Legal Ethics Archive » March, 2021

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