossed
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• S. Fla. Firm, Fired Atty Reach Settlement In FMLA Suit
• Trump And Cohen: What Lawyers Can Learn
• Both Sides In Insys Case Violated Media Rules, Judge Says
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Pa. Court Affirms Injury Atty's Win In Legal Malpractice Suit
• DC Court Skeptical Of Howrey Claim On Ex-Partner Fees
• Lawyer Suing Avvo Seeks To Distinguish Suit From Failures
• Ill. State's Atty Endured Racial Harassment Before Firing: Suit
• DOJ Faults McKinsey Disclosures In Westmoreland Ch. 11
• Judge Censured For Allegedly Groping Fellow Judge, 2 Others
• Elder Gaffey CPA Denies Panama Papers Fraud, Tax Charges
• AT&T Retailer Says Firm Owes $1M After Exiting Labor Suit
• High Court Can Skip Atty's Defamation Row, Yelp Says
• Pa. Justice's Email Scandal Can't Upend Death Penalty Case
• Ex-Linkwell Execs Face Sanctions For Deposition No-Shows
• The Verdicts That Left A Mark In 2018
• Boston Firm Dodges Chobani Consulting Fee Suit
• NJ Atty Ducks Malpractice Claim Over Domestic Violence Row
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• Atty Says Firm Stole Client Involved In 'Gears Of War' IP Suit
• Ex-Apollo Exec Can't Gag His Former Atty In SEC Probe
• ABA Puts Atlanta's John Marshall Law School On Probation
• Fintech Conference Founder Wants Sanctions For Ex-Atty
• 'Intemperate' Trial Conduct Lands Fla. Judge In Ethics Trouble
• Abbott Labs Wants Atty DQ'd In Worker's Gender Bias Case
• Jury Sides With Ill. Lawyer Over Sham-Investment Claims
• Edelson Looking For Bandas Misconduct In Firms' Docs
• How To Work With Regulators During Internal Investigations
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Judge Fed Up With 'Whiny' Letters In Least Favorite Case
• Ky. Court Adopts 'Exoneration Rule' For Legal Malpractice
• Judge Denies Firm's Bid To Cut Kickback Claims In Report
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• NJ Judge Denies 'Sexual Innuendo' Behind Courtroom Remark
• $250M State Farm Deal OK'd Amid Objector's Threat To Appeal
• Lessons In Keeping Accountant-Client Emails Privileged
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• Locke Lord Accused Of Missing Health Plan's ERISA Liability
• Ex-Atty, Stock Promoter Admit To Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• It's Too Early To Say Doc Is Dodging Fees, Fla. Court Tells Atty
• Pa. Law Firm Hit With Debt Collection Suit By Consumers
• NY Judge Resigns After Allegations Of Homophobic Remarks
• Chase Says Workers Reneged On Deal To End Seating Suit
• Ex-NFLer Fights 'Frivolous' Sanctions Bid In Home Build Suit
• Texas Law School Walks Back Student's Exam Ban
• Ex-Judges Urge ICE Not To Detain Immigrants In Courthouses
• Mass. US Atty Sees No Issue With ICE Courthouse Arrests
• National Enquirer Co. Admits Covering Up Trump Affair Story
• Fla. Justices Won't Rehear Judge's Facebook Friend Recusal
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• Cohen Gets 3 Years For Russia Lies, Paying Trump Women
• NC Atty Charged With Aiding Client's Immigration Fraud
• Ill. Appeals Court Revives Bank's Legal Malpractice Suit
• Houston Attys Agree On How To Split $12M Arbitration Row
• Stormy Daniels Owes Trump Attys $300K In Fees, Sanctions
• Cape-Wearing Chicago Atty Offers No Excuse For Client Theft
• Pa. Appeals Court Raps Judge Again For Sex Offender Bias
• Ex-Deutsche Traders Fight Convictions, Cite Gov't Misconduct
• Fraudster's Ex-Wife Must Share Emails In Atty Tryst Case
• Atty Wins Remaining Disability Benefits In Coverage Fight
• Texas Medical Device Co., Atty End Suit Over Alleged Scam
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• Ret. Judge Tapped To Probe NFL Settlement Fraud Allegations
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Sex Assault Suit Against NBA Star
• State Farm Deal Objector Slams Conduct Of Class Counsel
• NY Attorney General Seeks To Sink Exxon Climate Appeal
• Physical Therapy Co. Wants Whistleblower, Atty Sanctioned
• Investment Co. Sues Schnader Harrison Over $10M Deal Flub
• Fla. Atty Guilty Of Laundering, Fraud In 'Shell Factory' Ring
• Move Montgomery McCracken Malpractice Row To NY: Judge
• Ex-ConvergEx Exec Gets 1 Day In Prison
• Pa. Senate Wants Atty DQ'd In Sexual Harassment Suit
• Mueller Says Manafort Lied About Contact With Trump Admin.
• Atty Asks To Stay In NFL Suit Despite Disciplinary Charges
• 2nd Magistrate To Weigh $2.4M Fee Bid In $294K ERISA Suit
• Colo. Atty Gets 2 More Years For Hiding Cash From Gov't
• Morgan & Morgan Can't Nix $5M Legal Malpractice Verdict
• Bar Orgs In The Crosshairs After Justices Revive Dues Case
• Trump Unlikely To Defy 'So-Called Judges,' Prof Argues
• Michael Cohen Deserves 'Substantial Prison Term,' Feds Say
• NJ Atty Suspended For Handling $23M Deals While Ineligible
• Fla. Justices Want Tougher Sanction For Judge's Hotel Stays
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Cozen O'Connor Malpractice Case Nixed After Atty Quits
• Kirkland Nixes Forced Arbitration For Non-Attorney Staff
• Belgian Busted In Scheme To Dupe US Law Firms, Charities
• NY Developer Gets 2 1/2 Years For 'Buffalo Billion' Bid-Rigging
• Dem Senators Want Answers On Acosta's Role In Epstein Plea
• Disbarred Miami Atty Asks Court To Reconsider Punishment
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Dodges Prison For $9M Transfer Racket
• Justices Unlikely To Curb Dual Prosecutions By States, Feds
• Chesapeake Energy Award Nixed After Arbiter Bias Revelation
• Why We Need Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Awards
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• NJ Firm Ducks Ex-Client's Malpractice Suit Over Biz Deal
• Pa. Justices Snub Duane Morris Malpractice Suit Revival Bid
• In-House Counsel's Role As Whistleblower
• NJ Atty Suspended For Doing Little To No Work For Clients
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• It's Harder To Withdraw From MDLs — For Good Reason
• 3 Men Connected To Global Pump & Dump To Plead Guilty
• Greenberg Traurig Wants Part Of Stanford Ponzi Claim Axed
• Baker McKenzie Botched Bid To Reclaim Russian Mine: Suit
• Firm Doc Supports Claims In $18B Award Row: Saudi Heirs
• Atty Wants To Send Ex-Partner Fee Row To Mass. State Court
• Robert Shapiro Faces Deposition Over LegalZoom Claims
• US Trustee Faults Fee Info In Sears' Request For IP Law Firm
• Fla. Court Sanctions Atty For 'Egregious' Attacks On Judges
• 2nd Circ. Backs Cowan Liebowitz In Ticket Inventor Appeal
• Hospital Plan Rips 'Overreaching' $2.4M Fee Bid In ERISA Suit
• Yacht Co. Blasts Comerica Sanctions Bid In $4.4B Suit
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• Canning Whistleblower Wasn't A Fiduciary Breach: 9th Circ.
• Ark. Judge Cut From Death Penalty Cases Turns To High Court
• Objector Atty Targeted With RICO Suit Says Edelson Set Trap
• Secrets Spilled In Panama Papers Lead To Indictment Of 4
• Mass. Gov. Seeks Judge's Removal Amid Immigration Probe
• Scottie Pippen Claims Atty-Comedian Trashed Fla. Mansion
• Fla. Bar Escapes Traffic Ticket Startup's Antitrust Suit
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Former DA Didn't Mean To Intimidate Witness, Pa. Panel Told
• Shook Hardy Kicked Off Monster Energy False-Ad Suit
• Epstein Ducks Victim Testimony With Eve-Of-Trial Settlement
• Calif. Ethics Board Floats Political Disclosure Guidance
• Trump Nears Attys' Fees For Beating Stormy Daniels Suit
• 10th Circ. Vet Tapped To Head New Judicial Integrity Office
• High Court: Do State Bar Dues Hurt Free Speech?
• Colo. Justices Say Privilege Nixed By Stroke Victims' Parents
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Mass. Justices Say Atty's Fee Dispute Suit Too Late
• Biz Group Says Conflicts Can't Stop NLRB McDonald's Ruling
• Atty In Yale Age Bias Suit Must Cede Notes From Call To Prof
• Fishing Co. Says Law Firm Flubbed $2.8M BP Settlement
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018