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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