Legal Ethics Archive » November, 2019

Legal Ethics - November, 2019

269 articles

• NY Appeals Court Rules Against McDermott In Privilege Row
• Judge Declines Recusal Bid Over 'Copyright Troll' Comments
• NCAI's Ex-GC Says News Sites 'Ruined' His Legal Career
• Buttigieg Campaign Returning Money From Kavanaugh Attys
• Ukrainian Oligarch-Tied Cos. Want Quinn Off Chancery Suit
• Ohio Atty Suspended 2 Years For Tax Fraud Conviction
• Former WH Counsel McGahn's Order To Testify Paused
• 8th Circ. Upholds Overrule Of Trustee For Bankrupt Lawyer
• Cannabis Corner: The Pot Lawyer Who Faced Felony Charges
• Federal Agency Bias Probe Standards Need EEOC Guidance
• 3 Places Overbilling May Be Lurking
• Brown Rudnick Accused Of Bungling $300M Bankruptcy Claim
• Billionaire FilmOn Founder Hit With $8.25M Sex Battery Verdict
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Pierce Bainbridge Win In 'Gears Of War' Fight
• 7th Circ. May Sanction Atty Over Altered Pics In Walmart Suit
• Johnny Depp Settles Legal Fees Fight With Buckley
• Dems Demand Transparency On Border 'Tent Courts'
• Weitz & Luxenberg Beats Ex-Client's Appeal Over BMS Case
• Bank Attacks Ford's 'Hair-Trigger' Sanctions Request
• Lanier Loses 2nd Bid To Kick Malpractice Suit To Arbitration
• NJ Judiciary Beats Atty's Suit Over Due Process Violations
• SEC Wins Early End To Pump-And-Dump Suit Against Attys
• NJ Housing Official's Rape Suit Goes To Mediation
• DOJ Fights Ex-White House Counsel McGahn's Testimony
• Atty Lied In Hyundai Construction's CAA Case, DOJ Says
• Wigdor Says Fox Guest's Defamation Suit Lacks Ties To Texas
• Billionaire Boss Owes Over $10M For Sex Battery, Jury Told
• Roger Stone's Bid To Shake Guilty Verdicts Falls Flat
• Zip Line Co. Fights Sanctions In Coverage Row With AIG
• Boston Scientific Gets Sanctions Nixed In FCA Suit
• Insurer Says Firm's $7M Malpractice Loss Isn't Covered
• High Court Roundup: Justices Won't Hear IBM, Iglesias Cases
• LeClairRyan, Joint Venture Settle Worker's Pay Bias Suit
• Book Review: Who's To Blame For The Broken Legal System?
• Ex-White House Counsel McGahn Ordered To Testify To House
• Texas Judge Axes Recusal Bid In Transgender Bias Row
• High Court Won't Hear 'Serial' Subject Syed's New Trial Appeal
• Katten Settles $69M Malpractice Row Over Lending Scam
• Avenatti Attack On Fraud Charge Is 'Hyperbole,' Gov't Says
• Insider Trading Verdict Backed By Evidence, 1st Circ. Rules
• Judge Has Warnings, Not Sanctions, For 'Buck Rogers' IP Row
• NY Atty Wants Out Over Partner Sex Affairs At Firm, Suit Says
• 'This Is America, Not Nazi Germany,' Billionaire Tells Judge
• IP Firm Faces $10M Malpractice Suit Over Denied Gene Patent
• Fla. Judge Rejects Developer's Claim That Rival Bribed Juror
• Hagens Berman Says Fee Split In EA Suit Is Unenforceable
• Judge Says Atty Has 'No Brain' For Seeking $9M Bonus Pay
• Trustee Urges 9th Circ. To Take Up O'Melveny Malpractice Row
• Fed. Circ. Won't Let Drilling Co. Avoid Texas Judge In IP Suit
• Criticized ABA Rule Could Bolster Fight Vs. Sex Harassment
• AG Barr Wants Ore., Wash. Courts' Help With ICE Arrests
• Ex-White & Williams Atty Cops To False Insurance Claims
• Finance Co. Says Ex-Atty Won $1.2M With Self-Serving Advice
• Littler Sued By Energy Co. Over Discovery Disclosure Snafu
• NJ Firm Beats Suit Over Defaulted $32M Real Estate Loan
• WTO Clash Turns Ugly As US Questions Judges' Pay
• Diversity, Independence Concerns Again Roil NY Court Reform
• Pa. Justices Cast Doubt On Bias Claims Against Judiciary
• Attys Duck Punitives In Row Over Ex-Client's Sex Assault Trial
• Law360's The Week in Discipline
• NJ Paralegal Fraudulently Practiced Law, Appeals Court Finds
• Arbitration Cybersecurity Protocol Outlines Best Practices
• Proskauer Pushes To Halt Stanford Ponzi Suit In Antigua
• DOJ Can't DQ Munger Tolles In Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Fight
• 3rd Circ. Nixes Ex-Atty's New Trial Bid Over Billing Scam
• Pa. Justices Split On Disbarring Atty For Fling With Client
• Atty Talks Over Tribune Buyout Are Protected, Ill. Justices Say
• Apple, Cisco Must Redo Fee Requests In 'Reckless' IP Fight
• Legal Association's Prez Accuses Rivals Of Obstruction
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Guilty In Crypto Money Laundering Trial
• Billionaire Grabbed Worker's Genitals, 2nd Witness Says
• Jussie Smollett Says False Reporting Charges Were Frame-Up
• Skeptical Rakoff Says ICE Arrest Power 'Unusual'
• Fed. Circ. Won't Lift Attorney's USPTO Suspension
• NJ Municipal Judge Reprimanded For 'Demeaning' Emails
• Pa. High Court Told To Suspend Sandusky Prosecutor
• Judge Facing Ouster Tells NJ Justices To 'Do The Right Thing'
• Ex-Fox Commentator Fights Atty's Bid To Nix Defamation Suit
• Pa. Judge Stays On Wetlands Case Handled By Former Clerk
• Sprint, T-Mobile Don't Want DQ Bid To Delay Merger Trial
• Restaurant.com CEO Hit With Suit Over 'Self-Interested' Acts
• Ex-Locke Lord Atty Got $50M From 'CryptoQueen,' Jury Told
• Pompeo Taps Quinn Emanuel's Burck In Impeachment Probe
• PR Law Firm Execs Can't Arbitrate Bankruptcy Claims
• Atty, Doc's Emergency Juror Care Doesn't Merit Retrial
• Cleveland's 'Breaking Bad' Lawyer Dodges Disbarment
• Donziger Pushes To End Home Confinement In Chevron Case
• Atty Can't Get NJ High Court To Take On Malpractice Ruling
• Ex-Duane Morris Atty Angles For Toss Of Fisherman's Suit
• 'It's So Real!' Accuser Sobs At Billionaire's Sex Battery Trial
• Texas High Court Asked To Ax Claims By Beyonce's Dad
• Houston Firms Can't Cancel Dueling Bail Bond Barratry Suits
• Urine Maker Owes $900K In Atty Fees After Loss In IP Suit
• Freshfields Owes For Work Wooing Cleary Atty, Recruiter Says
• Ex-MoFo Atty Says $400M CBS Defamation Suit Should Stay
• Class Action Watchdog Objects To Equifax Data Breach Deal
• Judge 'Not Proud' Of Discourteous Emails, NJ Justices Hear
• Ruling On McGahn Subpoena Fight Expected By Monday
• Firm Can't Sue Tribe Or Feds For Fees, DC Circ. Told
• Logitech Buyers Denied Cert. As Alsup Raps Both Sides' Attys
• Awash In Cash, Litigation Funders Eager To Strike Deals
• Ex-Jones Day Secretary Slams Attempt To Ax Disability Claim
• Colo. Judge Skips SEC Insider Trading Deposition
• How To Hire Lateral Partners More Effectively
• Lawyers Can Counsel Medical Pot Clients, NY Bar Says
• LeClairRyan Partner Can Sue Insurers For Gender Bias Claims
• Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal Can Avoid Appeal Costs In Bias Suit
• 'No Scheme, No Bribe,' Ex-Juror Says In Miami Developer Trial
• Billionaire Yells At Judge, Storms Out Of Sex Battery Trial
• Ex-GC Accused Of Covering Up Poor Work From Outside Firm
• Black Male Attys Disciplined More Often, Calif. Study Finds
• Magistrate Recommends Axing One Of LabMD's Tiversa Suits
• 3 Takeaways From Roger Stone's Criminal Trial
• 1st Circ. Revives Lawyer On The Lam's Bankruptcy Case
• Carbon Fiber Co. Says Its Legal Malpractice Claims Are Timely
• Citi Says Ex-Trader Can't Show It Steered DOJ Probe
• Judge Caps Insys Exec's 'Astronomical' Nixon Peabody Tab
• Avenatti Says Feds Want To Police Atty Negotiations
• Firm Rips CFPB's 'End-Run' Around Constitutional Challenge
• Judge Says No Way To Billionaire's Pro Se In Sex Battery Trial
• Neil Bush Met 'Cryptoqueen,' Got $300K, Ducks Subpoena
• Kansas Top Court Revives Suit Over Attorney's Elder Abuse
• Indivior Can't Duck Opioid Marketing Fraud Indictment
• Undo $59M CFPB Award Pending High Court Cases, Attys Say
• Judge Exits Job Dismissal Case After Revealing Ties To Ford
• SEC's Cognizant Bribe Suit Paused Amid Criminal Case
• Battery Co. Fights Sanctions Bid In $100M Trade Secret Case
• Donziger Still A Flight Risk, Judge-Appointed Prosecutor Says
• Feds Will Appeal Block Of Migrant Child Detention Regulations
• Jury Convicts Trump Ally Roger Stone On All Counts
• Law Firm's Nondisparagement Pact Illegal, NLRB Memo Says
• Billionaire Delivers Bombastic Opening In Sex Battery Trial
• Liebowitz's Attorney Pleads For Leniency Over Lies To Judge
• Pryor Cashman Settles Ex-Associate's Age Bias Suit
• Fla. Judge Scolded For 'Inappropriate' Conduct At Murder Trial
• Stone Jury Asks If WikiLeaks Contact Claim Is Testimony
• Atlanta Atty, Ex-Investment Cos. GC Cops To $40M Fraud
• Munger Tolles Blasts DOJ's DQ Bid In Sprint-T-Mobile Suit
• Pa. Firm Sent Ex-Client To Lawyer To Sue It For Negligence
• Sbarro Worker's Attys Fight Sanctions Bid In Sex Abuse Suit
• Timeshare Biz Sues Firm Over Promises To Contract Owners
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Geragos-Tied Charges Gone In Avenatti's Nike Extortion Case
• NJ School Fights McCarter Bid To Escape Malpractice Suit
• NY Court Consolidation Plan Won't Pass Without A Fight
• Arnold & Porter Faces DOJ Probe Into Immigration Hiring Bias
• Jurors Set To Determine Trump Pal Roger Stone's Fate
• Seyfarth Can Escape Tax Shelter RICO Suit, 7th Circ. Says
• SEC Urges 11th Circ. To Not Touch Its Win In $5M Fraud Row
• NCAI Says News Articles Didn't Defame Former GC
• Texas Judge Indicted For Wire Fraud Suspended Without Pay
• Md. Atty Can't Get Fees From Fatal Car Crash Settlement
• Ex-Law School Prof Seeks To Revive Fraud Suit Against ABA
• Disney Rips 'False' Disability Claims In 'Plagiarized' Complaint
• Fracking Co. Says Fraud In Patent Suit Negates Atty Privilege
• Pa. Judge Suspended For Viewing Lewd Pics In Chambers
• IRS Summons Violates Atty-Client Privilege, 5th Circ. Told
• Texas Could Take Page From Mass.'s Judicial Selection Book
• Genova Burns Dragged Into Suit Against Disbarred NJ Pol
• Target Says Attorney Destroyed Evidence In Civil Rights Case
• Insurance Co. Ordered To Pay Marker Co. $2.8M For Defense
• NJ College Ex-GC Must Face Claim Over Improper Side Gigs
• NY Judge Makes Criminal Referral After Axing Woori Bank Suit
• Clyde & Co. Nabs Legal Ethics Trio From Hinshaw
• Feds Want Lawmaker's Atty DQ'd In Campaign Finance Case
• Ind. Judges Suspended After Drunken White Castle Brawl
• WikiLeaks 'A Gift' To Trump Campaign, Gates Tells Stone Jury
• Baker Donelson Atty Accused Of Lying For Loan Before Ch. 11
• Too Late To Fight Venue In $2.1M Atty Fee Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Jury Awards $1M In Attorneys' Friendship-Ending Fee Dispute
• Judging A Book: McKeown Reviews 'Conversations With RBG'
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms
• Venable Partner's Forgery Claim 'Unprofessional,' Judge Says
• NJ Justices To Review New Trial Order Over 'Judge Shopping'
• Fusion GPS Target Says Judge Should 'Resign From Bench'
• Pot Co. Urges Court Not To Expand 'Federal Illegality Defense'
• Roger Stone Atty, Key Witness Clash Over WikiLeaks Contacts
• Sedgwick Floats New Bankruptcy Settlement With Ex-Partners
• Ex-White & Case Client Says Firm Tried To Extort $1M Fees
• Atty's Unfair Trial Remarks Can't Upend $2.6M Crash Verdict
• Insurer Not On Hook For Suit Against Firm, 3rd Circ. Says
• Boies Sues Dershowitz For Defamation Over Epstein Fracas
• Punishment Urged For Judge Who Threatened To Report Atty
• Ex-GC Of Thiel Venture Fund Says Director Lied To Investors
• Atty's Fraud Conviction May Lose China Native Asylum
• Ex-Jones Day Couple Back Up Bid For New Brief In Bias Case
• NJ Town Seeks To Toss Judge's 'Audacious' Suit Over Arrest
• Pile Of Docs Ties Ex-BigLaw Atty To OneCoin's 'Cryptoqueen'
• SEC's Cognizant Bribe Suit May Mean Differing Rulings
• Judge Refuses Recusal, Scolds Atty In Deepwater MDL
• 'Attorney-Broker' Ponzi Suit Belongs In State Court: Investors
• Insurer Ends $6M Suit Against Buckley Over Founder's Exit
• Texas Judge Charged With 7 Counts Of Wire Fraud
• Dershowitz Fights Defamation Suit With Claims Of His Own
• DOJ Points To Records Stone Told Congress He Never Had
• Ex-Calif. Dem. Party Boss' Sex Remarks Not Protected Speech
• Texas Wrong Venue For Navy SEAL's Fee Suit, Calif. Atty Says
• 7th Circ. Calls Appeal Bid In Mars Bias Suit A 'Monstrosity'
• Turf Co. CEO Seeks Sanctions For $20M Fraud Suit
• NJ Atty Suspended Indefinitely For No-Showing At Trial
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• Convicted Ex-Willkie Atty In 'Varsity Blues' Scam Suspended
• Giuliani's New Lawyer Will 'Clear Some Debris'
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Conviction In Judicial Conspiracy Case
• Texas Justices Told Atty Immunity Asserted Too Soon
• Targeting Jury's 'Reptile' Brains Not Enough For Mistrial
• Jones Day Can Hold Back Salary Data For Now In Bias Suit
• Country Club GC Booted From EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
• Staples Attys Reprimanded In Documents Row With Worker
• DLA Piper Slapped With 3rd EEOC Charge Alleging Sex Bias
• Fallout Over Atty's $1M Sanction Reaches Pa. Supreme Court
• Judge Scolds Attys For Poor Filings In Wage Row
• Insurer Faces Bad-Faith Suit Over $267M Robocall Judgment
• Giuliani Taps Pierce Bainbridge, Ex-Cohen Atty To 'Assist' Him
• Pot Co. Owners Can't Sue Over Atty's Help On IRS Audit
• Bilzin Sumberg Wins Bid To Avoid Judge Who Skewered Firm
• Roger Stone Lied Because 'Truth Looked Bad' For Trump: DOJ
• 'Simon Says' Stop Using My Slogan, Firm Wants Court To Rule
• Nixon Peabody Ducks Malpractice Suit Over $49.8M Estate
• Davis Polk Vows To Fight Ex-Associate's Race Bias Suit
• DC Atty Cleared In Ethics Case Sues Blogger For Defamation
• Home Depot 'Flirts With Frivolity' In OT Suit, Judge Says
• Dark Money Raises Stakes For 2020 Judicial Races
• What The Loss Of Public Funds Means For Would-Be Judges
• Fla. Justices Question State Bar's Call To Strip Atty's License
• After Cryptoqueen Fled, Bro Faced Death Threats, Jury Hears
• Judge Threatens To Jail Copyright Atty Over No-Show Excuse
• Ex-Reed Smith Paralegal's Appeal May Be Tossed At 3rd Circ.
• NY Seeks To Save Challenge To ICE Courthouse Arrests
• Anti-SLAPP Advocates Positive Despite Nixed Appeal In Fla.
• CFPB Gets $59M Judgment In Mortgage Relief Services Suit
• Trump Casts Long Shadow Over Roger Stone's Jury Selection
• Turkish Bank's Bid To Dodge Arraignment Vexes Judge
• Atty Says Ex-Fox Guest's Defamation Suit Served Too Late
• O'Melveny Ducks Malpractice Suit After Arbitration Win
• Ex-Locke Lord Atty Tells Jury Crypto Job Was His Big Chance
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Convictions In Payday Lending Suit
• Litigation Funder Loses Bid To Rein In Concussion Deal Judge
• Baker Donelson Director Seeks Ch. 7 Cover From Ponzi Suit
• FERC Nominee Says He Steers Clear Of Agency Ethics Issues
• Akin Gump, Hotel Developer Slam $180K Sanctions Bid
• Davis Polk Fired Atty After Race Bias Complaints, Suit Says
• FERC Nominee May Face Rough Ride At Confirmation Hearing
• Researchers Doubt DOJ's Claim On Missing Immigration Data
• 'Choose Your Poison': Ex-Texas Justice On Campaign Cash
• Hershey Beats White Attorney's Race Bias Suit
• Dallas Trial Judge Reprimanded For Interfering With Judgment
• How To Drop A Client Ignoring Your Bills: 3 Cases To Know
• Dual Charges Are A Catch-22 For Ex-Mossack Fonseca Atty
• Trump Adviser's Influence Should Sound Alarm In DACA Case
• Pot Co. Contract May Be Void Under US Law, Judge Says
• CBS Says Ex-MoFo Atty Can't Sue Over Sex Assault Interviews
• Receiver Says Texas Firm Involved In $150M Securities Fraud
• Reed Smith OK'd For Nonlawyer Partners, Investment In UK
• 9th Circ. Ruling Stresses Need For Arbitrator Bias Disclosures
• Flat-Fee Legal Billing Can Liberate Attorneys
• Law Firm Cash Floods State Judicial Elections
• Missing Records Suggest Strained Immigration Courts
• Cooper & Kirk Takes Over In Dershowitz Defamation Case
• Litigation Funder Goes After Founder Over $33.5M Award
• Judge Alsup Says Wells Fargo Mortgage Case A 'Mess'
• Battery Co., Rival Lob Dueling Sanction Bids In $100M IP Fight
• Disbarred Atty Gets Nearly 6 Years For Robbing Clients, Firm
• CFTC Accused Of Withholding Docs About 'Secret' Kraft Deal
• Calif. Court Rips Firm For Lack Of Candor In Wage, Bias Row
• Nonprofit Wants Out Of Row Accusing Attys Of Hiking Bills
• Judicial Watch Defamation Fight Tossed Over Jurisdiction
• Spoliation Rule Remains Ambiguous Despite Amendments
• DOJ Accused Of Wiping Nearly 1 Million Immigration Records