Legal Ethics Archive » June, 2019

Legal Ethics - June, 2019

272 articles

• Denver Atty Aided Scheme With His Signature, SEC Says
• High Court Census Ruling Could Escalate Rule Challenges
• Attys Can't Challenge Order That They Won, 2nd Circ. Finds
• Conservative Justices Cross Over To Create Unusual Lineups
• The Sharpest Dissents Of The Supreme Court Term
• Texas Justices To Review Atty's Push Poll Sanction
• Malpractice Time Bar Teed Up In 2 Texas High Court Cases
• Atty Referral Co. Owner Cops To Bribing Police For Leads
• Time To Settle CFPB Constitutionality 'Is Now,' Justices Told
• Plaintiffs Atty Group Sues Upstart Over Look-Alike Name
• NY Judges Can't Duck Obese Jurist's Bias Claims
• Texas Justices OK Alexander Dubose, Chevron Fees Deal
• Sotomayor, Breyer Vie For Chattiest High Court Justice
• Texas Justices To Hear Evidence Destruction Immunity Case
• Calif. Appeals Court Nixes 'Unreasonable' $3.8M Atty Fee Bid
• Top 10 Techniques For Crafting A Dazzling Brief
• Ill. Panel Affirms Mayer Brown's $5M Kickback Recovery
• Inside The New Anti-Money Laundering Guidance For Attys
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The New 'Roberts Court' Finds Its Footing
• Jones Day Seeks To Unmask Jane Doe No. 4 In Sex Bias Suit
• Breaking Down The Vote: High Court Term In Review
• 'Varsity Blues' Parents Counter Feds' BigLaw Conflict Claims
• SEC Targets 4 Attys Over Alleged Roles In PixarBio Fraud
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Cos. Are Ignoring Claims — Legal Finance Could Change That
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Fla. Attys Get More Leeway To Claim Expertise In Ads
• Firm Illegally Collecting On $43M In Overdue Loans, Suit Says
• Del. Justices Rip Sullivan Atty For Client's Deposition 'Fiasco'
• LabMD Names Reed Smith In $150M Suit Over Tiversa Row
• Ex-Gibbons Associate's Sex Bias Claims Sent To Arbitration
• Labaton Chair Decries 'Unfair' Criticism Of Firm's Political Ties
• Chancery Criticizes GE's Total Redaction Of Merger Suit Docs
• Mass. Justices Urged To Restore Judge's Pay During ICE Case
• 'Judge Shopping' Leads To New Trial In Investment Job Suit
• CSX Can't DQ Atty Who Didn't Disclose Past Sanctions
• Fla. High Court Asked To Clarify Insurer-Expert Discovery
• EPA's Air Office Head Steps Down Amid Investigations
• A Chat With Ballard Spahr Diversity Chief Virginia Essandoh
• Beverly Hills Atty Cops To Peddling Pills On Craigslist
• Appeals Court Revives Malpractice Suit Against Mass. Attys
• Thornton Atty Admits To 'Stupid Mistake' In State Street Case
• Misconduct Allegations Trumped Up, Fla. Regulator Claims
• Feds Say Tapes Must Stay In Ecuador Oil Bribery Case
• Uber Rips Atty's Suit Over Botched Buenos Aires Debut
• Greg Craig, Prosecutors Spar Over FARA Trial Evidence
• Outside Personal Injury Firm Faces Swipe-Fee Deal Ejection
• Judging A Book: McMahon Reviews 'Roosevelt For The Defense'
• NY Firm Can't Ditch Texas Suit Over Unpaid Deposition Bills
• Gov't Says Epstein Victims Can't Scrap Nonprosecution Deal
• Jones Day Accusers Reveal Identities In Sex Bias Suit
• Ex-Restaurateur Wins Sanctions Over ADA Witness Tampering
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To Cy Pres Mechanism
• $75M Fee Award In State Street Row Faces Judge's Scrutiny
• Boston Firm Gets $1.2M In Trade Secret Dispute With Ex-Attys
• Firm, Client On Hook For Health-Monitoring IP Suit, Court Told
• Fla. Judicial Nominations Chair Resigns, Says Gov. Meddled
• Ill. State Bar Insurer Off The Hook In Atty Fee Fight
• NJ Firm Still Hopes To Grill Tax Incentive Panel Members
• MTA Can't Disqualify Attorney Who Confronted Transit Official
• Judge Orders Psych Eval For Convicted NJ GOP Powerbroker
• Schulte Let Off Hook In Cambridge Analytica Bankruptcy
• Ford Gets Sanctions Against Knight Law For Coaching Client
• New Scrutiny For NDAs In Sexual Harassment Matters
• Kelley Drye Attys' 'Bad Decisions' Don't Merit DQ, Judge Says
• Legal Experts Recommend Supreme Court Ethics Code
• Schlumberger Unit Fights Sanctions Bid In Patent Suit
• Feds Warned For 'Significant Error' In Binary Options Case
• Podhurst Wins Atty Fees Dispute In NFL Concussion MDL
• Texas Justices Won't Reopen $161M Strasburger & Price Suit
• NY Atty Not In Contempt In Bitcoin Fight, Judge Says
• Amazon Studios Atty Joins Sex Bias Suit Against Jones Day
• Court's Error Gets Con Man Off The Hook, 7th Circ. Says
• NJ Atty Beats Malpractice Suit Over Police Misconduct Claims
• Texas Justices Say More Proof Needed For $1.37M Sanction
• Justices Nix Conviction For 'Relentless' Black Juror Exclusion
• Posner Throws Support Behind Litigation Finance Firm
• Should Judges Tweet? 'Absolutely Not,' Retired Judge Warns
• DLA Piper, Munger Attys Defend BNSF Brief To 9th Circ.
• Justices Take Pragmatic Tack On Narrow Civil Rights Issue
• Pro Se Attys Can Get Fees For Frivolous Suits: Ill. High Court
• Law360's The Week in Discipline
• Privilege Can't Bar K&L Gates Bill Release, Pa. Justices Told
• Atty Who Beat Malpractice Claim Can Keep $62K Fee Award
• Atty, Retired Army Col. Guilty In $84M Haiti Bribery Scheme
• ICE Barred From Making Civil Courthouse Arrests In Mass.
• Ex-Hertz GC Aims To Escape $200M Accounting Errors Suit
• Justices Say Acquittal Starts Clock On Bogus Evidence Suits
• Locke Lord Says It's Not At Fault For Failed Health Plan
• Rohrmoos Highlights Steps To Securing Atty Fees In Texas
• McDonald's 'Gotcha' Tactics Backfire In Ind. Child Injury Suit
• 2nd Judge Bows Out Of Plane Crash Suit
• Huawei Judge Will Hear Sidley Atty DQ Bid In Fall
• Fla. Tribe Wins Atty Fees In Malicious Prosecution Suit
• NJ Disbars Pa. Atty Who Took On Clients While Suspended
• Pa. Attorney Can't Dodge $500K Malpractice Verdict
• Conspiracy To Bribe Haitian Officials Was Explicit, Jury Hears
• Wells Fargo Must Face Claim It Inflated Atty Fee Request
• Texas AG Fraud Case In Limbo After Prosecutor Pay Ruling
• Fees Suit Against Firm Nixed Over Attys' 'Avoidance Tactics'
• Tom Girardi, 'Housewives' Star Illicitly Spent $5M Loan: Suit
• Judge Rips Bernstein Litowitz, MoFo Over Buried 'Side Deal'
• Pa. Justices Set New Work Product Rule In Defamation Case
• Landlord Says Attys Can't Defend $110K Transfer To New Firm
• Jones Day Bias Accuser Renews Bid To Keep Name Secret
• ABA: Replacement Counsel Must Tell Client About Ex-Atty Fee
• Cisco Says 'Reckless' IP Suit Is 'Poster Child' For Atty Fees
• Dershowitz Can Pursue Bid To DQ Boies Schiller In Sex Case
• Texas Panel Tells Trial Judge It's Time To Enter Judgment
• Avenatti To Face Fall Trial In $20M Nike Extortion Case
• Atty Who Lost Docs Wasn't Fired Due To Race, NLRB Says
• Ropes & Gray Backs Winston & Strawn In Arbitration Dispute
• NJ Law Firm Influenced Tax Breaks For Clients, Report Says
• Ex-Jones Day Partner Drops Bias Suit Alleging 'Frat Culture'
• NJ Atty Accused Of Bringing Loaded Gun To Courthouse
• Asian Ex-Greenspoon Partner Settles Bias Suit Against Firm
• Ex-Binary Options CEO Says Feds Scared Off Her Witnesses
• Fitbit Looks To Gut $7M Fees Request In Sleep-Tracker Deal
• NJ Judge Handled Cases While Ineligible, Ethics Panel Says
• Huawei Can't Cut Redactions In Feds' Bid To DQ Sidley Atty
• Shearman Threatened With Ethics Referral In SunEdison MDL
• 5 Ways Law Firms Can Improve Their Job Interviews
• Apple Loses Atty DQ Bid In IPhone Performance Case
• Ropes & Gray Client OKs Rep Of Fellow 'Varsity Blues' Parent
• Jones Day Beats DQ, Judge Doesn't In Calif. Homeless Case
• Ill. Man Too Late To Sue Attys Over $125M Family Feud
• NY Criminal Defense Atty Gets 18 Months For Obstruction
• Patient Attys Slam 3M's Contempt Bid Over Unsealed Docs
• While Google Dallied, Client Emails Were Exposed, Firm Says
• CFPB Suit 'Prime Example' Of Bureau Unbound, 2nd Circ. Told
• Seeger Weiss Says Common Benefit Fee Objections Too Late
• Judge Flouted Federal Rules By Tossing Suit, 1st Circ. Says
• LeClairRyan Says Exec Can't Shift Blame For Legal Woes
• IP Atty Can't Escape Paint Co.'s Side-Switching Suit
• Feds Say Centra Crypto Trio May See Attys As Shield
• DC Circ. Revives Black Law Professor's Bias Suit
• DHS Fights Sanctions Bid In FOIA Suit Over Detainee Deaths
• Texas Justices Pass On DLA's $1.3M Malpractice Verdict
• Prenda 'Porn Troll' Attorney Sentenced To 14 Years
• Championing Small Firms, NJ Bar Prez Eyes Malpractice Limit
• Paraplegic Sues Avenatti For Siphoning Away $4M Settlement
• 'Brazen' NJ Atty Disbarred For Taking Clients' Funds
• Litigation Funder Can't Recoup $5.8M From Deepwater Claims
• Parker McCay Ducks Malpractice Suit From NJ Concessionaire
• Chief Justice Sold AT&T Shares After Ruling In Co.'s Case
• Atty Can't Nix $18M Tax Evasion Row Over Stalling Claims
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Fla. Law Firm Created Negligent Transaction Docs, Suit Says
• RD Legal Funding Seeks Exit From NY AG's Usury Suit
• Mich. Wants All Opposing Attys In Child Placement Case DQ'd
• Firms Under NJ Tax Scrutiny Say Probe Hurting Their Rep
• Attys In ABC Affiliate Defamation Case Lose $256K Fee Award
• Ex-Manager Fights McDonald's Bid To See Client Intake Forms
• Fla. Judge's Atty Says Settlement Offer Was Not Extortion
• Richards Layton Malpractice Suit Not Time-Barred, ISN Says
• Ill. Atty Should Be Disbarred For Misconduct, Board Says
• Boies Schiller Gets OK To Rep 2 'Varsity Blues' Defendants
• Donziger Must Surrender Passport In Chevron Ecuador Fight
• Philly Atty Can't Bar Remarks From Amazon's Meek Mill Film
• Atty Cops Plea In Extortion Case Tied To Pump-And-Dump
• Insurer Sues NJ Firm For Mishandling $9M Severed Leg Case
• Flynn Ditches Covington Team For Mueller Conspiracist
• Dems Move To Hold Top Officials In Contempt Over Census
• Warren Wants DOJ Antitrust Head Off Apple, Google Probes
• NJ, Texas Firms Unlawfully Pocketed Mesh Funds, Suit Says
• Jailed $2B Loan Scammer Doubles Down On Tribal Defense
• Milberg, Convicted Ex-Partner End $15M Reorganization Fight
• The SEC Is Cracking Down On Insider Trading By Lawyers
• Ex-Avenatti Partner Threatens Suit Of Other Attys Over $10M
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Fateful Phone Call
• Judges See Duty To Push Back Against Independence Threats
• Law Firms Can Do Better With Their Mentoring Programs
• Dershowitz's Bid To DQ Boies Schiller Flops For Flouting Rule
• DC Circ. Affirms Convictions In $80M Health Care Fraud
• Fees In Ex-LeClair Atty's $1M Gender Bias Award Get Do-Over
• Feds Say Taped Calls Are Fair Game In Oil Bribery Case
• NJ High Court Skeptical Of Atty's Bid To Avoid Disbarment
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Snuff Fraud Row Over Gotti Biopic
• Old Letter Saves Massachusetts Atty From Malpractice Suit
• Boies Schiller Says 2 'Varsity Blues' Clients Is No Conflict
• J&J Unit Seeks Kirkland's Pfizer Docs In Antitrust Fight
• Ex-Shareholders Not Liable For NJ Firm's $1.3M Fee Mishap
• Cognizant Says It Doesn't Belong In Investors' Bribery Suit
• Objectors Fighting Swipe Fee Counsel's $604M Payday
• FBI 'Engineered' Bribery Case In Haiti, Jury Hears
• Gregory Craig To Call Arnold & Porter Partner As FARA Expert
• LA Developer Accuses Rival Of Using CEQA For Extortion
• Calif. Court Affirms Mitchell Silberberg's $1.5M Fee Win
• Miami Atty Accepts 3-Year Suspension For Real Estate Deal
• CSX Wants Atty DQ'd For Not Disclosing Disciplinary Action
• NJ Gov. Fights Powerbroker's Bid To Block Tax Probe Report
• Atty Says Feds 'Tampered' With Transcript, Wants Sanctions
• Swipe Fee Counsel Seek $604M In Fees, Final Settlement OK
• Facebook Atty Opts In To $200M Jones Day Sex Bias Suit
• Ex-Pa. Magistrate Judge Gets 6½ Years For Money Laundering
• 'Rocket Docket' Justifies Its Name For 11th Straight Year
• Anapol Weiss Pushes 3rd Circ. To Deny NFL Deal Fee Grab
• FARA Enforcement Is No Slam-Dunk For Prosecutors
• Defense-Friendly Evidence Rule Riles Va. Prosecutors
• Calif. Atty Indicted In $12M Investment Fraud Scheme
• Mom Hit With Fees After Refusing Deal In Cruise Death Case
• Dershowitz Wants Boies Schiller Booted From Defamation Suit
• FBI Agents Admit They Lost Call Recordings In Bribe Case
• Calif. Firm Will Ask Justices To Review CFPB Constitutionality
• Gregory Craig Says Disclosure Wasn't Needed In FARA Letter
• Casino Investor Says No Skadden Conflict In $856M Ch. 11
• Law Firms Court Risk With 2-Tiered Parental Leave Plans
• Sedgwick Strikes Clawback Deal With Former Equity Partners
• Disbarred Calif. Atty Cops To Scamming Clients For Millions
• American Airlines Pilot Wants 'Biased' Judge Off His Case
• Ill. Judge's Conduct Toward Women Unethical, Watchdog Says
• NJ Tax Probe Report On Hold Amid Powerbroker Legal Battle
• Fla. Justices To Mull Insurer's Ability To Sue Law Firm
• NJ Judge Sued For 'Discourteous' Remarks Gets Reprieve
• Pierce Bainbridge Sued By Ex-Partner. Again.
• Retailer Conn's Says Ex-Counsel's New TCPA Suit Improper
• Deepwater Horizon Case Could Steer Arbitrator Bias Rules
• Judge Wants Psych Eval For Convicted NJ GOP Powerbroker
• Embattled NJ Judge Fires Back At Sex Harassment Suit
• Newbury Trustee Says Firm's Negligence Stoked $65M Fraud
• Feds Flag Potential BigLaw Conflicts In 'Varsity Blues'
• Unintentional Atty Biases Can Hurt Corporate Clients
• Sandusky Prosecutor Facing Possible 1-Year Suspension
• BofA Says Plaintiff Firm Is Harassing Its Workers In OT Battle
• Indicted Mass. Judge Seeks Info On Feds' Vows To Immigrant
• Takeda Bid To DQ Baker Botts 'Spurious At Best,' Judge Says
• Roy Moore Stuck With Suing Sacha Baron Cohen In NY
• 3M Moves For Contempt, Says Patient Attys Used Sealed Docs
• Avenatti Presses Calif. Court For Relaxed Travel Restrictions
• Law Firm Not On Hook For Broke Patent Client's Unpaid Fees
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Attempt At Serving Receptionist Invalidates Suit, NJ Firm Says
• Ex-NFLer Must Arbitrate Award Beef With Litigation Funder
• Texas Panel Says Trial Firm Entitled To Appellate Recovery
• Feds Defend Raids On Ex-Locke Atty In Crypto Scam Case
• Measuring The Value Of A Law Firm's Social Media Efforts
• Ex-NJ Judge Barred Over Improper DWI Fund Payments
• NJ Pols Pan 'Sloppy' Legal Advice In Campaign Rape Probe
• Cellino & Barnes Feud Sparks Name Fight Over Spouse's Firm
• Indiana Judge Suspended For Tapping Pal To Head Trust
• MoFo Says Female Attys Alleging Bias Were Treated Fairly
• Tribe's Ex-Atty Asks For Suspension Instead Of Disbarment
• Skadden Conflicted In $856M Bankruptcy Case, Trustee Says
• For Many, 'Getting A Lawyer While Black' Means No Reply
• 2 Sanctioned For Flawed Doc Bid In $1.5M Property Sale Suit
• 3 Houston Attys Get Deepwater Horizon Barratry Case Tossed
• Legal Funders, US Chamber Weigh In On NYC Bar Study
• Forest Labs Scorched By 'Displeased' Judge After Fire Drill
• La. DA Can't Duck Civil Rights Violation Claims
• Nationwide Must Face In-House Atty's Disability Bias Claim
• Walmart Workers' Attys Taken To Task For 11th-Hour Request
• King & Spalding Atty Faces Sanctions Bid As Talc Trial Wraps
• Ex-Penn State GC To Face High Court Disciplinary Hearing
• John Marshall Law School Pushes To End Male Bias Claims
• Fla. Atty's Online Attacks May Net 2-Year Suspension
• Chicago Pol Pleads Not Guilty To Public Corruption Charges
• Cops Cite Judge's Link To Exoneration Group In Recusal Bid
• Firm Leaders Urged To Take A Stand Against Harassment
• NY Bar Diversifies Leadership For Its Committees, Groups
• Williams & Cochrane Says Rival's Ads Stole Its Thunder
• Weitz & Luxenberg Urges 2nd Circ. To Toss Fraud Suit
• High Court Won't Review NJ Fraud Foreclosure Case
• NJ Atty Disciplined For Saying Prosecutor Is 'In My Pocket'
• What Firms Need To Know Before Starting Fintech Practices
• NY Prosecutor Misconduct Panel On Hold Pending DA Suit
• Kevin Spacey Says Mass. DA Withheld Evidence In Abuse Suit
• Covington, Arent Fox Docs Fair Game In FARA Case, Feds Say
• Ex-NJ Judge Can't Get Pension After Teen Sex Conviction
• The Uncertain Future Of Gov't Investigations Post-Deutsche
• What One Atty's 'Lenient' Sanction Says About Criminal Justice