Legal Ethics Archive » January, 2019

Legal Ethics - January, 2019

278 articles

• Dykema Joins Jackson Walker Seeking To Punt Ex-NFL'er Suit
• Judge Not Impressed By Platinum Founder's Media Leak FOIA
• Ex-NYPD Lt. In Cash-For-Guns Bribe Scheme Gets 18 Months
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• 6th Circ. Won't DQ Ohio Judge In Fraudulent Surgeries Case
• What Lawyers Can Do To Prevent And Combat Burnout
• New York City Bar Association To Study Litigation Funding
• Ex-Firm Head Must Forfeit Stolen $20M, Feds Say
• Mueller Says Discovery Leak Aimed To Smear Russia Probe
• Disbarred Atty's Firm Gets $7M In Dow Nuclear Waste Case
• Developer Guilty Of Bank Fraud Can't DQ 'Hostile' Judge
• Judge Muffed Ex-Shkreli Atty's Disclosure Duty, Experts Say
• Fla. Court Says No Attys' Fees For Referral Without Set Deal
• Ex-Nelson Levine Partner Can Arbitrate Breakup Dispute
• Atty Found Guilty In $12M Cannabis Stock Fraud Plot
• Houston Atty Sues Apple After FaceTime Records Deposition
• Hunton Andrews Beats Disqualification Bid In Crash Suit
• Pa. Lawyer's Intimidation Accusation Wasn't Defamation
• Morrison Cohen Seeks To Shift Blame In $42M ESOP Tax Suit
• Disbarred Atty Can't Shake Conviction For Unlawful Practice
• Ex-Rep.'s Law License Suspension Stands, Texas Court Says
• Rival Slams Drink Co.'s Bid To DQ Bradley Arant In IP Tea Spat
• Pa. Justices Won't Rule If Whistleblower Law Covers Judiciary
• Miami Judge Suspended 90 Days, Fined $5K For Hotel Stays
• Milberg Says Ex-Partner's Money Bid Is Harassment
• Attorney Can't Claim Libel Over Remarks In News Article
• BakerHostetler Atty Accused Of Misusing Info In Opioid MDL
• Cohen Shakes Up Legal Team, Agrees To Testify On Feb. 8
• Cancer Victim's Atty Takes Heat From Judge In Monsanto MDL
• NJ Judge Pulled Rank To Escape Cuffs In Arrest, Cops Say
• ABA Backs Rules For Continuations Based On Parental Leave
• Atty's DQ For Financial Ties Reversed In CRS Clawback Case
• Colo. High Court Rejects Climate Activists' Redo Bid
• Clients Suing Attys Must Prove Lost Damages: Colo. Court
• Fla. Bar Takes Hit In Law License Fight With Traffic Ticket Biz
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Toss Of IP, RICO Suit Involving Del. Judge
• Thompson Coe Can't Duck Insurer's Suit Over Claim Advice
• MoFo Accused Of Unfair Firings In Expanded Sex Bias Suit
• Drivers Win Class Cert. In Privacy Fight With Injury Firm
• Chancery OKs Investor Books Probe In $1.3B Calgon Merger
• Fugitive Ex-Hunton Atty Gets Nearly 7 Years For Fraud
• Judge's Ex-Beau Asks If Testimony Required In Ethics Case
• Buchanan Ingersoll Blasts 'Blitzkrieg Lawyering' In BMW Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Defendants Press For Sanctions In Venezuela Oil Bribery Suit
• Dilworth Paxson Atty Named To Pa. Judicial Discipline Court
• Ex-Prosecutor Suspended For Underwear Theft, Cover-Up
• Fired Greenspoon Partner Accuses Firm Of Discrimination
• Weinstein Gets Court OK To Hire Casey Anthony Atty
• Ex-Pepper Hamilton Atty Cops To Robbing Church Of $600K
• Hogan Lovells Partner Caught With Porn At Work Leaves Firm
• Holland & Knight Can't Nix Malpractice Suit Over Tax Reports
• Yelp, Defamation And The Mischief Wrought By Section 230
• Avenatti Faces Uphill DQ Fight In $10M Row With Ex-Partner
• Cohen To Honor Senate Intel Committee Subpoena, Atty Says
• Male-Dominated Ogletree Underpays Female Attys, Suit Says
• Investor Fraud Suit Against Husch Blackwell, Partner Revived
• NJ Judge Suspended For Secretly Recording Boss Meetings
• Attorneys Face DQ For Using Privileged Info In Pleadings
• Panama Papers Accountant Going To Mexico Over Objections
• No Sanctions Against 3-On-3 Hoops League Contract Suit
• NJ Judge Tells Panel She Was Afraid Of Fugitive Ex-Beau
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Judge Blasts Atty For Wasting Time, Awards $1.6M In Fees
• NY Firm Accused Of Misrepresenting EB-5 Visa Investment
• Law Schools Should Be More Like Medical Centers
• Miami Developer Says 'Sham' Bribery Suit Is Defamatory
• BIA Must Revisit Salvadoran Family's Asylum Bid: 11th Circ.
• Pa. Justices To Weigh If Juror DQ Led To Unfair Med Mal Trial
• Feds Seek Nearly 7 Years For Former Fugitive Attorney
• NJ Atty Accused Of Raping Gov.'s Staffer Won't Face Charges
• Bear Stearns Hits Reed Smith With $500M Malpractice Suit
• Bankrupt Atty's Creditors Battle Over Fees After Settlement
• Retired Judges Urge Fed. Circ. To Make PACER Free
• Cohen Nixes Congressional Hearing Over Trump 'Threats'
• Calif. Developer Can't Escape $9.5M EB-5 Fraud Claims
• Ogletree Looks To Gut Ex-Shareholder's Sex Bias Suit
• Pa. Justices Toss New Privilege Analysis In Derivative Case
• Beverly Hills Atty Accused Of Peddling Pills On Craigslist
• Arent Fox Sues Former IP Partner Over Move To Kasowitz
• NY Firm Says Conn. Broker's Malpractice Suit Filed Too Late
• NFL Concussion Judge Can't Nix Funding Deals, 3rd Circ. Told
• Endo Slams DQ Bid For BakerHostetler Atty In Opioid MDL
• Pa. Panel OKs Consolidation In Elliott Greenleaf Fee Dispute
• 'Shell Factory' Atty Sees Sentence Cut For Helping Feds
• Gilstrap 'Offended' By Gamesmanship Of Irell, Winston Attys
• Improper Tax Return Disclosure Could Be A Tort In California
• Avenatti Faces Skeptical Judge In Trump Hush Money Suit
• Girardi Keese, Thomas Girardi Owe $15M, Legal Lender Says
• Accused 9/11 Planner Wants DC Circ. To Review Case Again
• Skadden Deal Unfair, Russian Co. Says In Troll Farm Case
• NYU Workers Defend Ex-Judges In ERISA Row's Ethics Spat
• Ex-NFL Player's Estate Slams Recommended Fee To Podhurst
• 9th Circ. Denies Nonclass Attys Cut Of Fees In $10B VW Deal
• Justices Urged To OK $10M Fine For Financier's Tax Evasion
• Courts Are Getting It Right On Litigation Funding Discovery
• High Court Won't Hear Attorney's Yelp Defamation Suit
• 'No Trouble' OK'ing Atty's $50K Sanction, 7th Circ. Says
• Ex-Weil Partner Sues MetLife For Disability Benefits
• Attys Awarded $15.5M In Fees After Stanford Ponzi Deal
• How Skadden's Foreign Agent Scandal Unfolded
• NJ Governor's Atty Blasted For Withholding Rape Claims
• Ex-Sadis & Goldberg Atty Gets 3 Years For Charity, Tax Scam
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Skadden's Deal With DOJ Comes With Woes For Greg Craig
• Skadden Began Ukraine Work With Caution, Ended It In Lies
• Debtor Accuses Atty Of Unruly Behavior, Seeks Sanctions
• No Sanctions For Baseball League's Ex-Attys, Judge Says
• Skadden Deal Shows DOJ's FARA Focus Shifting To High Gear
• Avenatti Slammed For 'Tactical' DQ Bid In Fee Fight
• Fla. Co. Soured Clients On Ex-Contractor, $110M Suit Says
• For Skadden's Brand, Ukraine Scandal A Shot Across The Bow
• Ill. Atty Must Arbitrate Exit Claims Against Former Firm
• Ex-Pa. Judge Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Case
• Skadden First In BigLaw To Be Hit As DOJ Dusts Off FARA
• How Skadden's Ukrainian Job Went Up In Flames
• New Emails Suggest Gov't Leaked Platinum Probe Info: Execs
• NJ Atty Ducks Malpractice Suit Over Real Estate Proceeds
• Ill. Atty Admits To Overbilling Clients At Kirkland, Boutique
• 'Dark Overlord' Hack Another Cautionary Tale For Law Firms
• At Objector's Urging, Judge Rules Against Him In Edelson Suit
• Weinstein, Lawyer Officially 'Part Ways' After Split Rumors
• Law360's The Week in Discipline
• Diversity's Next Step: Developing Minority Partners
• King & Spalding, Ex-Atty Spar Over Experts In Firing Suit
• Fla. Atty Accused Of Breaking Into Firm's Office Suspended
• Clinic Has No Grounds For DQ In Surgery Suit, Patient Says
• Skadden To Pay $4.6M Over Ukraine Lobbying
• Ex-Hallmark Host's Atty DQ'd In Wrongful Termination Suit
• Platinum Judge Sees No Misconduct, But Raps Gov't 'Candor'
• Mich. Atty Granted New Trial In Injury Referral Fee Fight
• For-Profit Ariz. Law School Drops ABA Suit Over Accreditation
• Ill. Panel Affirms Thompson Coburn's Win In Malpractice Suit
• Pa. AG Goes After Phony Philly-Area Immigration Atty
• Objector Admits To Unethical Conduct To Exit Edelson Suit
• Law Center Hit With RICO Suit Over 'Hate Group' Label
• Court Censures NY Atty Caught In CBS '60 Minutes' Sting
• Arbitrators And Mediators Should Reflect Society's Diversity
• Firm Tries 3rd Time To Toss Malpractice Arbitration Award
• NJ Judge Says Hostile Boss Prompted Secret Recordings
• Hunton Andrews DQ Bid Under Fire In Crash Coverage Suit
• 4th Circ. Hands Saveri Firm Win In $1.2M Legal Fees Battle
• Why AFAs Are Key To The Future Of Legal Practice
• Timeshare Owners Seek Fees Over Marriott's Withheld Docs
• Miami Atty Humiliated Ex-Partner, Ethics Complaint Says
• Drink Co. Wants Bradley Arant DQ'd After Jump To Rival
• Blank Rome Can Arbitrate Ex-Dickstein Partners' $4M Suit
• Pa. Judge's Tough Sex Offender Sentences Challenged Again
• London Lawyer 1st Fined Over Panama Papers Revelations
• Worldwide Freezing Orders Can Backfire Without Proper Care
• Quinn Says High Court Arbitration Ruling Sinks Ex-Partners
• Atty Central To Marijuana Penny Stock Fraud Plot, Gov't Says
• GTC Law Group Settles Chancery Fight Over IP Asset Sale
• Auto Parts Co. Threatens US Exit Over Price-Fixing: Plaintiffs
• Baker Botts Defeats Takeda's DQ Bid In Heartburn Drug Fight
• Judge Broke Ethics Rules By Bullying Opponent's Supporters
• Mueller Probe To Dominate Barr Confirmation Hearing
• Pittsburgh Firm Botched Case, Paid For Reviews, Suit Says
• NJ Firm Can't Shake Malpractice Suit Over Lost $102M Verdict
• Calif. Judge Accused Of 20-Year Pattern Of Sex Harassment
• Hunton Faces DQ Bid In Fatal Crash Coverage Suit
• Judging A Book: Barron Reviews 'The Clamor Of Lawyers'
• Judge Steps Down From Motorola Suit, Cites Spouse's Stock
• The Firms That Dominated In 2018
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Appellate Judge Resigns After Emails To Lover Reveal Ruling
• Judge Sours In Yogurt Co. Fight, Calls Attys 'Children'
• Avenatti Seeks DQ Of Ex-Partner's Counsel In $10M Fee Fight
• Most LegalForce Claims Against Rival UpCounsel OK'd
• DLA Piper Decries DQ From $45M Blue Cross Payment Fight
• Manafort Forfeits Law License Ahead Of Disbarment Hearing
• LED Maker Wins Sanctions For Lighting Co.'s Service Evasion
• Alphabet Board Hid Execs' Misconduct, 2nd Investor Suit Says
• Pa. Atty Arrested Again On Suspicion Of Stealing From Clients
• Workers Fight NYU Reply On Recusal In Retirement Fund Row
• Reed Smith Tells 2nd Circ. Tort Claim Outside Of Fee Fight
• Boies Schiller Wins $650K In Fee Spat With Chinese Billionaire
• AG Nominee Promises Recusal In Time-AT&T Merger Case
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 2
• 'Making A Murderer' Atty Says Ex-Client Sunk His Own Case
• Entwistle & Cappucci Malpractice Suit Moved To Federal Level
• What All Attorneys Need To Know About The Shutdown
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Law Firm Can't Get Cut Of Rothstein Litigation Fees
• NJ Atty At Helm Of GOP Group Charged With Tax Evasion
• NLRB Had Right To Fire Atty Who Lost Affidavits, Judge Says
• NJ County Prosecutor Hit With Suit Over 'Toxic' Gender Bias
• Cohen To Testify Before House Oversight Committee
• 2nd Circ. Says Calif. Atty May Have Bungled Galanis Plea Deal
• '60 Minutes' Ethics Feud Ends In Opioid MDL
• Ogletree Arbitration Pact Covers Bias Accuser, Judge Says
• Pa. Judge Won't Toss Mesh Trial After Three-Week Delay
• The Case For Lawyer-Directed Litigation Funding In NY: Part 1
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Hunton Atty's Insider Trading Conviction
• BakerHostetler Atty Faces Disqualification Bid In Opioid MDL
• Plaintiffs Attys Rip 'Dishonest' Ethics Complaint In Opioid MDL
• Uber Wins DQ Of Opposing Attys In Unfair Competition Case
• CFPB Defends Constitutionality In 9th Circ. Oral Args
• Developer Guilty Of Bank Fraud Wants 'Hostile' Judge DQ'd
• ANR Ch. 11 Case Reopened For McKinsey Conflicts Probe
• Labaton's Fee Deal With Atty Was A One-Off, Ex-Judge Says
• Biometrics Co. Dodges Claims It Bribed Foreign Execs
• RI Law May Force Atty To Face Malpractice Suit, Judges Say
• 7 Questions To Add To Your Lateral Partner Questionnaire
• 3 Atty Lien Disputes In NFL Concussion Case Resolved
• Uber Looks To Kick Quinn Out Of Ex-Rival's Antitrust Suit
• Fla. Strip Club Seeks Sanctions For 'Cookie-Cutter' FLSA Suit
• Judge Recuses Self Over Son's Job At BakerHostetler
• Convicted Judge Should Face Sanctions, Ill. Regulator Says
• Gov't Can't Claim $1B Loss At Platinum Criminal Trial
• 11th Circ. Urged To Revive Ex-Air Force Officer's Guilty Plea
• Senate Dems Seek Closer Look At Court Misconduct Report
• Platinum Liquidators Can't DQ Curtis From Fraud Suit
• A Chat With Reed Smith Chief Marketing Officer Sadie Baron
• High Court Grants Win To Social Security Atty In Fee Row
• Russian Lawyer Linked To Trump Charged With Obstruction
• Law Firm Looks To Defeat Insurer's Suit Alleging Bad Advice
• NJ, Gov. Campaign Accused Of Mishandling Rape Claim
• Ex-Atty For Mitsubishi Blasts Bid To Nix Gender Bias Suit
• Feds Look To Give Ex-Firm Head 22 Years For $20M Theft
• Justices Pass On Appeal Of Sanctions For Presuit Actions
• Atty's Words Downed Award Against Supermarket, Panel Says
• Law Firm Owner's Ties To Car Co. Merit DQ, Calif. Panel Says
• NJ Judge Fights Ethics Charges Over Courtroom Remark
• Pa. Official In Judicial Bribery Case Loses Law License
• High Court Would Get Ethics Code Under Dems' Proposed Bill
• Atty Can't Leave Fla. Timeshare-Exit Contract Suit
• NY Atty Sued For Malpractice Over Racist Viral Rant
• Investors Slam Sidley Austin's 'Strategic' Ponzi Case Claims
• Attys Smeared As Dishonest In Docs Feud, Data Co. Says
• High Court Won't Review Cravath Shell Docs Decision
• 'Flexible Work' Makes Freelancing More Viable In BigLaw
• A Call To Permit Judicial Substitution In MDL Proceedings
• Judge Weinstein On Activism, Gobbledegook, Going Robeless
• Fla. High Court Vetoes Bar Proposal On Atty Felony Reporting
• NY Bar Issues Opinion On Splitting Fees With Non-NY Attys
• Firm's Ex-Partner Seeks 8 Years In Theft Of More Than $20M
• Ex-Milberg Partner Says Firm Used Reorg To Deny Him $15M
• Deloitte Says Judge Erred In Denying Access To Investor Docs
• Norton Rose Sued Again Over Power Plant Finance Deal
• Rothstein Rosenfeldt Trustee Seeks OK For $4.7M Deal
• BakerHostetler Says Judge Can Hear Case Despite Son's Job
• Platinum Liquidators Ask To DQ Curtis From Fraud Suit
• Atty Fights Bid To DQ Him From Pa. Senate Harassment Case
• Alito Unrecuses Self From Oracle, Rimini Copyright Costs Row
• Texas Suspends Newly Elected Judge Over Bribery Charges
• Attys Who Gave Judge Rays Tickets Fight Call For 2-Year Ban
• Law360's The Week in Discipline
• Clinic Wants Judge DQ'd In Suit Alleging Botched Surgery
• Sanford Prepping New Gender Bias Suit Against Jones Day
• Appeals Court Wipes Out $45M In West Texas Oil Lease Fight
• Litigation Funder Sues NY Firm Over 'Unwinnable' Resort Row
• Panel Orders Hearing To See If Atty's Error Misled Refugee
• Fact Witness Pay Must Relate To Case Prep, Fla. Justices Say
• Boies Schiller Partner Hit With Misconduct Claims In $3M Suit
• Edelson Wins Discovery Bid Against Atty In Extortion Suit
• What To Expect From Technology-Assisted Review In 2019
• AGs Blast Generic Cos.' Bid To Gag Price-Fixing Comments
• Powell Trachtman Settles OT Suit Amid Wind-Down
• Chicago Pol Charged With Trading Influence For Tax Work
• Ex-Kilpatrick Atty Drops Standard Insurance Benefits Suit
• Schiff Hardin Escapes Insurer's Malpractice Suit At 5th Circ.
• Former Colombian Gov't Watchdog Gets 4 Years Over Bribery
• 'Angry' NYT Writer's Groping Story Defamed Atty, Suit Says
• Bar Says Insurer, Atty Botched Fatal Tent Collapse Case
• Pa. Appeals Court Nixes Malpractice Suit Against Saul Ewing
• Booted Texas Law Student's Cheating Probe Suit Revived
• 'Making A Murderer' Atty Abandoned Ill. Man's Case, Suit Says
• Atty Who Copped To Money Laundering Agrees To Disbarment
• Pa. AG Says Porn-Email Scandal, Not Bias, Made Agent Quit
• Investors Can't Justify Deal With Trading Firm GC, Judge Says
• 2019 Will Bring More Good News For Litigation Finance
• Why More Law Firms Will Embrace Remote Work In 2019
• 4 Legal Ethics Cases To Watch In 2019
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• How #MeToo Will Keep Shaping The Legal Industry