Legal Ethics Archive » October, 2019

Legal Ethics - October, 2019

286 articles

• Jones Day Says Ex-Attys' Gender Bias Claims Lack Facts
• Venable Alleges Forgery As Billionaire's Battery Trial Implodes
• Firm Sues Alleged Sex Trafficker Over Litigation Tactics
• Roger Stone Trial Among 3 Worth Tracking Next Week
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Atty's Bid For Concussion Deal Referral Fees
• 9th Circ.'s Bias Ruling Adds Guidance, But Also Questions
• Judge Wrong To Let IRS Seize Law Firm's Files, 4th Circ. Says
• Ill. Atty Faces Censure For Shifting Dead Client's Trust Funds
• NC Drivers Seek Cert. For Crash Report Client Fishing
• Quid Pro Quo 101
• Firm DQed After Repping Both Sides In Business Sale Dispute
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Mistakes By Atty, Judge Lead To Asylum Bid's Revival
• Buckley Fires Back in $6M Insurance Suit Over Founder Exit
• Sbarro Exec Seeks Sanctions For Attys Of Rape Accuser
• PG&E Judge Mulls Limited Atty Gag In Tubbs Fire Case
• Atty Had Good Reason For No-Show At Trial, NY Court Says
• Johnny Depp Strikes '8-Figure' Deal With Former Attys
• Judge Admits 'Mistake' But Still Permits Atty Suspension
• Takeaways From DLA Piper Partner's Sex Assault, Bias Battle
• LA Atty Says Ex-Firm Underpaid Her Compared To Male Peer
• Insurer Says NJ School's $147K McCarter Fee Isn't Covered
• L'Oreal Seeks DQ Of Lerner David In Cosmetics IP Row
• Judge Must Recuse Over Copyright Troll 'Epithet,' Atty Says
• Judge Rips Risperdal Trial Team's 'Fabricated' Recusal Bid
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Ex-Katten Atty's Shkreli Fraud Conviction
• 'DWI Dude' Atty Guilty Of Conning Colombian Drug Traffickers
• How In-House Attys Can Combat Unconscious Bias
• NJ Prosecutors Faulted For Secret Tape of Defense Atty
• Fla. Ethics Committee Lets Judge Publish Under Pen Name
• Cannabis Atty Wins OK To Sue Lawyer Over Malpractice Case
• U. Of Miami Links Spur Judge's Recusal In Harassment Suit
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• DC University, Law Professor To Mediate Racial Bias Suit
• DLA Piper Says Sex Assault Accuser Was 'Willing Participant'
• Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal Must Foot Appeal Cost In Bias Suit
• Cozen Again Looks To Exit Real Estate Dispute With Deal
• Jones Day Changing Course In Leave Suit, Married Attys Say
• Billionaire To Represent Himself In Latest Sex Battery Trial
• PwC Keeps Sanctions Efforts Over LA's Dropped Suit Alive
• Nutmeg Group Exec On Hook For $1.3M Over Mismanagement
• Tribe Opposes Law Firm's Bid To Undo Judge's Dismissal
• DOJ Argues Kavanaugh Info Is Too Private For Release
• Ex-Locke Lord Atty Can't Call Ethics Expert At Crypto Trial
• What In-House Attys Should Know About Privilege Overseas
• Tetra Tech's Recusal Bid 'Inappropriate,' Calif. Judge Says
• Law Firm To Pay Up To $2M To End Driver Class Action
• McCarter & English Tries To Duck School's Malpractice Claim
• La. Judge Won't Sanction Attys In $25M Contract Row
• US Watchdogs Slam DOJ's Ukraine Whistleblower Memo
• Don't Halt CFPB Case To Wait For Seila Ruling, 2nd Circ. Told
• Boucher Can't DQ Ex-MLB Star's Pierce Bainbridge Attys
• Judge Will Rethink Recusal Over Ex-Clerk Working On Case
• Ex-Katten IP Atty Accused Of Botching Startup's Patent App
• Jones Day Can't Nix New Bias Claims, Female Attys Say
• News Mag Says Harassment Report Didn't Defame NCAI GC
• Judge Won't Let Litigious Porn Co. Unmask Downloaders
• Judge's Testimony OK In Disbarment, Texas Justices Say
• Liebowitz Says Vox's Forgery Claim Driven By 'Blood Lust'
• Ex-King & Spalding Atty To Appeal Order On Counsel Payout
• Judge Won't DQ Foley & Lardner Attys Yet In Family Biz Fight
• Cannabis Clients Present Unique Risks For Lawyers
• NJ Justices Blast Atty's Claim Of Judge Bias In Fee Dispute
• Ex-Restaurateur Settles RICO Suit Over ADA Claims
• 4th Circ. Wrong To Dismiss Pelvic Mesh Appeal, Firm Says
• Liddle & Robinson Gets OK For Ch. 11 Probe Into Ex-Partner
• NJ High Court Won't Rehear Sanctions In Nasal Spray Case
• Ex-Senior Apple Atty Indicted On Insider Trading Charges
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Securities Atty Pleads Guilty To Aiding 1 Global Ponzi Scheme
• Mass. Justices Urge ICE To Stop Deportations Before Trial
• Ousted DLA Atty's Colleagues In Fear, Ex-Ethics Counsel Says
• Rose McGowan Says Boies, Bloom Did Weinstein's Dirty Work
• Billionaire Risks Arrest After Missing Sex Battery Suit Hearing
• Ill. Atty Could Be On Ice For Profane Jabs At Opposing Lawyer
• Case Against Weinstein Atty May Undercut #MeToo Reforms
• NYC Bar Urges Barr To Step Aside From DOJ Ukraine Probe
• Atty Pleads Guilty To Lying To Feds In Witness Payoff Case
• Firm Denied Win In Hagens Berman Atty Fee Dispute
• Macklemore Gets Fees After Win In 'Thrift Shop' Sampling Suit
• Fired Law Partner's Discovery Request Is Void, Firm Says
• Two Giuliani Associates Deny Campaign Finance Charges
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Must Face Estate's Death Suit
• Legal Secretary Can't Sink Contempt Ruling Over Trial Gesture
• Dilworth Paxson, Ex-Atty Face $6M Suit Over Bond Scam
• 9th Circ. Sets New Rule For Arbitrator Bias Disclosures
• Retired Atty Fights Sanctions Bid In FCC License Flub Suit
• Ex-NFL Player's Accounts Frozen In Concussion Deal Fight
• Law Firm Locked Pa. Woman Into Prolonged Case, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Says Bar Exam Prep Debt Can Be Discharged In Ch. 7
• Calif. Developer, Akin Gump Filed 'Baseless' Suit, Rival Says
• Attys Disqualified From Wyndham's Timeshare Exit Suit
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• Insurer Looks To Ax Ex-Jones Day Secretary's Disability Claim
• Judge's Recusal Delay Sinks Cert. In Tainted Water Suit
• Firms Fight Levi & Korsinsky's Sanction Bid In Honeywell Suit
• DC Circ. Says Stone Took Wrong Path To Challenge Gag Order
• Pharma Co. Blames BakerHostetler For Investor Row
• DOJ Can't Show Jurors 'Godfather' Clip At Roger Stone Trial
• O'Melveny Nears Nixing Malpractice Suit After Arbitration Win
• Chevron Says Ecuadorian Atty Can't Quash Subpoenas
• NFL Deal Objectors Aren't Wedding Crashers, 3rd Circ. Told
• High Court FDCPA Case Faced Uphill Battle From The Start
• 9th Circ. Judge 'Concerned' Over Hagens Berman's $42M Fees
• Hertz Insists Ex-CEO, Former GC Should Face Clawback Suit
• Firm Wants $10M Extortion Claims By Ex-NFL Player Tossed
• TransPerfect Spikes Nevada Suit, Avoids Chancery Sanctions
• DLA Piper, Ex-Practice Leader Face New Sex Bias Charge
• Ex-Pierce Bainbridge Atty Pens New Attack Against Old Firm
• Freshfields Attys Who Misbehave Will Face Financial Penalty
• Feds Defend Charges That Judge Helped Man Escape ICE
• Texas State Bar Says Temp Worker Stole A Dozen Atty IDs
• Ex-DLA Piper Atty Says Assault Accuser 'Exploiting' #MeToo
• Ex-Pimco CEO, 3 Others Plead Guilty In 'Varsity Blues'
• DLA Piper Atty Gives Firm 2 Days To Decide On Arbitration
• Burns & Levinson Escapes Malpractice Claims In Loan Row
• Hertz Ex-CFO To Settle $70M Mismanagement, Exec Pay Suit
• Judge Won't Block Release Of Netflix's 'Panama Papers' Film
• Atty Asks 3rd Circ. To Revisit Payday Lending Conviction
• Beef Co. Held In Contempt In NLRB Anti-Union Practices Suit
• Shumaker Loop Beats DQ Bid From Bankrupt Cancer Center
• Ex-Calif. Clerk Can't Dodge 11-Year Sentence For Case-Fixing
• Jones Day Casts Family Leave Suit As 'Quibble'
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• J&J Pans Judge's 'Partisan Glee' After $8B Risperdal Verdict
• Calif. Court Says Judges Mistaken On Retirement Options
• Ohio High Court Sanctions Atty Who Took Guns As Payment
• Justices' And Judges' Free Trips Merit Closer Look, Sen. Says
• Greenberg Traurig Inks $65M Deal To End Stanford Ponzi Suit
• Ex-Okla. Gov't Atty Admits Fake Death Threats Over Pot Laws
• TransPerfect Hit With $30K Per Day Sanction Over Nevada Suit
• Marijuana Biz Pair In Giuliani-Tied Case Plead Not Guilty
• Netflix Fights TRO Bid In Panama Papers Film Suit
• Bryan Cave Atty Overbilled, Cos. In Waste Dumping Suit Say
• Insys Exec Trial Fair Despite Alleged Weil Conflict, Judge Says
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• NJ Law Firm's $8M Citibank Suit Moved To South Dakota
• NY Judge Should Be Fired For Sexist Slurs: Judicial Watchdog
• Dechert Can't Cap Damages In ENRC Leak Suit, SFO Says
• Justices Question If FDCPA Fraud Claim Based On Mistake
• Judge Rejects Recusal Bid Over Ex-Clerk Working On Case
• Feds Steered Around Sanders, Leahy, EB-5 Defendant Says
• Beauty Co. Says It Can't Be Sanctioned For Eyelash IP Suit
• Attys Seek $58.1M In Fees For Deloitte, Sidley Austin Deal
• Netflix Hits Back At Panama Papers Firm's Libel Claim
• Boies Schiller DQ'd From Dershowitz Defamation Case
• Lawyer Cops To Involvement In Leagle.com Cyberattack
• DLA Piper Called 'Barbaric' After Putting Accuser On Leave
• Why 2019 Was A Tipping Point For BigLaw And Cannabis
• Billionaire Owes $4.35M Punitive Damages For Sex Battery
• Ex-Pa. Pol Loses Bid To Ax Corruption Conviction At 3rd Circ.
• Locke Lord Says Failed Health Plan Suit Dead On Arrival
• Trump Org Seeks To Limit Cohen's Subpoena Of His Attys
• Reality TV Stars Sue Ga. Tax Investigators In Evasion Dispute
• Vape Shop Atty Lit Up By Judge Over Hearing Flip-Flop
• Ex-Katten Atty's Jury Gripe Falls Flat With 2nd Circ. Judge
• NJ Atty Accused Of Using False Threat To Collect Debt
• Atty Can't Revive $26M Suit Over Outing By Co-Counsel
• 9th Circ. Rejects Sanctions In 'Stairway' Copyright Fight
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• 11th Circ. Revives FLSA Suit Against Alabama Law Firm
• Bear Stearns, Reed Smith Settle $500M Malpractice Suit
• NXIVM Sex Cult Atty's Bid For Prosecutor Gig Comes To End
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Using Funds With 'Reckless Abandon'
• Buckley Pressed Ex-Founder In Bid For $6M Insurance Claim
• Billionaire Owes Writer $650K For Sex Battery, Jury Says
• DLA Piper Ousts Bigwig Accused Of Sexual Assault
• SF Businessman Tied To Giuliani Associates Gets $1M Bond
• CVR Loses Bid To Reignite Malpractice Fight With Wachtell
• Jones Day Tries To Exit 'Sexist' Bias Suit, Ex-Associates Balk
• Paralegal Fired For Skipping DA's Funeral Can't Sue: Judge
• 'Horsefeathers!' Pierce Bainbridge Investigator Slams Ex-Atty
• As 'Copyright Troll' Turns National, Will Blowback Follow?
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• No Exit For Timeshare Atty In Wyndham's False Ad Suit
• NY Judge Charged With Obstructing Credit Union Probe
• Feds Fight To Keep Judge Whose Ex-Clerk Works On Case
• Abrams, Olshan Draw Guff For $22M Fee Bid On $47M Deal
• Injury Atty Indicted, Accused Of Trying To Hide $1M From IRS
• Dechert Can Examine 'Leaked' Docs In Row Over ENRC Probe
• Atty Escapes Suit Claiming He Hid Ties To Day Pitney
• Buckley Co-Founder Retired Amid Misconduct Probe: Suit
• Dershowitz Says TransPerfect Case Too Tangled To Sanction
• Ex-Locke Lord Atty Denies New Charge In $400M Crypto Case
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Attorney Says She Was Pushed And Injured By ICE Officers
• PIMCO Atty Slams 'Fraternity Culture' In Discrimination Suit
• Texas Justices Focus 'Push Poll' Sanction Args On Bad Faith
• Trump Ordered To Give Dems More Bush-Era Kavanaugh Docs
• Did Citi Dupe DOJ In Forex Investigation?
• Construction Cos. Fight Sanctions Bid Over Email Deletion
• Atty Outed By Co-Counsel Asks Court To Revive $26M Suit
• Court Sees Breach But No Damages In Miami Firm Dissolution
• $9M Award Nixed After Jury Shown Unredacted Insurance Doc
• Convicted Ex-Philly Judge Can't Get Pension, Court Rules
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• DLA Piper's Arbitration Policy Draws Fire From Law Students
• Ohio Trial In Opioid MDL Will Go Forward, 6th Circ. Says
• Giuliani Associates Get Bail After Campaign Finance Arrests
• Feds Want Wives' Testimony Out Of Ecuador Bribery Case
• Ariz. Official Charged With Smuggling, Selling Kids
• Split Trial Likely In Dentons' $10M Fee Fight With Guinea
• DOL Chided For Redaction Overkill In $400M Oracle Bias Suit
• Lyft Loses Bid To Swap Judges In Mass. Classification Suit
• Wrongful Death Appeal Fails On Scant Briefing, Ill. Court Says
• Spirit Aero's Ex-CEO Must Reveal Docs In $50M Benefits Row
• NJ School Wants Insurer To Pay $147K In McCarter Legal Bills
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• Giuliani Faces 4 Privilege Hurdles In Ukraine Call Probe
• Jones Day Pans 'Inflammatory' Allegations In Sex Bias Suit
• Billionaire Boss Can't Walk Around Naked, Jury Told
• Debt Collection Atty Uses Lender Arbitration Pact To Halt Suit
• Sen. Harris Criticizes DLA Piper's Forced Arbitration Policy
• Avenatti's Trial Set For April In Stormy Daniels Book Case
• Firms Hit With Sanctions Bid In Honeywell Stock-Drop Suit
• Ex-NY Justice Loses 2nd Circ. Row Over Dems' Endorsement
• Attys Denied Fee Set-Aside In Generics Antitrust Case
• Atty Must Face $1M Salary Clawback Bid In Landmark NJ Case
• 'I've Never Seen This': Billionaire's Antics Stump Judge
• Oregon Vineyard Escapes Sanctions In Pot Farm RICO Suit
• Kane Kessler Scolded By Judge For DQ Bid Against Storch
• Blank Rome Slammed Over Dismissal Bid In Severed Leg Row
• Pa. Atty Fights Landowners' DQ Bid In Gas Royalties Suit
• High Court Stays Out Of W.Va. Judicial Impeachment Row
• Justices Won't Hear Firms' Fee Dispute In $10B VW Settlement
• Bid To Boot Opioid Judge Raises Questions On Judicial Roles
• Winston & Strawn Can't Win High Court Review In Bias Suit
• Billionaire's Atty May Seek Mistrial Over Courtroom Ejection
• Calif. Law Firm Loses Defamation Suit Over Online Reviews
• Abortion Not On Trial In Planned Parenthood Suit, Judge Says
• 'Counsel Owe An Explanation,' Alsup Warns In Logitech Row
• Philly Legal Aid Group Must Face EEOC Disability Bias Suit
• Disbarred NJ Pol Must Face Ex-Running Mate's Campaign Suit
• Fla. Timeshare Co. Wins Round In Contract Interference Suit
• Thiel Co. Says Ex-GC, A 'Wonder Years' Star, Breached Deals
• Cooley Says Theranos Founder Holmes Not Paying Legal Bills
• Top Pa. Public Defender Paid Staffers To Campaign, AG Says
• BigLaw Popular Place For Ex-Pols To Be 'Shadow Lobbyists'
• Legal Practice Just A 'Capitalist Enterprise,' Judge Laments
• Gearbox CEO Settles Bitter Breakup Suits With Ex-GC, Pal
• Pa. Judge Reprimanded For Bullying Opponent's Supporters
• Duane Morris Settles Suit Over Debt Collection Tactics
• Vox Media Accuses 'Copyright Troll' Atty Of Forgery
• Ex-Locke Lord Atty Can't Shield Docs In Crypto Case
• Media Execs Say They Never Saw Billionaire Harass Anyone
• Reed Smith Can't Sink Ex-Paralegal's Discrimination Suit
• Wells Fargo's Jab At Plaintiffs' Attys Unfair, Borrowers Say
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Reprimanded For Groping Women At Retreat
• LegalZoom, Rival Settle IP, Antitrust Suits
• Clark Hill Says It Can't Be Sued Over Client's Settlement
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Calif. Attys Must Have Implicit Bias Training Under New Law
• Philly Court Clerk Who Stole Public Funds Can't Get Pension
• Alan Dershowitz Reenters The Fray In TransPerfect Suit
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• NY Atty Suspended Over Online Fundraising
• Ex-Willkie Farr Chair Gets 1 Month For 'Varsity Blues' Bribe
• Writer Feared Billionaire Accused Of Sex Battery: Therapist
• WH To Preserve Records Of Trump Calls With World Leaders
• Broker Files DQ Bid In 'Man Camp' Securities Fraud Case
• Facing Disbarment, Fla. Atty Argues Ethics Case Was Too Late
• Citi Lied To DOJ In Forex Probe, Acquitted Trader Says
• Ill. Appeals Court Throws Out Sanctions Over Deleted Emails
• Pa. Sen. Says Inquirer Pushed Source To File Assault Report
• PG&E Case Attys Blast Fee Application Protocol
• Foley & Lardner Attys Fight DQ Bid In Family Biz Fight
• White And Williams Can't Duck Black Atty's Race Bias Suit
• Locke Lord Dodges Suit Saying Firm Filed Bogus Patent Case
• Atty Says She Has No Part In McCarter Malpractice Fight
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• DLA Piper Partner Says Firm Retaliated After Sex Assaults
• Dentons Wins Appeal Over Doc Disclosure In €6.5M Fraud Suit
• Billionaire Defends Antics As 'Shock Content' Work Culture
• WH Won't Vow To Preserve Talks With Foreign Leaders
• Dershowitz Must Turn Over Boies Tape In Defamation Suit
• Company Tied To RICO, Fraud Suits Has Del. Ch. 11 Tossed
• Giuliani Taps Watergate Prosecutor For Impeachment Probe
• PTAB Axes Nasdaq Patents Under Alice, Won't DQ Fish
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• 'Close Your Legs' Judge's Harassment Suit Sent To Mediation
• Investors Say 'Attorney-Broker' Ran Real Estate Ponzi Scam
• Atty Shouldn't Get Retrial Over $18M Tax Scheme, Court Told
• Belgian Man To Plead Guilty In Scheme To Bilk US Law Firms
• Drug Cos. Push 6th Circ. To Disqualify Opioid MDL Judge