Legal Ethics Archive » February, 2021

Legal Ethics - February, 2021

224 articles

• Ex-Fla. State Atty Accused Of Extortion Plot With Defense Atty
• YPF Seeks To Disqualify White & Case From $14B Maxus Suit
• Atty Accused Of Mishandling BP Spill Claim Gets Arbitration
• $650M Facebook Privacy Deal OK'd, $110M Atty Fees Trimmed
• Cook County Chief Judge Defeats Discrimination Suit
• Texas Justices To Hear Apache's Fight With Fired Paralegal
• NJ Firm Sued For Malpractice Over Atlantic City RE Deal
• Texas Justices To Decide If Atty Immunity Covers Deal Work
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• Ga. Law Firms' Trade Secrets Row Sent Back To State Court
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• PetroSaudi Can't Tap 1MDB-Linked Funds Held By UK Law Firm
• Legal Services Co. Must Hand Over Docs In Contract Dispute
• Texas Panel Revives Suit Over Ex-Judge's Alleged Sex Abuse
• Fox Rothschild, DLA Piper To Face Ponzi Claims In State Court
• 4th Circ. To Rehear Convicted W.Va. Justice's New Trial Bid
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Fugitive Radio Broadcaster Turns Himself In After Contempt
• 11th Circ. Rejects Law School Age Bias Claims By Fired Prof
• Texas Trade Name Shift Will Benefit Small, Specialized Firms
• As McKinsey Is Dragged Into MDL, Fresh Atty Tensions Arise
• Chipotle Timely Removed Dollar-Shorting Case, Judge Says
• Law Firm Not Covered In Malpractice Suit, Mont. Justices Say
• E-Commerce Site Says $200K Stolen In Iron Maiden IP Suit
• Vendor Loses Bid To Remake NRA Ch. 11 Creditor Group
• Ex-Goldman Sachs Atty Must Arbitrate Retaliation Claims
• Toyota Stamps Out Bid To Unseal Ex-WilmerHale Temp's Case
• Texas Judge Suspended Over 2018 Election Fraud Charges
• Firm Sues For Abuse Of Process Over Drexel Tuition Debt Suit
• Worker's Atty Says CWA Fighting His Withdrawal Is 'Spiteful'
• McDonald's Operator Wants Atty Fees For 'Frivolous' Claim
• Boeing Crash Victims Claim Attys Tried To Poach Clients
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Philly Attorney's City Tax Suit
• Ga. DA Accused Of Covering Up Black Man's Killing
• NY Judge Slams Atty's 'Frivolous' Involuntary Servitude Claim
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Jones Day Says It Fired Atty For Threats, Not Leave Request
• Oft-Arrested Pa. Atty Cops To Theft From Ex, Mother-In-Law
• Trial Of Brooklyn Judge Pushed Back Again Amid Pandemic
• Employer Must Pay Atty $204K For Secret Wage Settlement
• Judge Again Slams 'Shocking' Slip-Ups In Iran Sanctions Case
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• AdventHealth's Fraud Claim Over $57M PPE Deal Advanced
• Ex-Rep. Argues Faith-Led Juror Shouldn't Have Been Axed
• Atty Contests Legal Lender's Entry In $350M Shire Fee Row
• Atty Referred To Discipline Panel For Pro-Trump Election Suit
• Garland's AG Vow: 'Turn Down The Volume' At DOJ
• Allstate Wants Firm's Fraud Suit Over Expert Witnesses Axed
• Attys Accused Of NYC Molotov Attack Get Plea Offers
• Alleged 'Copyright Troll' Attorney Facing Latest Sanctions
• Justices Won't Review Immigration Atty's $2.4M Judgment
• High Court Won't Hear Case Over Patent Review Standard
• Suit Says Late Lawyer's Firm Missed Deadline For Injury Claim
• Edelson Seeks More Depositions Over Alleged $2M Fund Theft
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• Guardianship Bid By Tom Girardi's Brother Denied As Moot
• Appeals Too Late To Save Chemical Suit, Pa. Panel Finds
• Morris Manning Sued Over Conservation Easement Advice
• Ex-Assistant Accuses LA Immigration Firm Of Disability Bias
• Atty Says He's Not Liable For 'Arrogant' Client's Sanctions
• 2nd Circ. Deep-Sixes Malpractice Suit Against Kenyon Firm
• 5th Circ. Revives Prison Chaplain's Religious Bias Suit
• Fired Capitol Riot Atty Splits With Election Challenge Team
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Ex-Willkie Farr Atty Avoids Disbarment For 'Varsity Blues' Plea
• White House Wins McGahn Suit Delay, Rifts With House Dems
• Exotic Dancers Look To DQ Atty For 'Disturbing Conduct'
• Houston Law Firm Says Witness Ads Are Protected Speech
• JAMS Isn't Biased In Monster Dispute, Calif. Judge Rules
• Sheppard Mullin Atty's Motion In Clif Bar Case Irks Judge
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Ill. Firm Sues Fellow Class Action Attys Over Recorded Call
• 3 NY Attys Accused Of Teaching Asylum-Seekers To Lie
• Ex-Judge Wants Full 5th Circ. To Revisit Wrongful Firing Suit
• Judges Blast Atty For Flint Client Solicitation Efforts
• Ex-WilmerHale Temp Says White House Atty Lied For Toyota
• Girardi Co-Attys Say 'Diabolical' Scheme Cost Them Millions
• Klayman Sues To Undo DC Top Court's 'Malicious' Suspension
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• 7th Circ. Says Atty's Workplace Bias Suit Lacks Evidence
• Boy Scouts Insurers Say Ch. 11 Claim Process Needs Probe
• Judge Asks DOJ To Probe Misconduct In Iran Sanctions Case
• 'Let Me Stop This': Judge Chafes At Klayman In Sanction Fight
• Ga. DA Indicted On Charge Of Bribing Prosecutor
• Akerman Faces DQ Bid In USAA Medicare Repayment Row
• Ex-Judge Rebuked For Intoxicated Punch Of Atty On Sidewalk
• Bodybuilder Gets Win Back In Car Crash Injury Suit
• NJ Municipal Court Judge Gets Retroactive Suspension
• Key Bipartisan Sens. Demand Ethics Rules For Justices
• Ex-Fla. Gov't Atty Gets 90 Months For Child Porn
• Jones Day Atty Threatened Paralegal With Toy Gun, Suit Says
• Atty Says DOJ Fired Her For Objecting To Pregnancy Bias
• Pa. Supreme Court Suspends Philly Lawyer For 30 Months
• Lin Wood Fights Bar Grievance As Money Woes Mount
• Investors Granted $26.5M In Damages In EB-5 Fraud Suit
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• Calif. Woman Allegedly Impersonated Attys, Defrauded PPP
• Morgan & Morgan Says Broker Fooled It Into Bad Office Deal
• Don't Evict Tom Girardi From Mansion, Brother Begs Judge
• Elliott Greenleaf Says Attys Filched Files While Jumping Ship
• Levi & Korsinsky Can't Target Sex Bias Accuser For Disloyalty
• Ex-Girardi Keese Atty Seeks Out Of Settlement Theft Suit
• Enviro Atty Faces Jail For Supreme Court Ruling Leak
• 7th Circ. Sanctions Outed Atty For 'Frivolous' Appeal
• VW Opt-Out Drivers Tell 9th Circ. MDL Judge Stymied Them
• Fox Rothschild Fights Ex-Firm Atty's Pregnancy Bias Suit
• 11th Circ. Doubts Fla. Law Firm's Right To $1M Damages
• Amazon Says NY AG Is Overstepping On Virus Oversight
• Ill. Firm Points Finger At Clark Hill For Seyfarth Partner's Bills
• Whistleblowers Beef Up Accusations Against Texas AG Paxton
• Advocating For Broad Brady Orders Under New Criminal Rule
• Ex-Jones Day Attys Can Add Retaliation Claims To Case
• Fox News Hosts Aim To Escape $2.7B Defamation Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SEC Pans Fugitive CEO's 'Straw-Man' Effort To Depose Attys
• Royal Caribbean Dodges Sanctions Bid In Assault Suit
• TransPerfect Denies Shawe Steered Chancery Malpractice Suit
• Bloom's Civil Rights Firm Accused Of Operating Unlawfully
• Paxton's Ex-Associates Tell Court He Belongs In Fraud Suit
• Calif. Pressed On Its Use Of Face Scans For Remote Bar Exam
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Fla. Court Orders New Trial After Counsel's Sexist Remarks
• 8th Circ. Backs Prenda 'Porn Troll' Atty's Charges, $1.5M Loss
• NJ Firm Added Millions To Landmark Verizon Deal, Court Told
• Trucking Co. CR England Sues La. Firm Over Faked Crashes
• Bernstein Litowitz Says Hiring Ex-Client Poses No Conflict
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• Dominion Says Powell Was Dodging Being Served $1.3B Suit
• ABA Outlines 'Material' Adversity Standard In Client Conflicts
• Gibson Dunn Wants Investment Co. To Pay Nearly $1M In Fees
• First Wave: The Attys Who Pioneered Law Firm Gender Suits
• Jones Day Can't Escape 'Fiasco' Pro Bono Suit
• LA-Area Atty Indicted In $4.5M Investment Fraud Scheme
• UpRight Law Escapes RICO Suit Due To Late Filing
• Jackson Walker Fights Appeal Of Malpractice Suit Win
• Apple Didn't Deceive Epic With 'Sloppy' Atty Lists, Judge Says
• Local Pa. Judge's Pay Suspended Before Ethics Trial
• Boy Scouts' Insurer Wants Sidley Austin Off Ch. 11 Case
• Calif. Panel Says Judges Can't Accept Associates' Work
• Texas Atty Arrested On Telephone Harassment Charge
• Ex-Client Fights To Revive Botched IUD Malpractice Case
• 2nd Circ. Says No 2nd Shot For Milberg In $12M Fee Dispute
• Fla. Atty Suspended Over Misappropriating Client Funds
• Ex-Adoption Atty Sentenced To 18 Mos. For Fraud Scheme
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Fox News Wants $2.7B Voting Fraud Defamation Case Tossed
• Fujitec Beats Ex-Top Atty's Racial Bias Claims, For Now
• Judge Blocks 'Improper' Communications In Flint Lead Case
• Pa. Magistrate Judge Accused Of Meddling In Son's Arrest
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• EB-5 Investors Settle Claims PNC, Ex-Banker Aided Fraud
• Trustee Sues Girardi Business Partner For Golf-Course Home
• Fox Rothschild Aims To Sink Ex-Clients' Enviro Costs Suit
• Del. Justices Reject Meso's Bouchard-Related Bias Claims
• NJ Judge Admits To Ethics Charges, Awaits Discipline
• NY Judge Quits After Admitting To Keying Local Official's Car
• Va. Ex-Atty Gets 6 Months For Hiding Show Ponies In Ch. 7
• Atty In Insurance Fraud Plot Disbarred By Pa. Supreme Court
• Ex-Jones Day Atty Faces Revived Contempt Bid Over Docs
• Fla. Attys Who Got $400K Discovery Sanctions Are Suspended
• WaPo Loses Bid To Intervene In Wilkinson NFL Suit
• LabMD Held In Contempt For Multiple Sanctions Violations
• NJ Firm Slams Tax Fraud Fear In $125M Verizon Deal Fee Row
• Acthar Claimants Hit Skadden For Mallinckrodt Ch. 11 Role
• Rittenhouse Fires Former Lead Atty John Pierce
• Law360's Tort Report: Record $205M Birth Injury Award Nixed
• Victims Decry Insurers' 'Ugly Games' In Boy Scouts Ch. 11
• 'Painfully Honest' Atty Hit With $202K Sanctions In IT Row
• Public Defender Must Face Fired Worker's Free Speech Suit
• Marketing Co. Seeks 5th Circ. Review Of Loss To Texas Firm
• Girardi's Companies Default In Suit Over Boeing Settlements
• Fla. Atty Arrested After Removing Mask At Public Meeting
• Judges On Race
• NJ Atty Disbarred For Spending Clients' Escrow Funds
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• Walmart Loses Bid To Short-Circuit Feds' Opioid Suit
• Disbarred Calif. Atty Who Stole Millions Gets 15 Years
• Edelson Moves For Default In Girardi Boeing Theft Case
• Fox News, Others Hit With Voting Co.'s $2.7B Defamation Suit
• NJ Judge Should Be Ousted Over School Fight, Court Told
• MoFo, Ex-Attys To Try Settling Sex Bias Case Before Trial
• Flint Plaintiffs Say Atty Interfering With $641M Deal
• Litigation Funder Wants Cut Of $350M Shire Deal
• How Vendors Are Data Security Soft Spots For Law Firms
• DC Appeals Court Backs Partner Over Equity Calculation
• Crash Victim Says Atty's Closings Shouldn't Kill $18M Verdict
• Anti-Graft Atty Acquitted Over Money Laundering Allegations
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• Donziger To Judge: Don't Call Private Prosecutor 'Gov't'
• 'Vicious' Messages Revealed In $125M Verizon Deal Fee Spat
• Canadian Court Bumps O'Melveny, Pot Co. Fee Spat To Calif.
• Insurers Allege Issues With Abuse Claims In Scouts' Ch. 11
• Lin Wood Drops Libel Counterclaims Against Ex-Colleagues
• Fla. Judge DQ'd From 13th Engle Suit Over Talk With Atty
• Pa. District Attorney Charged With Sex Assault of 5 Women
• Girardi's Pasadena Mansion Burglarized, Police Say
• Ex-BigLaw Bankruptcy Atty Pleads Guilty In Extortion Rap
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• Gerard Fox Sues To Fight Ex-Partner's Bonus Demands
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Goodwin Procter Hit With Data Breach Via Vendor Hack
• Judge Beats Ethics Charges Over Courtroom Reality Show
• 5th Circ. Reviews $15M Award In Real Estate Investment Spat
• Use Of 'Hackable' Devices By NY Courts Raises Alarms
• NJ Firm Deserves Huge Fee In $125M Verizon Deal, Court Told
• An OFAC Compliance Checklist For Ransomware Payments
• Fla. Judge Cites News, Chats In Recusing From Robinhood
• Houston Firm Sues Life Care Planner Over Failed Mediation
• 3rd Circ. Says Pa. Judge Immune From Asset Freeze Suit
• Pa. Firm Says Case Bonuses Aren't Owed To Atty After Firing
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Fla. Court Overturns Sanctions For Requesting Judicial Notice
• 5th Circ. Tosses Ex-Judge's Harassment, Firing Suit
• Mich. Gov. Wants Sidney Powell, 3 Other Attys Disbarred
• Ex-Davis Polk Atty Narrowly Evades Sanctions Bid In Bias Suit
• App Developer Atty Disclosed Confidential Info, Apple Says
• Milberg Asks 2nd Circ. For 2nd Chance In $12M Fee Dispute
• Akerman Hooked With $1M Suit Over Bad Advice To Landlord
• Bio-Rad's $35M IP Win Tainted By Falsehoods, 10X Says
• Rival Firm Denies Poaching Girardi Keese Clients
• Microcap Firms Agree To Arbitrate Part Of Client Theft Suit
• NJ Casino Officials Must Face Ex-GC's Whistleblower Suit
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges