Legal Ethics Archive » December, 2019

Legal Ethics - December, 2019

187 articles

• Hottest Legal Industry Guest Topics Of 2019
• Sullivan & Cromwell Accused Of Arbitration Double-Dealing
• Gaming Co. Settles $151M Antitrust Suit Funding Dispute
• Baker Donelson Says It Doesn't Belong In Timber Scam Suit
• Feds Rip Michael Cohen's Bid To Reduce Prison Term
• Law Firm Shakes Off Malpractice Suit Over Union Deal
• Akin Gump Accused Of Exploiting 'Hobbled' Exec To Loot Co.
• Roger Stone Sentencing Pushed Back By 2 Weeks
• Texas Justices Won't Toss Firm From Rodeo Owners' Battle
• Litigation Funder Burford Capital Sees Investor Suit Dropped
• Fired Davis Polk Associate Wants To See Colleagues' Reviews
• 9th Circ. Told Attys Wrongly Sanctioned In Roundup Trial
• The Biggest Stories In Florida Legal News Of 2019
• Quilling Selander Suit Filed Too Late, Texas Justices Rule
• For Legal Pot, Grass May Be Greener On The Arbitration Side
• Ch. 11 Trustee To Take Over Liddle & Robinson
• Morgan Stanley Blasts Outside Attys' Fee Bid In Wage Suit
• 5th Circ. Won't Ax Judge From Transgender Bias Row
• Biggest Texas Cases Of 2019
• NJ Pols Accused Of Taking Bribes From Tax Atty For Work
• Rakoff Greenlights NY Challenge To ICE Courthouse Arrests
• Scandals, Court Battles That Rocked New Jersey In 2019
• NY Atty Gets 4.5 Years For $11.8M Estate Theft And Tax Plot
• CBD Co.'s Atty Sanctioned In SEC Illicit Stock Sale Suit
• Roche Wants Russian Drug Co. Sanctioned In Antitrust Fight
• Solicitors' Regulator Rules Out Cuts To Indemnity Insurance
• Alston & Bird Hit With $4.7M Verdict In Legal Malpractice Suit
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• The Biggest White Collar Cases Of 2019
• The Biggest Legal Ethics Cases Of 2019
• 5 Trends That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2019
• The Biggest Massachusetts Cases Of 2019
• Avenatti Stole Ex-Client's $1.6M Deal, Calif. Bar Judge Hears
• SEC Says Disbarred NY Attys Must Face PixarBio Merger Suit
• Blank Rome Says Andrus Wagstaff Owes Pelvic Mesh Fees
• What Impeachment Reveals About The Oath Of Office
• Texas Judge Scolds Attorney For Fake Discovery Documents
• Ex-Legal Chief Says Cognizant Withholding Defense Atty Fees
• Legal Services Co. Says Ex-Worker Poached Staff And Secrets
• Records Law Doesn't Cover Atty Watchdog, Ohio Justices Say
• Litigious Copyright Atty Hit With $28K In Fees In Photo Suit
• Fox Rothschild Fires Atty At Center Of Graphic Sex Bias Suit
• Roundup Atty Charged With $200M Corporate Extortion Plot
• Avenatti Denies Revamped Indictment In Nike Extortion Case
• Immunity Can't Shield Haynes And Boone In Patent Deal Suit
• Mediation Co. Asks 9th Circ. To Rethink Arbitrator Disclosures
• Apple Dubs Investors' Suit A 'Sprawling, 190-Page Riddle'
• Giuliani Associate Stays Free Despite Feds' Push For Jail
• Texas Judge Says No To Gay Marriages Despite Warning
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Can't Skirt Hefty Sanctions, Estate Says
• Judging A Book: Hinojosa Reviews 'Crimes And Punishments'
• Manatt Can't Seal Arbitration Docs In Malpractice Row
• Kozinski Sought Revenge Over Porn Complaints, Atty Claims
• Trenk DiPasquale's $6M Deal OK'd In Agency Malpractice Suit
• Merchants' Attys Get Pared $537M Request In Swipe Fee MDL
• Fla. Attorney Sent To Ethics Class For Badmouthing Judges
• BuzzFeed Fights To Uncover Kavanaugh Background Info
• Sidley Austin, Deloitte Deal Over Ponzi Claims Wins Final OK
• Flynn Loses Brady Motions As His Attys Dinged For Copying
• 'This Profession Doesn't Need You,' Judge Tells Profane Atty
• ​​​​​​​'Patently Frivolous' Appeal Brief Gets Atty 7th Circ. Sanctions
• Ex-W.Va. Lottery Chief Faulted For Continuing Law Practice
• Davis Polk Rebuffs Black Atty's Racial Bias Claims
• All Minn. Federal Judges DQ'd From Whirlpool Defect Suit
• Embattled NFL Concussion Atty Wants Liens On 5 Players
• Wachtel Missry, Atty Hit With $7.7M Malpractice Suit
• Jones Day Gender Bias Suit Runs Into Skepticism From Judge
• Payout Terms Between IP Firm, Ex-Partner Puzzle Judge
• Atty Booted From 2nd Circ. Blasts Incivility Before Losing Suit
• Ex-Judge Asks 5th Circ. To Revive Harassment, Firing Suit
• ICE Tells Mass. Court It Can Make Arrests Anywhere
• High Court FDCPA Ruling May Affect Other Laws' Time Limits
• Levi & Korsinsky Loses Lead Counsel Role In Honeywell Suit
• 5th Circ. Asked To Ax Judge From Transgender Bias Row
• Insurer Seeks To Duck $4.9M Claim Over 'Incompetent' Atty
• UT Law Prof Again Alleges Gender Pay Discrimination
• 'Annoyance' Atty Lets Jurists Know When They Get His Goat
• Sedgwick's Ch. 11 Plan Disclosure Statement Gets Approval
• Ex-Pond Lehocky Partner Wants Court To Stop 'Client Theft'
• Calif. Bar Ducks Retaliation Claims By Student At 9th Circ.
• Texas Justices Turn Down Firm's Doc Fight With Ex-Partner
• Houston Law Firm Sued For $632K In Unpaid Rent
• NJ Housing Official Denies Defaming Accused Rapist
• Virginia Law Firm Can't Dodge Florida Malpractice Claim
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Seyfarth Tax Shelter RICO Suit
• Hotelier Seeks $28M Deal Outside LeClairRyan's Ch. 7
• Client Says NY Law Firm Botched $20M Suit With Late Service
• No Winners In Texas Fight Over Malpractice, Unpaid Fees
• Pa. Law Firm Wants To Arbitrate 'Shameless' Partnership Row
• Gov't Wants Mitchell Silberberg Malpractice Case Paused
• Gibson Dunn Faces DQ Bid In Father-Son Real Estate Suit
• Ex-Court Worker Gets 2 Years For Lying In Pay-To-Play Probe
• Exonerated Texas Judge Fights For Spot On 2020 Ballot
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• 3rd Circ. Pushed To Boot Judge From Her Ex-Clerk's Case
• Mediation Standards Lack Uniformity In Federal Bankruptcy
• Inventor Blames Seyfarth For Loss Of Patent Control
• Wis. Bar Dodges 1st Amendment Fight Over Mandatory Dues
• 2nd Circ. Boots Atty For Discourtesy After 3-Min. Hearing
• Jones Day Says Pharma Client Owes $5.3M In Legal Bills
• Ex-Trump Atty Michael Cohen Seeks Reduced Sentence
• Former NY Attys Want Out Of SEC's PixarBio Merger Suit
• Avenatti Wants Settlement Talks Out Of Nike Extortion Trial
• BakerHostetler Says Pharma Execs Can't Sue For Illegal Gains
• Outside Groups Flood Judicial Races With Cash, Study Finds
• Chinese Prof Keeps Huawei-Funded Wilson Sonsini Attys
• Client Who Owes Attys Can't Void Texas Firm's Arbitration Win
• Strategies To Maintain Privilege In Crisis Response Scenarios
• Texas Atty Wants Litigation Funder's $5.7M Suit Tossed
• 'Wholly Unprepared' Atty Sanctioned By Indiana Court
• 7th Circ. Nixes Ex-Prof's Fraud Suit Against ABA
• Cadwalader Partners' Ex-Boutique Sued Over 'Padded' Bills
• Kozinski's Return To Court Sparks #MeToo Ethics Questions
• Former FBI Atty Sues DOJ, FBI Over Released Texts
• Tenn. Atty Suspended Over False Accusations Against Judge
• Financier Urges Ban On 'Tax Haven' In Panama Papers Trial
• Atty Says Video Sought In Target Bias Case Doesn't Exist
• DACA Recipients Poised For Utah Bar Eligibility
• Firm Fights DQ Bid In TM Dispute After Atty Spoke With Rival
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Fights Atty Fee Bid Over Sanctions
• MoFo Sex Bias Accuser Unmasks Herself As Linklaters Bigwig
• Justices Say FDCPA Clock Starts When Violation Occurs
• Kozinski Returns To 9th Circ., On Other Side Of The Bench
• NJ Censures Lawyer Who Ran Dead Boss's Practice
• Ex-GC Claims Financial Co. Exec Fudged Books For Bonuses
• How To Ward Off Nonclient Suits Over Lawyers' Speech
• Dershowitz Looks To Strike 'False' Line In Epstein Estate Case
• En Banc Rehearing Ordered In Pa. Med Mal Privilege Fight
• Milberg Seeks To Save $12M Bond Fees Fight
• Ariz. Court Says Firm Can't Escape Outfront's Billboard Bill
• Appearances Matter If Jurists Want To Talk Justice Reform
• Billionaire Beats High Bail Bid As Judge Notes 'He's Here'
• Servicer Faulted For Impeding Notice In $90M Borrower Suit
• NJ Firm Barred From Case Because Atty Repped Opponent
• Jones Day Wants Sanford Heisler Sanctioned In Bias Suit
• Firms Slam Cert. Bid By Drivers In Crash Report Fishing Suit
• Texas Atty Can't End Claims Over Late-Filed Injury Suit
• NJ Justices Will Review Sills Cummis Malpractice Row
• Facebook Wants Cambridge Analytica Developer Sanctioned
• High Court To Review Del. Judicial Party-Balance Mandate
• US Accused Of Denying Asylum-Seekers Access To Counsel
• Ex-Pierce Bainbridge Atty's Bid To Unseal Report Falters
• Couple Loses Malpractice Claim Over Bullying Suicide Suit
• Developer Seeks Atty Fees After Beating Juror Bribery Claim
• Personal Injury Firm Sues To Keep Using 'Heavy Hitters' TM
• Cantor Colburn Accused Of IP Scheme In Emeril Air Fryer Row
• Judge Ducks Removal Over Unpaid Taxes, Election Violations
• What Is A 'Reasonably Useful Form' For Production Of ESI?
• Law360's The Week In Discipline
• ICE Defends Authority To Make Arrests At Courthouses
• DOJ Asks Fed. Circ. To Scrap Dentons' $7M Fee Award
• Pa. Judge Says Old Bill To Firm's Partner Doesn't Create Bias
• Ex-Eastburn & Gray Atty Suspended 5 Years For Bribery Case
• Ex-Jones Day Attys Seek Green Light For Sex Bias Class
• Alki David Victim Seeks Absent Billionaire's Arrest, $5M Bail
• Deputy AG Doubts Necessity Of NJ Judge's 'Legs' Comment
• BraunHagey Atty To Decide Apple, Cisco Fee Redos In IP Suits
• Simpson Thacher Reveals Extent Of Stanford's 'Varsity Blues'
• Trenk DiPasquale Strikes $6M Deal In NJ Water Agency Suit
• Pond Lehocky Leader Pushes Court To Dissolve Partnership
• Donziger On Track For June Criminal Contempt Trial
• Firms Can't Tie Down Departing Attys, ABA Panel Says
• Judge Who Said 'Close Your Legs' Says He Intended To Help
• Woodbridge Trustee Sues Sidley, 9 Other Firms For $500M
• Why BigLaw Is Playing Hardball With Departing Attorneys
• Sidley Partner DQ'd From Huawei Bank Fraud Case
• Acquitted Ex-Trader's $112M Suit Has No Legs, Citi Says
• LeClairRyan Attorney Questioned Over Bankruptcy Funds
• Patent Decision Highlights Cross-Appeal Considerations
• Butler Snow Says Timber Scam Suit Belongs In Arbitration
• Fineman Krekstein Wants Out Of Malpractice Coverage Row
• Goodwin Procter Faces DQ Bid In Ill. County's BofA Suit
• Mass. Atty Suspended After Advice Leads To ICE Detention
• Jailed Ex-Atty To Pay $116K For Using 'Front Man' In Fraud
• Arnold & Porter Atty Nominated To Head NYC Bar Association
• Houston Judge Denies Attys' Bid To End Malpractice Suit
• NJ Atty Disbarred Over Bogus Settlement In Car Crash Suit
• Philly Sheriff Slams Atty's Suit Over Courthouse Scuffle
• SC Becomes Latest State To Adopt Tech Competency Rule
• MoFo Settles With 5 'Mommy Track' Accusers In $200M Suit
• Negative Ads Target BigLaw Firms Over Kavanaugh Speech
• Ind. Court Tosses Malpractice Award For Bungled Death Suit
• Billionaire Hit With $50M Punitive Damages For Sex Battery
• Pfizer Claims No Link To Generic-Drug Price-Fix Plot
• Suit Over NJ Prosecutor's 'Toxic' Bias Goes To Mediation
• Dershowitz Defamation Spat Can't Go On Forever, Judge Says
• AGs Used Privileged Doc Again In Price-Fix Case: Pharma Co.