Legal Ethics Archive » May, 2019

Legal Ethics - May, 2019

316 articles

• Chicago Pol Faces 14 Counts For Soliciting Private Tax Work
• Schlumberger Unit Hit With Sanctions Request In Patent Suit
• Legal Attacks On 'Unified' Bar Model Heating Up
• Duane Morris Sued Over Debt Collection Tactics In Fla.
• Quinn Emanuel DQ'd From SoCal Edison Woolsey Fire Cases
• Claims Rep For J&J Talc Supplier Survives Removal Bids
• From Prison, Shkreli Files $30M Suit Over Retrophin Ouster
• NJ Law Firm Doesn't Share Rival's Malpractice Liability
• White & Williams Atty Hits Firm With Race, Gender Bias Suit
• Firm Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Workers' Break Glitch
• Pa. Justices To Mull Class Suit Over Firm's Foreclosure Fees
• Jones Day Sex Bias Accusers Can Stay Anonymous For Now
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• #MeToo's Reach Falling Short Of BigLaw Rainmakers
• Va. Atty's Reprimand For Fudging HIPAA Wording Affirmed
• Feds 'Tainted' By Slack Chat Access, Centra Tech Heads Say
• Doc Gets 2nd Shot At Suit Saying Ill. Atty Botched His Appeal
• Advocates Seek To DQ Jones Day In Calif. Homelessness Suit
• No-Show Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Loses Dismissal Bid
• NJ Atty's Late Tax Payments Weren't Criminal, Judge Told
• DOJ Watchdog Says Prosecutor Lied About Using Pot Edibles
• Mass. Judge Charged With Aiding ICE Escape Asks For Salary
• NJ Co. Can't Escape Deal Reached By Atty Who 'Went Rogue'
• Detention Center Workers Charged With Selling Names To Atty
• Wilson Sonsini Beats Malpractice Case In Business Dust-Up
• IP Atty's Ex-Wife Looks To Win His 401(k) Funds
• Motherhood & Making Partner: The View From 2 BigLaw Moms
• Ford Seeks To Sanction Knight Law $19K For Coaching Client
• 5 Attorneys On Being The Only Woman In The Room
• Millennials Are Pushing Back Against Law Firm Sexism
• Boies Schiller $3M Malpractice Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Flynn Associate Says Covington Aided Privilege End-Run
• Firms Face Surge In Big-Ticket Malpractice Claims
• SeaWorld Can't Get Covington Docs In False Ad Row
• Late Filing Ends Malpractice Claim Against NJ Firm
• 3 Law Firm Business Tactics To Support A Niche Practice
• Judge Was 'Inappropriate' But Is Still Immune, 6th Circ. Says
• Craig's Emails Take Center Stage In Foreign Agent Act Case
• Avenatti Pleads '100% Not Guilty' In Double-Arraignment Day
• Lewis Brisbois Won't Be Booted From Newman U. Title IX Suit
• Coal Co. Can't Get Docs Protected By Atty-Client Privilege
• Pa. Judge Slams LabMD For Asking To Delay Defamation Case
• In The March Toward Parity, Law Firms Fall Behind
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Can You Spot The Gender Disparity? A Guide To Implicit Bias
• Warehouse, Trucking Co. Sues Firm For $11M In Judgments
• After Sentence Revisited, A&O Fraudster Gets 45 Years Again
• Atty's Evasions In Biometric Case 'Unethical,' 7th Circ. Says
• Jones Day Says No Basis For Anonymity In Gender Bias Suit
• Players Seek Sanctions In Volleyball Coach Sex-Abuse Case
• Forwarded Email To Atty Nixes Worker's Appeal, 7th Circ. Says
• Advocates Fight To Keep Judge In Homelessness Case
• Tracking Developments In The Law Of Privilege
• Boston DA Left 'Picking Up The Pieces' After ICE Deportations
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Glass Ceiling Slow To Break For Female Attys In 2018
• What 12 Gender Bias Complaints Say About BigLaw
• Rights Group Wants ICE Sanctioned For 'Atrocious' Conduct
• Rite Aid Must Pay Ex-Honcho's Legal Fees In Fraud Fight
• Calif. Cities Say Judge In Homelessness Case An 'Advocate'
• Epstein Victims Demand Apology From Prosecutors
• Seeger Stands Alone: 5 Firms Tossed From NFL Settlement
• Target In Ex-BigLaw Atty's Defamation Suit Wants Case Moved
• 9th Circ. Questions DLA, Munger Attys' Candor In BNSF Brief
• NJ Rape Suit's Secrecy Challenge Moved To Appeals Court
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Women Fight To Stay Anonymous In Jones Day Sex Bias Suit
• Robinson Bradshaw Calls Atty Claims In Bias Suit 'Outlandish'
• Buck Rogers Publisher's Heirs Call IP Settlement A Fraud
• BofA, McGuireWoods Fire Back At Sanctions Bid In OT Suit
• Real-Life Lessons For Lawyers From 'Game Of Thrones'
• 5 Tips To Help Your Summer Associates Succeed
• 3 Ways Law Firms Can Fight Back Against Bullying
• Serial ADA-Filing Atty Accused Of Filing False Tax Returns
• NJ Atty Can't Keep Enhanced Fee In Personal Injury Suit
• Donziger Held In Contempt In $9.5B Chevron Ecuador Fight
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Alsup Rejects Finjan Bid For New Trial In Malware Patent Case
• Mass. Judge's Atty Blasts Deal-Offer Leak In ICE Arrest Case
• Pa. Atty Gets Nearly 4 Years For Defrauding Elderly Client
• Craig Tried To Bar Skadden Attys' Testimony, Opinion Shows
• Avenatti Booted From Class Counsel In Surgical Gown Suit
• 9th Circ. OKs Atty Sanctions For 'Frivolous' Deere Loan Suit
• Feds Say Firm Can't Intervene In Texas Ponzi Scheme Case
• Mass. Judge Says ICE Court Arrest Policy Can Stoke Fear
• Keys To Communicating A Law Firm's Mission
• Lawyers' Digital Assistants Raise Ethics, Privacy Concerns
• Lawyered-Up Suspect Says Taped Calls Violated Ethics Rule
• FEC Dissenters Defend Decision Not To Probe Thornton Law
• Amazon Slams Atty's Bid To Keep Audio Out Of Meek Mill Film
• Judge Grows Weary Of Infighting In J&J Talc Supplier's Ch. 11
• Ga. Court Revives Doc-Turned-Atty's Suit Against Ex-Firm
• Ex-WellCare GC Suspended Over Medicaid Fraud Scheme
• Avenatti Charged With Stealing Stormy Daniels' Book Money
• 7th Circ. Mulls Revival Of Seyfarth RICO Suit
• Debtor Denied Fair Shot To Keep Suit Alive, 3rd Circ. Says
• Firm Can't Object To Bankrupt Co.'s Final Report: 6th Circ.
• Online Reviews Not Linked To Botched Pa. Case, Firm Says
• Ex-Client Can't Revive Claims Attys Bungled Gov't Probe
• Mazie Slater Pushes To Rep Itself In Malpractice Case
• Sex Bias Accuser Says MoFo Sabotaged Her Job Hunt
• Craig Can Get More Info In Already 'Extremely Detailed' Case
• Pierce Bainbridge DQ'd From Manilow Films Copyright Suit
• Second Atty Sanctioned For Monsanto MDL Opening Remark
• NJ Powerbroker Norcross Sues, Claiming Tax Probe Is Illegal
• 6th Circ. Rips BIA For Ignoring Honduran's Bad Counsel Claim
• Firms To Face Revived Malpractice Claims Over Syngenta Suit
• NC Court Affirms License Change Order For Impaired Atty
• Texas Judge Who Allegedly Groped Other Judge Reprimanded
• Feds Defend Accessing Slack Chats In Centra Tech ICO Case
• Judicial Watch President To Be Deposed In Defamation Fight
• NJ County Dodges Contractor's Award Due To Arbitrator Bias
• How Lawyers Can Help Save The Planet
• Ex-Willkie Co-Chair Pleads Guilty In 'Varsity Blues'
• Atty Can't Duck Malpractice Claims Over Failed EB-5 Project
• Amendments Would Add Clarity To Texas Anti-SLAPP Law
• Jones Day Seeks To Unmask Jane Doe Attys In Sex Bias Suit
• Delegate's Ex-Atty Put Under Monitor After Nude Pics Plea
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Launches Suit Over Nixed Lewdness Charge
• Justices Let Producer's Revived Tax Fraud Conviction Stand
• DOJ Names Ex-US Atty Investigated For In-Office Affair
• Pa. Firm Sued For Waiting Too Long In Road Rage Case
• Dexcom Asks Fed. Circ. To Nix $1.3M Fee Award In IP Row
• Drinker Biddle Wants Fla. Court Help In NJ Defamation Case
• Patent Cases That Got Under Judges' Skin
• Atty Asks Texas Justices To Revive Forgery Suit Against Bar
• Banning ICE Arrests Would Spark Armed Conflict, Group Says
• Mexican Officials Hit With Sanctions For Alleged Cartel Ties
• Helping Manafort's Kid Get Skadden Gig No Crime, Craig Says
• 'Crazy Expensive' Law Firm Wouldn't Return Calls, Jury Told
• Group Got $17M Secret Donation Ahead Of Kavanaugh Fight
• CFPB Targets NY Debt Collection Firm Over Mass Suit Filings
• Constitutional Crisis? Not Quite, But Courts Could Be Tested
• Thousands Of Calif. Attys In Trouble Over Fingerprints
• Robinson Bradshaw Liable For Diversity Promises, Atty Says
• Prosecutors Evade Cop's Released Expunged Records Suit
• 5th Circ. Wants Redo Of Law Funder's $3M Award Against Atty
• Pa. Lawyer Says Ex-Partner Stiffed Him On $1.3M In Fees
• FEC Chair Rips Peers For Nixing Thornton Donation Inquiry
• Hedge Funds Can't Split Trial In $15M Reed Smith Deal Suit
• Key Takeaways From Roundup Verdicts So Far
• A Chat With Gilead Sciences Legal Ops Leader Gary Tully
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Which States Are Best And Worst At Atty Discipline?
• Atty-Client Conduct Derailed Train Yard Injury Suit: Panel
• US Can Enforce IRS Summons For Law Firm's Client Identities
• Disbarred Atty Can't Beat Prison Term Over 'Confused' Judge
• Atty Off Hook For $400K Counterfeit Check, Texas Court Says
• Ill. Atty Should Be Suspended Over Fake Docs, Panel Affirms
• Judge's Complaint Of Blackmail Falls Short, Fla. Atty Says
• Fee Bid Was Within Precedent In ERISA Suit, 11th Circ. Told
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Fights Her Estate's Civil Suit
• Ex-Dewey Chair Says Charges Brought 'Waves Of Despair'
• Misconduct Claims Mount Against Fla. Financial Regulator
• Construction Contractor Shoots Back At AIG Unit's DQ Bid
• Pa. AG Faces Trimmed Claims In Age Discrimination Suit
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Completing The Journey Home
• Examining The Evidence On VIX Manipulation
• Craig Wants 'Preview' Of False Statement Case, Feds Say
• NJ Atty Escapes Malpractice Suit Over Divorce Settlement
• Ex-Locke Atty Tries To Quash Evidence In Crypto Scam Case
• Feds Dragging Out $18M Offshore Tax Scheme Row, Atty Says
• The Problem With 9th Circ. CFPB Leadership Structure Ruling
• Latham Aided Covert Bid To Quash Stadium, Calif. City Says
• Okla. Bar Says Atty Delivered Feces-Smeared Check
• Edwards Wildman Didn't Warn About Anti-SLAPP, Jury Told
• Diamond's Timeshare Exit Suit Gets Fla. Magistrate's Rec
• Nationwide Claims No Duty to Defend Pa. Whistleblower
• Dilworth Paxson Dodges ERISA Suit Over Tribal Bond Scam
• NJ Atty Suspended For Hiding Malpractice Suit From Firm
• Law Has A Bullying Problem, But In BigLaw It's Even Worse
• The Legal Jobs Where Sexual Harassment Is Most Common
• Macklemore Wants Fees After Failed 'Thrift Shop' Case
• Fla. Firm Accused Of Sending Consumers Unsolicited Texts
• ICE Looks To Block Injunction Over Courthouse Arrests
• FTC Staff Warns Lawyers: Don't Lie To Us
• EPA Lawyer Threatened With Contempt In Exxon Climate Case
• Judge Won't Recuse Over Settlement Talks In Mushroom Suit
• Ex-Atty Asks Fed. Circ. To Rethink Toss Of 'Frivolous' Suit
• Knight Law Sanctioned For Coaching Client In Ford Suit
• SEC Renews EB-5 Investor Fraud Claims Against Chicago Atty
• Debt Attys Charging Base Fee Can't Get More, 5th Circ. Says
• Edwards Wildman Botched Client's Daily Mail Suit, Jury Told
• Identity Politics: How Firms Seal The Deal After A Merger
• NJ GOP Honcho Says 'Good Faith' Beats Tax Evasion Verdicts
• The Dangers Of BigLaw's Merger-Happy Growth Strategy
• The Firms That Lost The Most Attorneys In 2018
• Rosenstein Invokes Mueller In Baltimore Law Grad Speech
• Kan. Atty's Suit Over Inflated Recovery Ads Can Proceed
• 96 Charged In Vietnamese Immigration Marriage Scheme
• Pa. Justices Urged To Ax Frivolous Suit Punitives On Attys
• 'Blameless Ignorance' Applies To FDCPA Suits, Justices Hear
• Former Texas Atty Gets Prison Time For $5.5M Invoice Fraud
• Justices Won't Rule On $23M Morgan Lewis Sanction Denial
• Fitbit Class Attys Seek $7M Fees In Sleep-Tracker Deal
• Judging A Book: Wood Reviews 'The Making Of A Justice'
• Texas Anti-SLAPP Law Can't Deter Atty Discipline, Board Says
• Weinstein Atty Drops Out, Citing Harvard Teaching Conflict
• Atty Suspended For Forging Judge's Order While A Paralegal
• To Guard Against Waiving Privilege, Don't CC The Boss
• These Law Firms Keep Their Partnership Ranks Lean
• Megafirms Drive Thirst For Tie-Ups As Firms Scale Up
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• DOJ Says Old Probe DQs Sidley Atty, Its Ex-No. 2, In Huawei
• Ex-Skadden Atty Craig Wants Illegal Lobbying Charges Tossed
• Dial MDL's $7.4M Settlement Too 'Dubious' To Allow, Feds Say
• Med Mal Suit Revived After Atty's 'Excusable Neglect'
• Miami Atty Faces Disbarment For Aiding In QVC Theft
• Convicted Atty Says 'Vague Estimates' Form $40M Restitution
• Political Ad Grounds For Judge's Recusal, Court Says
• What Gov't Outsourcing Ruling Means For Investigations
• 2 Women Move To Spearhead Ogletree Pay Bias Case
• How A Diversity Fight Could Reshape A Canadian Law Society
• Calif. Judge Program Biased Against Older Jurists, Suit Says
• Ex-Atty Gets 28 Months For Role In Pump-And-Dump Scheme
• Getting Out Of Legal Project Management Debt
• Workers Want BofA, McGuireWoods Sanctioned In OT Row
• Ex-MLB Star Dykstra Can Pursue Boucher Malpractice Suit
• Attys Want Judge Recused Over Private Settlement Talks
• Alsup Rips 'Obstinate' Attys, Patent 'BS' In Finjan-Juniper War
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• 2 Attys DQ'd From Challenge To PNC Bank Home Foreclosure
• Liberty Seeks Sanctions At 11th Circ. For 'Stubborn' Fee Bid
• Diamond Resorts Settles Suit Against Timeshare Exit Atty
• Law Prof's Firing Had 'Zero' Ties To ABA, Judge Says
• ABA To Prosecutors: Plea Deal Ethics Cover Small Crimes Too
• 6 Ways To Keep Your Jury From Zoning Out
• Law Firm DQ'd In Energy Co. Suit Over Investor Info
• 'We Don't Direct' Probes, Feds Say After Paul Weiss Ruling
• BakerHostetler Fights 'Indefensible' DQ In Opioid MDL
• Quinn Attys Slam 'Concocted' Contempt Bid In Kraft Case
• ICE Criticism Shouldn't DQ Judge In Courthouse Arrest Suit
• Disbarred NY Atty Gets 5 Years For Asylum Fraud
• Lanier Firm Accused Of Flubbing Deepwater Claim
• Fla. Bar Probe Of Rep. Gaetz's Cohen Tweet Moves Forward
• NJ College Must Face Fired GC's Retaliation Claims
• Ex-Isles Owner Walks Free As Judge Slashes Fraud Sentence
• Cozen O'Connor Can't Dodge Claims It Botched Business Sale
• BuzzFeed Won't Seek ID Of Subordinate In Affair With US Atty
• Ex-Duane Morris Atty Cut Fisherman Out Of Venture, Suit Says
• Looping In PR Firm Nixed Atty Privilege In Suit Against Target
• Fiat Says Age Bias Suit Cites Stolen Confidential Documents
• In Reversal, Ex-Platinum Boss Released After Night In Jail
• No 2nd Chance For Atty Malpractice Suit Over 'Meritless' Case
• NJ Firm Not On Hook For Late Home Improvement Suit Filing
• StarKist's Atty Docs Off-Limits In Tuna Price-Fixing MDL
• Atty's $5M Sanction Cut To $500K In Defamation Dispute
• Investors Seek OK For $3.4M Deal In Corinthian College Action
• Discharged Atty Can't Get Full Fee, Ill. Appeals Court Says
• Milberg Wants New Look At $12M Fee Sought For Bond Work
• Trial Judge Who Represented Smokers DQ'd From Engle Case
• Mass. Top Court Wary Of Opening Some Criminal Hearings
• 5 Myths In Legal Crisis Communications
• UK Law Firms Face Punishment Over AML Failings
• Ill. Firm Must Face Bankrupt Client's Med Mal Suit, Court Says
• Strip Club's Sanctions Bid Fails In 'Cookie-Cutter' FLSA Suit
• Law Firm Secretary Says She Was Fired Over Cancer Time Off
• Texas Judge Who Let Friends Out Of Traffic Tickets Rebuked
• Insurer Must Cover Security Co.'s Counsel In $4M Privacy Suit
• Vet Says Doc's Bid To Escape $1M Verdict Is One Day Late
• Timeshare Exit Co. Slams 'Hyperbolic' Interference Claims
• BIA Didn't Give Kenyan's Case A Fair Shot, 10th Circ. Says
• Judge Seeborg Won't Hear PG&E Investor Suit Over Wildfires
• Ex-Platinum Boss Jailed Over Altercation With Prosecutor
• Avenatti Blasts Class Counsel 'Hijack' In Surgical Gown Case
• CFPB's Leadership Structure Is Constitutional, 9th Circ. Rules
• Fla. Atty Disbarred For Mishandling Clients' Cases
• Firm Can't Nix Pulse Shooting Survivors' Harassment Claims
• NJ Firm Must Face Malpractice Suit Over Medical Disclosure
• Kang Haggerty Accused Of Botching Settlement
• Judge Exits Law Firm 401(k) Fight Over Car Crash Conflict
• An Overview Of The Debate Over Litigation Finance Disclosure
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• 4 Times Public Defenders Landed In Ethical Hot Water
• Magistrate Details 'Cautionary Tale' Of Case-Ending Fraud
• Stryker Corp. Says XL Can't Blame Judge For Settlement
• Pierce Bainbridge Beats Atty's Suit Over 'Gears Of War' Client
• Ex-Pa. Rep.'s Aide Gets 18 Months In Campaign Finance Case
• Convicted Ex-Atty Can't Fight 'Deportable' Label
• NFL Concussion Deal Financing Decision Ends Battle, Not War
• Drinker Biddle Must Face Claims Over Esformes Statements
• Special Master Defends Fee Divvy In $1.5B GMO Corn Deal
• Fla. Judge Can't Alter Verdict After Informal Jury Meeting
• Fraudster Can't Depose Ex-Wife, Former Atty Accused Of Tryst
• Pepper Hamilton Seeks To Avoid Sanctions In Baylor Suit
• Sidley Atty, Ex-DOJ No. 2, Faces Secretive DQ Bid In Huawei
• DOJ Outsourced Deutsche Libor Probe To Paul Weiss: Judge
• Robinson Bradshaw Seeks To Trim Black Atty's Bias Suit
• Timeshare Co. Fights Quick Win Bid In Interference Suit
• MoFo Gets Claims Trimmed In Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Uber Gets Quinn Emanuel DQ'd From Ex-Rival's Antitrust Suit
• NJ Attorney Suspended 1 Year For 'Abandoning' Clients
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Tenn. Judge Called To Resign Over Anti-Immigrant Posts
• AIG Unit Says Contractor's GC Can't Be Counsel And Witness
• 7th Circ. Frees ABA From Defamation Suit Over Critical Article
• How To Identify And Deal With Narcissists In Law
• Google CLO Made $47.2M Despite Scandal-Filled 2018
• NY Atty Accused Of Missed Court Deadline Cover-Up
• Wilentz Goldman Wants Whistleblower's $1.5M Verdict Nixed
• Attys Ask $2M For Exposing Firm's $5M Wells Fargo Side Deal
• Barr 'Wrong' That Mueller Outcome Should've Meant No Probe
• Overwhelmed Atty Doesn't Deserve Suspension, Panel Says
• Weston Capital's Ex-Counsel Spared Prison For Fraud
• 4 Ways Rohrmoos Could Change Fee Fights In Texas
• NYU ERISA Case On 3rd Judge After Ethics Complaint, Death
• Atty Says Suspension Violates Free Speech, Antitrust Law
• Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal Blames Studies For Bias Suit Delays
• Acosta Defends Epstein Plea At Labor Committee Hearing
• Suspended Massachusetts Attorney Convicted Of Tax Fraud
• Ford Rips Atty's 'Chutzpah' For Coaching Client In Deposition
• 11th Circ. Revives $20M Ponzi Scheme Suit Over Distributions
• Greg Craig Says Nobody Took Notes In Skadden-DOJ Meeting
• Snowballs Or Ice Balls: When Settlement Demands Go Too Far
• Ex-Islanders Exec Gets Chance To Trim 20-Year Sentence
• Fox Rothschild Splits With Atty Behind Flood Of Porn IP Suits