Legal Ethics Archive » February, 2019

Legal Ethics - February, 2019

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• Del. Chancellor Accused Of Not Disclosing Conflict While Atty
• Pa. Justices Snub Appeal In Astor Weiss Malpractice Suit
• Paralegal Denied Jobless Benefits Over Hostile Work Claims
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Insurer's Suit Over Dog-Bite Case Baseless, PI Firm Says
• Empire Land Creditors Slam Settlement With Law Firms
• Judge Shuts Down Roger Stone's Claims DOJ Tipped Off CNN
• Ex-Calif. AG Candidate Censured For Judicial Misconduct
• Fla. Bar Opens Review Over Rep. Gaetz's Controversial Tweet
• Monsanto MDL Judge Sanctions 'Steely' Atty, Explains Remark
• NJ Attys Sued For Malicious Prosecution Over Loan Fund Suit
• Cohen Tells Congress Trump Lied About Moscow Talks
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Florida Atty's Stock Scam Conviction
• High Court To Judges: Appeal Waivers Aren't Sacrosanct
• Ill. Atty Cops To Evading Taxes On Tobacco Case Atty Fees
• For-Profit Law School Drops Suit Against The ABA
• Split High Court Upholds Post-Plea Appeal Rights
• Fla. Bar Rebuts Finding That Ticket App Isn't Illegal Practice
• Monsanto MDL Judge Slams Female Atty's 'Steely' Composure
• Ill. Atty Hits Firm With Suit Alleging 'Anti-Female' Bias
• NJ Atty Can't Beat Malpractice Suit Over Losing Contract Row
• 9th Circ. Affirms Ex-Bio-Rad GC's $8M Whistleblower Win
• No Immunity For Haynes and Boone's Deal Work, Panel Told
• Judge Draws 'Wonder Years' Parallel In DQ Of Bradley Arant
• CFPB Seeks To Force Law Firm To Comply With Probe
• Zurich Sanctioned Over Discovery Slog In Lead Coverage Row
• Accomplice In Ill. Judge Mortgage Fraud Case Gets 7 Months
• Gov't Apathy Toward Prosecutorial Misconduct Is Alarming
• Kilpatrick Ducks Third-Party Suit In Investor Malpractice Row
• Former Trump Atty Michael Cohen Disbarred In NY
• Ex-Ogletree Atty Says Arbitration Pact 'Rife With Defects'
• Firm Doesn't Belong In Suit Over Posthumous Prince Release
• Pharmas Inflating Info Leak To Unseat Patent Loss, Rival Says
• Great American Wants Sanctions In Florida Condo Suit
• Dems Want Probe Of Ex-Hunton Attys In EPA Air Office
• LED Maker Gets Final Judgment Against Mexican Lighting Co.
• Ex-MoFo Attys Say Firm Can't Duck Pregnancy Bias Claims
• Feds Want Former Och-Ziff Exec's Atty DQ'd In Fraud Case
• Vt. Atty Disbarred For Sexually Exploiting Vulnerable Ex-Client
• Justices To Review Statute Of Limitations In FDCPA Cases
• Ex-Partner Stole Firm's Investigator, Trade Secrets, Says Suit
• Bar Fights DQ Bid In Suit Over Tent Collapse Settlement
• Past Trauma Drove NJ Judge To Delay Cop Call, Panel Told
• Epstein Ruling Puts Pressure On Acosta, DOJ
• Dealership Slams Rival's 'Desperate' Sanctions Bid
• Cotton Cos. Push To Tie Litigation Funder To $8.9M Award
• Ex-BigLaw Inside Trader's Friend Must Pay $555K To SEC
• Pa. Justices To Weigh Barring Punitives For Frivolous Suits
• Firm Must Face Malpractice Suit Over Embezzled Investment
• 3 Lessons From A Crypto Mock Trial
• Tracing Puerto Rico's Journey Through Bankruptcy
• Roger Stone Hit With Broad Gag Order Over Crosshairs Post
• Litigation Funders Push Back On Proposed Disclosure Rules
• Real Estate Attorney Disbarred Over Deed Fraud
• 5 Recent DQ And Atty Conflict Decisions To Know
• Manafort Sentencing Dates Set In Va., DC
• Revised Deal In GC Cover-Up Case Scores Judge's Final OK
• Onyx's Patent Agent Privilege Claim Fails In Cancer Drug Row
• NYC Lead Victims' Bid To Depose Ex-Agency Chief Falls Flat
• Prosecutors Broke Law In Epstein Plea Deal, Fla. Judge Says
• After Canceling Once, Ex-Trump Atty Cohen To Testify Publicly
• Bankrupt Ex-Partner Can't Dodge Unpaid Rent, 3rd Circ. Says
• 2nd Circ. Judge Must Exit FTC Case, Supplement Co. Says
• Atty Can't Upend Ex-Partner's Win In Flint Fees Arbitration
• Fed. Circ. DQs Katten Over Conflicts In Mylan Patent Case
• Judge Appointment Doesn't Sway 5th Circ. In Retaliation Row
• Atty-Turned-Fraudster Loses 2nd Bid To Access SEC Files
• Brown Rudnick Slips Liability In Biz Owners' ESOP Tax Suit
• Ex-Yukos Shareholders Can't Nab White & Case Docs
• A Chat With McDermott COO John Yoshimura
• 9th Circ. Leaves Insurer On Hook In Legal Malpractice Case
• ​​​​​​​Fla. Bar Foundation Gets $3.6M From Sanctions For Legal Aid
• Roger Stone In Hot Water With DC Judge Over Instagram Post
• Opioid MDL Atty Gets Heat For Ripping Purdue 'Scumbags'
• High Court Passes On Bid To Apply Lawyer Rule To Adjusters
• Gibson Dunn Close To DQ Bid Toss In Privileged Doc Drama
• While Not A 'Platonic Ideal,' Irish Investor To Lead EZCorp Suit
• Developer Says Ex-Counsel Messed Up Enviro Suit
• Dorsey Fights Chevron Scheming Claims In $18B Award Row
• Horse-Racing Bettor Seeks Sanctions In NJ Doping Suit
• The Problem With 'Optimal' Diversity
• The $1B Question: Can Puerto Rico Afford Its Bankruptcy Bills?
• Puerto Rico's Law Firms Find Their Footing After Disaster
• Partial Gag Order Issued In Roger Stone WikiLeaks Case
• Disney Wants Atty Docs In VidAngel Streaming IP Row
• Milbank Beats Trustee Objection To Rep Gymboree In Ch. 11
• 7th Circ. Asked To Revive RICO Suit Against Seyfarth
• Plane Co. Asks Chancery To Break Grip Of Bogus Legal Rep.
• Philly-Area Atty Arrested For 5th Time On Theft Charges
• Texas Justices Deny Law Firm's Appeal Of Malpractice Award
• Texas Justices Side With Insurer In Atty-Client Privilege Row
• Ex-Judge Faces Disbarment Over $600K Traffic Ticket Scheme
• Ex-Liddle Partner Fights Attys' Bid To Exit Equal Pay Suit
• Fla. Judge Faces Reprimand For Partisan Activity In Campaign
• Texas High Court Denies Redo In Long-Running Atty DQ Row
• Ex-Cognizant Execs Charged With $2M Indian Bribe Scheme
• Sheppard Mullin Attys' Conduct Should Void IP, Pa. Co. Says
• Calif. High Court Won't Hear Winston & Strawn Petition
• Citigroup Class' Attys Spar Over $2.3M Fee In 401(k) Row
• Fired King & Spalding Attorney Says High Court's On His Side
• 9th Circ. Sends CRT Settlement Back To Correct Error
• No Sanctions For Exotic Dancer In FLSA Suit, Judge Advises
• 2nd Circ. Scraps Immigrant's Conviction Over Bad Counsel
• Kasowitz Benson, Pachulski Can Rep White Eagle In Ch. 11
• Judges Can't Refuse To Perform Same-Sex Marriages: ABA
• Fla. Atty Gets 7 Years For Role In 'Shell Factory Fraud'
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Apple Case Sends Warning To GCs On Insider Trading Risks
• Pittsburgh Firm Fights Claims Of Malpractice, Fake Reviews
• Convicted W.Va. Justice Gets 2 Years For Fraud
• Sens. Reintroduce Litigation Funding Transparency Bill
• NJ Prosecutor Accused Of Sex Bias Fears Tainted Jury Pool
• Got A Mass. Bar Counsel Letter? Keep Calm And Carry On
• Avenatti Loses Control Of Firm Amid Claim He Hid Millions
• No Bias In Skadden FARA Deal, Judge Tells Russian Co.
• DC Firm Helped Ranbaxy Avoid FDA Scrutiny, RICO Suit Says
• NYU Workers Fight To Revive $358M ERISA Suit
• Roger Stone Implies Mueller Team Leaked Indictment To CNN
• Texas Panel Told Free Speech Law Can't Nix Atty Discipline
• SPLC Urges Toss Of Suit Over 'Hate Group' Labeling
• Firm Can't Halt DQ Ruling While Appealing MSU Nassar Suits
• Fed. Circ. OKs Ex-BigLaw Attys' Licensing Co. Patent Loss
• Ex-Senior Apple Attorney Charged With Insider Trading
• Mediation Opening Arguments Should Not Be A Throwdown
• Bipartisan House Bill Would Make PACER Free To All
• MoFo Probe Unlikely To Lift Cloud Over Fairfax
• Ga. Atty Sentenced To 15 Years For $20M Fraud Scheme
• Fla. Foreclosure Atty Faces Disbarment For Repeat Offenses
• Denver Firm Settles Suit Over Published Credit Scores
• SEC, 2 Attorneys Face Off Over Pump-And-Dump Claims
• Debt Collector Can't Escape Suit Over Its Lack Of License
• Fresh Takes On Seeking Costs And Fees Under Rule 45
• Bankruptcy Ruling Reminds Corp. Counsel To Mind Rule 1.13
• Amphastar GC In On Docs Leak In Antitrust Suit, Cos. Say
• Injury Firm Wants 9th Circ. To Hear Driver Privacy Class Action
• Texas Atty Can't Arbitrate Malpractice Suit, 1st Circ. Rules
• Arnold & Porter Faces Contempt Push In Horizon FCRA Suit
• Atty Faked Cancer To Gain Upper Hand In Court: Commission
• Chevron Interfering In $18B Award Fight, Saudi Heirs Say
• Epstein Case A Turning Point In Prosecutorial Accountability?
• Platinum Exec Can't Halt Trial Over Jury Info Leak Claims
• Fed. Circ. Throws Out 'Frivolous' Patent Suit By NY Ex-Atty
• Attys' Business Ties End Class Cert. Request In TCPA Suit
• MoFo Seeks To Nix 2 Lawyers From Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Cozen Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Collapsed Stock Sale
• Fired DC Jurist's ADA Case Trimmed, As 1 Claim Survives
• Geico Settles Before Trial In Case Where Counsel Was DQ'd
• Weapons Maker Says Firm Helped Ex-CEO Rip Off Company
• Judging A Book: Smith Camp Reviews 'Echo Of Its Time'
• One Woman's Attempt To Rebuild After Hurricane Maria
• 'Now Is The Real Crisis': Puerto Ricans Struggle For Disaster Aid
• Looking To Start Over, Storm-Tossed Lawyers Land In Fla.
• Texas Justices Decline To Hear $2.9M Default Judgment Row
• Strong-Arming Of Bezos May Go Beyond Atty Hardball
• Atty Fights Firm's Bid To Exit 'Gears Of War' Client Settlement
• Alleged Roger Stone Ties Inflame NFL Concussion Atty Spat
• Roger Stone Says Gag Order Would Violate 1st Amendment
• DOJ Fights To Overturn Rep In Duro Dyne Asbestos Trust
• Hints Of 'Sloppy' Prosecution Could Haunt Esformes Trial
• Monster Energy Attorney Settles SEC's Insider Trading Claims
• Homeowners Fight PNC's Bid To DQ Atty In Foreclosure Suit
• Atty Conduct Should Have Sunk Fraud Ruling, Justices Told
• Va. Lt. Gov., MoFo Partner Hit With 2nd Sex Assault Claim
• Kasowitz Benson, Pachulski Challenged In White Eagle Ch. 11
• Firms Conspired To File Bogus ADA Suits, Restaurateur Says
• Atty Suspended In NJ Over $24M Fees Bid In Toshiba Suit
• Awarding Of Costs In Tax Shelter Case Upheld By Fed. Circ.
• Ex-Pa. DA Suspended For 1 Year Over Phony Facebook Page
• Michael Cohen-Linked Immigration Atty Disbarred In NY
• Bezos Accuses National Enquirer Co. Of Sextortion Scheme
• Walmart Seeks Atty DQ In Suit Over Woman's Death
• Telling Lawyer To File A Brief Isn't Favoritism, Judge Rules
• 5th Circ. Won't Rethink Schiff Hardin Win In Malpractice Suit
• Pa. Justice Faces Scrutiny Over Brother's Embezzlement Case
• Platinum Exec Wants Trial Halted Pending Media Leak Review
• Ex-Florida Atty Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Money Laundering Rap
• Judge's Retirement Voids Apple, Qualcomm Ruling, ITC Told
• Approved Ch. 11 Trust Targets Execs, Firm For Fraud Claims
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• DLA Piper, BakerHostetler Settle Philly Excessive Fee Suit
• Rocawear Calls Jay-Z's Diversity Suit 'Charade,' Seeks Fees
• 'The Mooch' Talks Mayhem, Con Law, Lessons From Harvard
• Geldhauser & Rizzo Not Bound By Rival's Penned-In Fee Note
• FARA Enforcement: The Year Ahead
• Atty Tricked Litigation Funder With Phony GM Deal, Feds Say
• Opioid MDL Judge Mulls BakerHostetler DQ, Vents Frustration
• DOJ To Investigate Epstein Plea Deal After Prodding By Sasse
• Ex-Linkwell Execs Sanctioned Over Deposition No-Shows
• Bankrupt Atty's Creditor Gets Another Shot At Fees In NJ
• NJ Concessionaire Aims To Redo Suit Against Former Counsel
• Professor Accuses Va. Lt. Gov.-MoFo Partner Of Sex Assault
• MDL Judge Lets Attys Have It, Then Lets Them Have $111M
• NY Firm Says Litigation Funder's Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• DOL Cut 'Secret' Deals With Private Attys, Oracle Claims
• NY Atty Suspended For Forging Brief To Hide Filing Failure
• Firms Urge Pa. Judge To Pause Aetna Privacy Violation Suit
• Linklaters Marketer Silenced On Treatment Of Female Attys
• Fla. Court DQs Judge In 12 Engle Cases Over Chat With Atty
• Probe Following NJ Rape Claim Finds Hiring System 'Failed'
• Why Proper Document Redaction May Be An Ethical Duty
• ICE, Prosecutor Stopped Man From Seeing Counsel, Atty Says
• Fla. Mobile Home Park Owners, Attys Hit With RICO Suit
• Stormy Daniels' Cohen Defamation Claim Nixed, Suit Proceeds
• DQ Ruling In Nassar Suit Gives Law Firm Traction To Appeal
• Seeger Weiss Defends Additional NFL Concussion Deal Fees
• Feds Resist Judge's Call To Retrace Paul Weiss Libor Probe
• Ex-Milberg Atty Gets OK For Latest Step In $15M Recovery Bid
• Atty In Paul Anka Divorce Acted 'Recklessly,' Court Says
• DC Circ. Revives FOIA Case Involving IRS Disciplinary Probe
• Feds Blast Russian Co.'s Skadden FARA Case Comparison
• Ex-Akin Gump Atty Leaked Docs In Antitrust Suit, Co. Says
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Refugee's Journey Of Firsts
• Nassar Accusers' Lawyers Ask For Pause Of DQ Ruling
• Film Co. Says 'Super Bowl Shuffle' Clips Were Fair Use
• Avenatti Ordered To Court Over Contempt Bid In $10M Row
• Cooley Faces DQ Bid In Father-Son Trademark Fight
• Judge DQs Atty For Man Implicated In $364M Consumer Scam
• Pa. Justices To Mull Privilege For Atty Bills In Estate Dispute
• Insurer Says Firm Made Up Bad Faith Claim In Dog Bite Case
• Avenatti's DQ Bid In $10M Row 'Tactically Abusive': Judge
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 2
• Venable Next For Students Pushing To End Forced Arbitration
• As Puerto Rico Recovers, Courts Heed Lessons Of Disaster
• DOJ Bucks Trend On Protections Against Wrongful Convictions
• Sanctions Sunk Against Yacht Co. In $4.4B Comerica Suit
• Nassar Plaintiffs' Lawyers DQ'ed From Sex Abuse Trial
• General Counsel Push Litigation Funding Transparency
• Atty Sidelined Over Soccer League Theft, Fake GoFundMe
• InventHelp Fraud Class Action Has Legs, Court Told
• Judge At Center Of Facebook Dispute Recuses Herself
• Conn. Broker Wants Malpractice Suit Sent To State Court
• Milbank Tweed Vow To Pro Bono Client Foils Malpractice Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 1