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Legal Ethics - March, 2021
294 articles
- Ex-Polsinelli Bankruptcy Atty Hits Firm With LGBT Bias Suit
- Gibson Dunn DQ'd From Military Contractors' Copyright Fight
- Pa. Atty Off Hook For Extended Interest On Malpractice Award
- 5th Circ. Chides Lawyers Behind $50M Clean Water Deal
- Atty-Client Spat Sent To Arbitration Despite Illegal Fee Clause
- Ga. Probate Judge Charged With Threatening To Shoot Worker
- Donziger Wants Big SDNY Courtroom, Livestream For Trial
- 3 Cybersecurity Questions To Ask Before A Remote Mediation
- Neo-Nazi Group Sanctioned Again In Charlottesville Case
- Insurer Escapes Defending Law Firm From Bogus-Claims Suit
- Pa. Atty Charged For Fraud In Client Theft Case
- Overwhelmed Real Estate Atty Gets 3 Years For Grant Fraud
- High Times Owner Lobs Malpractice Suit At Former Counsel
- Odebrecht Units Sanctioned For Willfully Destroying Evidence
- Foster Garvey Finds Way Out Of FCC License Ethics Spat
- Calif. State Bar Files Disciplinary Action Against Tom Girardi
- NJ Justices Signal Support For Reviving Malpractice Suit
- NJ Attys Fear Arbitration Clause Issue Will Muddle Retainers
- Flint Water Victims Slam Attys' $202M Fee Bid
- Investment Firm Says Ex-Trump Appointee, Atty Stole $10M
- Murky World Of Mass Torts Left Clients At Girardi's Mercy
- Texas AG Says Twitter Too Quick To Draw In Retaliation Suit
- TikTok $1.1M Settlement Over Kids' Data Denied Final OK
- Post & Schell Calls Crash Victim's Suit An Arbitration End Run
- Failed Courtroom Audio Recording Sparks New Texas Trial
- MAGA Attorney Lin Wood Wants Judge Off Psych Exam Case
- A Uniform Mediation Act Primer As States Continue Adoption
- 2nd Circ. Won't Lift Donziger's House Arrest Before Trial
- IMF Beats Suit Filed By Own Legal Team Thanks To Immunity
- Celebrity Trainer's Row With Greenberg Traurig Revived
- Atty Froze Out Partner From VC, Crypto Funds, Suit Says
- Justices Won't Hear Atty's $1.5M VW Emissions Fee Complaint
- Pa. Panel Won't Reinstate $2.9M Award Over Teen's Death
- Atty Recruiter Says Ex-Firm's Suit Targets Biz He Built Alone
- NY Judge Scolded For Facebook Photos In Cop Uniform
- Hotel Chains Say Missing Search History Dooms Antitrust Suit
- Toyota Probed Possible Bribes To Top Thai Judges
- Suspended Atty Wants Court Review Of Calif. Bar Speech Rule
- Troutman Sanders Malpractice Suit Isn't Timely, Ill. Panel Says
- 8th Circ. Won't Revive Malpractice Case Over Estate Tax Docs
- Safeguarding Privileged Communications In A Remote World
- Jones Day Fights Ferring's Sanctions Bid Over IP Trial
- Goulston & Storrs Hit With $300M Suit Over Failed Project
- DC Circ. Suspends Klayman, Refers Him To Discipline Panel
- Bookkeeper's $3M Theft Leads To Reprimand For Atty
- Perkins Coie Attys Ask 5th Circ. To Reconsider Sanctions
- Oil Co.'s Sanctions Bid Derails WDTX Patent Case On Trial Eve
- Cohen Says His Prison Classes Merit Early Release
- Appeals Court Upholds Verdict In Monster Heart Attack Case
- MAGA Atty Wood Sues Ga. Bar Over Psych Exam Demand
- Fla. Attys Can Use Payment Apps To Receive Fees, Funds
- 4 Areas Of Cyberattack Vulnerability For Law Firms
- Lisa Bloom Can't Duck Wynn's Defamation Suit At 9th Circ.
- NY Judge Dismisses Case Because Atty Wouldn't Wear Mask
- Ex-UMG Exec Says Kasowitz 'Botched' His #MeToo Case
- McGuireWoods Settles Ex-Paralegal's Retaliation Case
- Justices Face Faster Online Disclosure Rules Under GOP Bill
- Duane Morris Atty Banned 2 Years For Overbilling At Ex-Firm
- 5th Circ. Upholds Asylum Denial Over Missing Paperwork
- Black Judge Didn't Rely On Racial Stereotype, 7th Circ. Says
- FedEx Urges Toss Of Lead Plaintiff From 'Colossal' OT Suit
- Crypto Investors Tell 11th Circ. Class Denial Was Wrong
- K&L Gates Ex-Partner's Bias Suit Stayed For Arbitration
- NY Judicial Discipline Reached Decade High In 2020
- Girardi & Wife Both Owe Ex-Clients, Bankruptcy Trustee Says
- Phillies Owner's Sister Gets Claims Tossed In Malpractice Suit
- How To Help Your Witnesses Overcome Hindsight Bias
- Health Co. Dropped From Harassment Suit Against Ex-Judge
- Girardi's Wife Tries To Shield Mansion Money From Ex-Clients
- NY Judge Accused Of Bias Bows Out Of Ex-Pol's Tax Appeal
- Ohio Judge Can't Sink Ex-Worker's Sex Bias Suit
- Panama Canal Contractor Says Experts Vital In $240M Suit
- Calif. Adds New Atty Professional Rule On Tech Competence
- 3rd Circ. Says Arbitration Pact Voids Suit Against Debt Firm
- Carter's Legal Affairs Manager Claims Age, Sex Bias
- 7th Circ. Frees Atty From Ex-Employer's Malpractice Claims
- Quinn Emanuel Exec Terrorized Hispanic Worker, Suit Says
- Litigation Funder Burford Posts Record Returns In 2020
- Paxton Not Immune In Whistleblower Suit, Texas Judge Says
- NJ 'Reply All' Ethics Opinion Brings New Pitfalls For Attorneys
- Facebook Can't Shield All App Data From Mass. AG Probe
- McCarter & English Gets Mixed Ruling In Fight With Ex-Client
- Eli Lilly Loses $10M Fee Bid Over Genentech's Dropped IP Suit
- NJ Atty Can't Pursue Free Speech Suit Over Teaching Gig
- Process Servers Win Collective Certification In OT Suit
- Sherwin-Williams Loses Judge DQ Bid In Lead Paint Row
- Generics MDL Special Master Says Calif. AG Merits Sanctions
- Texas Justices Wary Of Extending Atty Immunity To Deal Work
- Ex-Atty Got COVID Vax So No Early Release, Gov't Says
- US Says Hands Are Tied On Goldman 1MDB Evidence Transfer
- Apache Says Paralegal Can't Rely On 'Buzzwords' In Bias Suit
- Ferraro Accuses Lender, Atty, Others Of Trying To Steal Case
- Calif. Atty Must Face SEC's Shell Co. Fraud Claims
- PetroSaudi Gets Access To $330M Pot Caught In 1MDB Probe
- Seeger Weiss Slams Ex-Steelers' 'Race-Norming' Concerns
- Fed. Circ. OKs Fees In Reverse Online Dating Patent Spat
- Sidney Powell Attacks Dominion's 'Incoherent' $1.3B Suit
- Law Firm Can't Make Insurer Pay For Sex Harassment Defense
- 2nd Circ. Judge Asks If Atty's Multicount Indictment Was Fair
- NY Agency Must Face Atty's 'Most Unusual' Retaliation Case
- Disgraced Pa. Atty Gets Up To 23 Years In Client Theft Case
- Judging A Book: Bibas Reviews Rakoff's 'Why The Innocent Plead Guilty'
- Class Attys Shed Credit Agency Founder's Harassment Claims
- Atty Search Site Accused Of Reneging On Exclusivity Deal
- Law Firm Accused Of Not Sharing $30M Fee In Syngenta MDL
- DC Circ. Judge Rants Against Landmark Free Press Ruling
- Pa. Prosecutor Demoted Over 'Stupid' DoorDash Side Hustle
- 'Phantom Quote' Hangs Over Fox Rothschild Cleanup Suit
- DOJ Says Atty Wall Can't Fix Morgan Lewis, Glenmark Conflict
- For Law Firm Digital Marketing, Less Is Sometimes More
- Berg & Androphy Denies Bias In Firing Of Black Legal Aide
- NY Judge Resigns After Alleged Threats Against Ex-Girlfriend
- Coffee Co. Tries To Turn Up Heat On Sills Cummis In Fee Fight
- UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
- Quinn Emanuel, Hagens Berman To Lead Facebook User Suits
- Wells Fargo Judge Slams $32M Atty Fee Bid As Unreasonable
- AbbVie Loses Judge-Switch Bid In Humira Kickback Battles
- Davis Polk's Late Discovery Backs Bias Claims, Atty Says
- Ex-Goldman Exec Says Bank Sitting On Key 1MDB Evidence
- 'Fair Shake' Law Firm Accuses Tech Co. Of Stealing Its Name
- 4th Circ. Revives Guilty Verdict Against Ex-Flynn Partner
- Pa. Bar Leaders Aren't Giving Up On Drafting Anti-Bias Rule
- Calif. Agency Atty Beats Suit Alleging Courthouse Assault
- Ill. Justices OK Revival Of Investigator's True-Crime Doc Suit
- Ga. Appeals Court Ousts Special Master In Hotel Co. Dispute
- Judge Pauses Suit Against Adler Pollock Over $12M Jury Loss
- Health Tech Co. Can't Boot Klamann From ERISA Arbitrations
- Ex-NJ Pol Ducks Prison Over False Report In Atty Bribe Case
- Texas Atty Involved In $18M Tax Scheme Wants Out Of Prison
- Paralegal Says Firm Canned Him For COVID-19 Quarantine
- Pa. Justices Suspend 'Really Busy' Atty For Ignoring Clients
- 'Reply All' To Opposing Counsel Not An Ethics Violation In NJ
- Pa. Disciplinary Board Drops Appeal Of Anti-Bias Rule Block
- Omarosa Can't Depose Trump, Kelly In DOJ's Ethics Case
- Suit Accuses Fla. Law Firm Of Keeping Escrow Funds
- Anonymous Sex-Trafficking Victim Drops Hotel Co. Suit
- Houston Civil Rights Atty Sanctioned For 'Judge Shopping'
- Split Ga. Court Nixes $12M Atty Fees In Wrongful Death Suit
- Schnader Defeats $8M Malpractice Suit Over Deal Advice
- 'Troubled' Court Roasts Counsel For Losing Track Of Client
- Transamerica Sues Fla. Atty Over Infringing Title Agency
- Ex-Drinker Biddle Atty's Pa. License Revived After 2-Year Ban
- AbbVie Denies Judge-Shopping In Humira Kickback Cases
- Kelley Drye Must Fork Over $1.5M To Fla. Telecom
- NJ Atty Must Face Suit Over Pushing Deal Amid Pandemic
- Ex-Attys Fight Edelson's Deposition Request In $2M Theft Suit
- Avenatti Gets Another Jail Reprieve In Calif. Until May
- FBI Threw Kavanaugh Tips Down 'Garbage Chute,' Sen. Says
- Fox Rothschild Sued For $6M After 9th Circ. Slashes Trial Win
- Ex-Liebowitz Copyright Client Says It Was Not 'Complicit'
- Strategies For Fighting Back Against A Rambo Litigator
- 3rd Circ. Won't Revive FDCPA Suit Over Law Firm's Letter
- Ga. Top Court Takes Up ACLU's Bid To End Atty's Libel Suit
- West Palm Beach Atty Admits To Ignoring Client's Case
- Avenatti Plagiarized Michael Flynn Contempt Motion, Feds Say
- Glenmark Rips DOJ's 'Misplaced' Morgan Lewis Conflict Claim
- Fake Dementia Claims Fail To Move Girardi Probate Judge
- 'Close Your Legs' Judge Settles Fees Suit From Ex-Atty
- Texas Panel Ends Stay In Paxton Whistleblower Case
- Bartlit Beck Gets $54M Award Against Billionaire Confirmed
- Ex-Philly Judge Can Proceed With Defamation Case
- Walmart Calls Ex-Worker's 'Stonewalling' Claims A Ploy
- NY Times Didn't Defame DOJ Atty, 2nd Circ. Says
- NJ Judge Reprimanded For Practicing Law While Ineligible
- 'Bury It': Inside A Hidden Evidence Scandal That Rocked SDNY
- Atty In Failed WWE Case Blasts 'Suspect' K&L Gates Fee Bid
- IRS Captive-Insurance Summons Is Abusive, Firm Tells 11th Circ.
- Ex-Reed Smith Atty Drops Concussion Termination Suit
- Del. Justices Override Cozen O'Connor DQ In Insurance Fight
- Dickinson Wright Adds Litigator To Its Fort Lauderdale Office
- Insurer Says Fee Probe Spat May Ripple Through Mass. Bar
- MoFo Trims But Can't Beat Female Attys' Sex Bias Suit
- 5th Circ. Sanctions Perkins Coie Attys For 'Misleading' Filing
- Law Firm Admonished For 'False' Ads In Gilead HIV Drug Suit
- Calif. Bar Questions Girardi's Dementia, Seeks Disbarment
- Girardi Victim Can Recover $11M From Personal Bankruptcy
- Judge Exasperated With Ex-CEO Who Must Pay $3M In Fees
- NY Defamation Ruling Seen As Win For Sex Assault Survivors
- Trio Convicted In NCAA Bribery Case Will Appeal To Top Court
- PPE Distributor Files $2M Suit Over Missing Glove Imports
- Lieff Cabraser Can't Freeze $1M State St. Fee Cut Amid Appeal
- Acquitted Ex-Trader Says 'Spiteful' DOJ Withholding Evidence
- Judge Open To Ex-Atty's Prison Release Due To COVID-19
- Lin Wood Gets Time To Find Help In Ex-Colleague Pay Fight
- NJ Firm Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Health Care Biz Sale
- 1 Year Into Pandemic, It's Time To Rethink Law Firm Billing
- Arnold & Porter Accused Of Conflicts In Mallinckrodt Ch. 11
- Orrick Partner Ducks Suit Over Home Remodel, For Now
- Atty Can't Shake Ruling He Breached Settlement With Client
- Fla. State Court Can Hear Bankruptcy Malpractice Suit
- 10th Circ. Wary Of Moving $503M Syngenta Fee Brawl Forward
- Rogue High Court Citation May Spark Legal Writing Changes
- Atty Who 'Overlitigated' Contractor Dispute Sees Fee Reduced
- 6 Visions Of Firm Ownership If Law Got A Do-Over
- Ex-Jones Day Attys Drop Bulk Of Pay Discrimination Lawsuit
- Lisa Bloom Asks 9th Circ. To End Steve Wynn Defamation Suit
- DOJ's Former Top Civil Atty Accused Of Politicizing Hiring
- US Can't Seize $330M Allegedly Tied To 1MDB Fraud Scheme
- Houston Firm Must Face Defamation Suit Over Witness Ads
- Donziger Tells 2nd Circ. His Home Confinement Is Absurd
- WWE Pursues 6-Figure Fees From Concussion Suits' Atty
- NY Panel Says Elderly Judges' Forced Retirement OK
- Atty Says Boies Schiller Spinoff Ousted Him To Seize Crypto
- ABA Issues Ethics Guidelines For Remote Working
- Ex-DOJ Paralegal Gets 6 Mos. For Outing Gov't Cooperators
- The Case For Diversity In Internal Investigation Teams
- Fraud Claim Over Pats Pay Won't Draw Sanctions Penalty Flag
- Girardi Keese Founder Has Alzheimer's Disease, Court Told
- Attys Seek $202M Fees In $641M Flint Tainted-Water Deal
- Facebook Slams $12M Atty Fees Request In Data Breach Row
- Ex-Brooklyn Prosecutor Can't Sue Sexual Assault Accuser
- SEC Settles With Investment Manager In NFL Fraud Suit
- 2nd Circ. Backs Class Decertification In Restaurant Wage Suit
- NY Law Firm Sued For Breaching Lease, Owing Nearly $1M
- Whistleblower Suit Must Be Reinstated, 11th Circuit Told
- Indicted MIT Prof. Wants Ex-US Atty Sanctioned For PR Blitz
- Twitter Says Texas AG Retaliating For Decision To Boot Trump
- Texas Judge Slams 'Downward Spiral' Of Legal Recruiter Fight
- Ferring Urges Sanctions For Jones Day Over 'Forced' IP Trial
- Calif. Atty Disbarred After Deportation Threats
- Federal Judiciary Mulling Amicus Disclosure Amid Dem Push
- Telecom Waited Too Long To Cite Foreign Law, 8th Circ. Holds
- Atty Fraud Claims In Dorsey Condo Sale Suit Can Continue
- Dickinson Wright Says Ga. Attorney Has No Claim For Fees
- DOJ Worried Over Morgan Lewis Generic Price-Fixing Conflict
- 5 Ways Outside Counsel Can Impress Their Clients
- NJ Atty Consents To Disbarment For Misappropriating Funds
- Judge Says School District 'Greatly Overpaid' Morgan Lewis
- CBD Co. Execs Can't Rewrite Admissions, Investor Says
- Bezos Scores $218K Fees After 'Overstaffed' Legal Team's Win
- Jones Day's Hacked Vendor Taps Latham For Breach Suits
- Texas Attys Hit With $27M Malpractice Suit Over Ranch Deals
- No Sanctions For Objector In Wells Fargo Fake Account Deal
- After Deadline, Giuliani Wants Time To Answer Dominion Suit
- Judge Won't Freeze Pollock Cohen Funds In Ex-Atty's Pay Suit
- Conn. Court Nixes 'Perry Mason Moment' In Workers' Suit
- Lin Wood Drops Alston & Bird In Pay Fight With Former Attys
- Firm Denies Extreme Conduct In Impaired Atty's Bias Suit
- SFO, Dechert Can't Force ENRC To Post £34M In Leaks Row
- LA Atty Must Disgorge $1.65M Fee For 'Egregious Conduct'
- DLA Piper Beats Car Dealer's Malpractice Suit
- Wells Fargo Fights Bid To Reveal Atty Docs In Stock-Drop Row
- Hagens Berman Atty Admonished For 'Reckless' Apple Slip
- Ill. Atty Pleads Not Guilty To Embezzling $31M From Bank
- Schlumberger Unit Says Albright's Past Clouds Transfer Bid
- 2nd Circ. Vacates Sanctions For Donziger In Chevron Case
- Prosecutors In Texas AG Fraud Case Ask For Oral Arguments
- Atty Must Arbitrate Fee Dispute With Racehorse Trader
- Ethics Tips For Attorneys Telecommuting Across State Lines
- Judge Who Lost Election Won't Be DQ'd From Harvey MDL
- Post & Schell Failed To Disclose Docs In Arbitration, Suit Says
- Del. Justices Affirm Morris James' Softball Injury Suit Escape
- Pollock Cohen Says Ex-Atty Isn't Owed Bonus Pay After Firing
- Inside DC Bar's New Guidance On Multiple Representation
- NJ Firm Accused Of Unlawfully Trying To Collect On Debt
- Atty In GOP Election Suit Appeals Disciplinary Panel Referral
- 'Discovery War' Revealed In Insurer's Contract Row With UBS
- Pharma Cos. Held In Contempt In Trade Secrets Case
- USAA Slams Akerman DQ Bid In Medicare Repayment Row
- 6 Ways Legal Employers Can Help Pandemic-Weary Parents
- Fox News Slams Avenatti's 'Libel Tourism' In $250M Suit
- Boies Taps Ex-Prosecutor For Domestic Violence Probe
- Ellenoff Grossman Hit With $11M Suit Over Soured Merger
- Paul Hastings Defeats Abusive Litigation Claim In Atlanta
- Faegre Drinker Hit With NJ Malpractice Suit Over A&P Deal
- Conn. Appeals Court Finds Paralegal Can Sue Over Firing
- Edwin Coe Atty Resigns As Law Society Head Over Fee Row
- Maxell Can't Disqualify DLA Piper In Patent Row With Apple
- LA City Atty Accuses Bosses Of Gender Bias, Retaliation
- Aetna Says Mednax Destroyed Evidence In $50M Billing Suit
- Chancery Wants Skadden Affidavit In TransPerfect Fee Fight
- NYC Bar Supports Giuliani Probe Over Work For Trump
- Texas Appeals Court Stops Paxton Whistleblower Hearing
- Attys' Rates Disclosure Doesn't Help Client Win Fee Bid
- Ex-Jones Day Attys Can't Seek Early Win On Retaliation Claim
- AdventHealth, Atty Settle In Fraud Suit Over $57M PPE Deal
- Alsup Won't Budge On Sanction For Ex-MLB Player's Atty
- Remote Working Tips For Lawyer Trainees And Their Firms
- Pittsburgh Judge Sued For Lack Of Virtual Court Access
- Spanish Police Raid FC Barcelona Offices, Arrest 4
- ICE's Use Of Local Agencies Lacks Oversight, Watchdog Says
- Dallas Securities Firm Hit With $1M Negligence Suit
- Fed. Circ. Says 'Scandalous' Conduct Calls For Atty Fees
- Texas Judge Declines To Pause Paxton Whistleblower Hearing
- Weil Must Turn Over Walgreens-Rite Aid Merger Documents
- Ex-Boies Schiller Attys' New Firm Sues 'Bullying' Co-Founder
- 2nd Circ. Told To Revive $620M Montgomery McCracken Suit
- Ex-Worker Says Walmart Is 'Stonewalling' In Race Bias Suit
- Ill. Atty Who Called Judge 'Unhinged' Faces Suspension
- Fired King & Spalding Atty Gets Tentative June Trial Date
- Ga. Justices Disbar Atty For Mishandling Clients' Cases
- Ex-Chief Harrisburg Public Defender Has License Suspended
- Firm Pans Insurer's 'Duplicative' State St. Fee Probe Case
- No DQ For Polsinelli In Slot-Maker's 'Sham' Patent Suit