Legal Ethics Archive » May, 2021

Legal Ethics - May, 2021

269 articles

• Law360 Names 2021's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Pa. Ethics Board Axes Charges As 'Hostile' Judge Retires
• 11th Circ. Upholds Convictions Of Ex-Balch Partner, Coal Exec
• 7 Bills That Died In The Texas Legislature This Session
• Flint Plaintiffs' Attys Argue For Final OK Of $641M Settlement
• 'Varsity Blues' Mom Says Arrest Caused Serious Heart Trouble
• Latham Atty's 2010 Notes Fair Game In Fluor-Zurich Trial
• Court To Appoint Special Master For Giuliani Privilege Review
• 9th Circ. OKs Sanctions In 'Frivolous' Crocs Hacking Suit
• Legal Recruiter Can't DQ Old Co.'s Atty In Trade Theft Suit
• Ex-County Magistrate In Ga. Gets 5 Years For Theft, Cover-Up
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5 Tips To Help Your 2021 Summer Associates Succeed
• Maine Law Firm Wins Bid To Arbitrate Fired Atty's Bias Claims
• 3rd Circ. Says NJ Cap Doesn't Block Mesh Case Fees In Texas
• Tribal Lending Deal With $86M Cash Relief Asks For Final OK
• Thai Court Investigating Toyota Judicial Bribery Claims
• Texas Panel Clears Attys Of Barratry In Horizon Oil Spill Suit
• Costco Can't Disqualify Shopper's Attys In Injury Case
• USPS Flouted Court Orders To Make Extra Trips, NY Says
• Fla. High Court Tells Judicial Candidates To Cool Down Tactics
• Ex-Gilead Workers Hit Back With Sanctions Bid In FCA Fight
• LA Firm Says Girardi Keese Owes It $25M In Referral Fees
• Lender Seeks Nix Of Law Firm's Interference Claim
• NJ Court Officials Seek Judge's Medical Records In Suit
• Trump, Giuliani Say Reps. Can't Sue Over Capitol Riot
• Accused 'Copyright Troll' Liebowitz Ducks Philly Blog's Suit
• Firms Should Use Surveys To Make Smart Legal Tech Choices
• SFO Says ENRC's 'Hopeless' Suit Is Bid To Derail Graft Probe
• Avenatti Can't 'Maneuver' $250M Fox News Suit To State Court
• Bankrupt Girardi Firm Passes Off 86 Talc Cases Against J&J
• DOJ Takes Toyota Thai Bribery Probe To Texas Grand Jury
• Fox Rothschild Beats Sanctions Bid In News Service Sale Suit
• Instant Pot Maker Pressured Over Ga. Discovery Delay
• Dershowitz Sues Netflix For Defamation Over Epstein Series
• Firm Faces DQ Bid Over Ex-Judge's Role In Malpractice Case
• Indictments In Timber Ponzi Scam May Boost Receiver's Case
• Okla. AG To Resign Amid Reports Of Extramarital Affair
• 3rd Circ. Backs Legal Funder In Contract Breach Appeal
• Dechert Says Atty Suffered Smear Campaign Over ENRC Work
• Carothers DiSante Can't Arbitrate Ex-Partner's Race Bias Suit
• Ga. Judge Chastises Atty For Repping Clients He's Never Met
• Don't Forget Due Diligence In Race For Lateral Associate Hires
• NY Bar Says Attys Can Rent Out Offices In Co-Working Biz
• Judge Grants Speedy Discovery In Kossoff PLLC Bankruptcy
• Dechert Blasts ENRC's 'Conspiracy Theory' SFO Leak Claims
• Goldberg Segalla Leaked Data Breach Plaintiff's Info: Suit
• Texas High Court Ruling Clears Atty Immunity Cloud
• Finjan Owes $5.9M In Patent 'Fiasco,' Special Master Says
• Ill. Panel Rejects Firm's Fee Dispute In Shareholder Suit
• Hagens Berman Loses Privilege In Thalidomide Sanction Fight
• Judge Pans Atty's Recusal Bid In Suit Over Kozinski Fallout
• Impeachment Witness Sues Pompeo For $1.8M In Legal Fees
• Holland & Knight Accused Of Malpractice In Fla. Case
• Pardoned NJ Atty Not Held Liable Yet For Ex-Firm's Debt
• Pipeline Wants Tenn. Airport Counsel DQ'd In Easement Fight
• Oil Biz Slapped With 'Death-Penalty Sanction' In Patent Case
• NJ Justices Won't Reconsider Ducking Fray Over Mesh Fees
• Cohen Milstein Was Hit By Data Attack In January
• Lin Wood's Ex-Colleagues Say He Won't Answer Discovery
• Dechert Accused Of Milking 'Cash Cow' ENRC Probe At Trial
• Attys Not Above Law, US Says In Bid For Giuliani Evidence
• NYC Judge Tosses Eviction Cases With 'Wuhan Virus' Notice
• Shkreli, Vyera Rip FTC Sanction Bid Over Alleged Phone Wipe
• CORRECTED: Insurer Says Miller Barondess Not Covered In Forgery Dispute
• Wyo. High Court Censures Atty For Conduct In Hemp Case
• Texas Justices Say Atty Media Statements Not Protected
• 2nd Circ. Cuts Cord On Adelphia Execs' Conviction Challenge
• UIC Drops John Marshall From Its Law School Name
• Seila Law Plots Round 2 With CFPB At Supreme Court
• Houston Firm Asks Texas Justices To Toss Ad Defamation Suit
• Judge Lets Pared Down Bias Case Proceed Against Calif. DA
• Texas Justices Say Atty Immunity Extends To Deal Work
• Lessons In Civility From The Alex Oh Sanctions Controversy
• Atty Apologizes After Court Blasts Brief For 'Legal Emptiness'
• Baker Partner, Ex-Lobbyist Charged In Timber Ponzi Scam
• Bad Burger Case Serves Up New Civil Mistrial Rule In Mass.
• NY Judge Affirms Sanctions Against Fisher Phillips Attys
• LegalMatch Sanctioned For 'Appalling' Calif. Bar Suit Actions
• Milberg Clients Get Cert. In Recently Revived Malpractice Row
• Va. Judge Says Amazon Has No Hope In Counterfeiting Suit
• Davis Wright Looks To Slip Sanctions In Strike Suit
• Civil Counsel Emerges For 'Missing' NY Real Estate Attorney
• NY Giants GC Threatened To 'Strangle' Employee, Suit Alleges
• Fla. Judge Scolded For Trying To Sway Judicial Candidate
• Fla. High Court Says Non-Fla. Atty Can Work Remotely In Fla.
• Biz Record Admissibility Rule Must Adapt To An ESI World
• Litigation Financier Says NY Firm Owes $1.4M In Loans
• Chicago Jury Hits Atty With $10M Malpractice Verdict
• Ex-Mayer Brown Atty Wants Partial Win In Spat With Car Co.
• Pierce Bainbridge Atty Fights Bid To Revive Fee Dispute Suit
• CBS, Moonves Fight Class Cert. For Investors' #MeToo Suit
• Hagens Berman Suffers Privilege Defeat In Thalidomide Row
• Robbins Geller Tossed From FIFA Suit For 'Fraud' On Court
• Fla. Appeals Court Orders Hearing On Bid To DQ Akerman
• Alston & Bird Presses Ga. Justices To Topple $1.7M Judgment
• Instant Brands Hit With Sanctions Over Discovery Failures
• NY Attorney's Alleged Escrow Theft 'Stunning,' Experts Say
• Linklaters Must Face Sexual Harassment Claim In UK Tribunal
• FTC Wants Shkreli Sanctioned For Allegedly Wiping Phone
• Fla. Atty Refutes Bar's Assertion He Concealed A $2.7M Bonus
• BakerHostetler Hit With Malpractice Suit Over Stock Sale
• US Chamber Backs Walmart In 5th Circ. Opioid Challenge
• Barnes & Thornburg Escapes Doc Bid In Food App Fight
• Gilead Wants Harsher Sanctions For Kickbacks Whistleblower
• Panel Tosses Attys' Fee Deal Because Client Didn't Sign Off
• Girardi Firm May Have Been Insolvent In 2015, Trustee Implies
• Greenspoon Marder To Settle Suit Over Debt Letter Phrasing
• Polsinelli, Gay Bankruptcy Atty To Arbitrate Bias Claims
• Prosecutors In Chandra Levy Slaying Face Ethics Hearing
• Saiber Must Face Ex-Client's Malpractice Claim In Fees Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Ex-Law Professor's Age Bias Suit
• Gov't Costs Can't Force Immunity Appeals, Pa. Justices Told
• Ex-Jones Day Atty Can't Subpoena Partner By Email
• Judging A Book: Rodriguez Reviews 'When Machines Can Be Judge'
• British Oil Bribery Whistleblower To Be Extradited To Monaco
• Donziger Declines To Mount Defense As Contempt Trial Wraps
• 'By Chloe' Chef Says Pryor Cashman Aided Eatery Takeover
• Hagens Berman Defends Keeping $52.8M While Fees Revised
• Best Buy Sanctioned For Failure To Produce Injury Video
• Hagens Berman Mishandled $52.8M, Disk Drive Objector Says
• Dallas Firm Says It Can't Be On Hook For $680K Atty Fee
• Giuliani Wants 1st Look At Seized Evidence In Lobbying Probe
• Pa. Wants Sanctions Over 'Frivolous' Election Challenge Suit
• Novartis Can't Claw Back Atty Email In Terbutaline Drug Suit
• OneCoin, 'CryptoQueen,' Financier In Default In $4B Fraud Suit
• Ga. Justices Restore $18M Verdict Undone By Atty Comments
• Timber Scam Victim Says Baker Donelson Lured Him In
• Atty Cooperates Against Ex-CEO Charged With $100M Fraud
• Miami Judge Who Made Staff Run His Errands Resigns Seat
• DOJ, Flynn Associate Spar Over Renewed Bid For A New Trial
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear 'Goliath' CFPB's Panel Win Over Seila
• Ga. Attys Say Lin Wood's Trash Talk Led To Death Threats
• Pardoned NJ Atty On Hook For Ex-Firm's Debt, Creditor Says
• Donziger Expects To Be Convicted Of Criminal Contempt
• Firm Beats Bid To Revive Suit Over Failed EB-5 Project
• Ga. Ethics Agency Says Ex-Atlanta DA Owes $6.5K Penalty
• Ex-NYPD Cop Gets Bail In Corruption Case Over Feds' Protest
• 5 Steps For Law Firms Rethinking Flexible Work Post-COVID
• Legal Malpractice Payouts Soar, With Virus Claims Looming
• Frisco Atty To Serve 18 Months For Defrauding Client
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Donziger Might Have Avoided Charges By Appeals, Atty Says
• Ex-Jones Day Pair Shed Light On Associate Role In Bias Suit
• Whistleblower Will Be Deposed In Saint-Gobain PFOA Case
• Law Firm Accused Of Boxing Hispanic Worker Out Of 401(k)
• Atty Booted From Roche Freedman Pushes To Litigate In Fla.
• Eckert Hit With Suit From Financial Adviser Targeted By SEC
• Fla. Circuit Judge Disciplined For Campaigning Against Judge
• Tenn. Judges Can't Let Their NFTs Be Sold By For-Profits
• Pro Hac Trouble For Dallas Firm Triggers Wave Of Withdrawals
• Pa. Attys Accused Of $33M Bitcoin Sale Fraud
• NY Senate OKs Bill Nixing Atty In-State Office Requirement
• McGahn Agrees To Closed-Door Testimony On Russia Probe
• Attys 'Wasting Time' In Sluggish Opioid Trial: Calif. Judge
• Gibson Dunn Partner Questioned On 7-Figure Donziger Bills
• Amazon 'Annihilated' Evidence In Patent Suit, Tech Cos. Say
• NJ Justices Pump Brakes On County Worker's Retaliation Trial
• Eni Says Del. Litigation Funder Can't Avoid Sanctions
• Bumble Bee Drops From Tuna MDL, But Attys Can't Buzz Off
• Firms Can't Shake RICO Suit Over Loan Scheme, Court Told
• DC Judge Sanctions Paul Weiss, Alex Oh In Exxon Case
• Judge Ends Discovery War In Baylor Sexual Assault Suit
• Judge's Rebuke Of Mass. AG Has Lessons For All Attorneys
• House, DOJ Reach Deal In McGahn Subpoena Fight
• Texas AG Dodges Twitter Suit Over Moderation Practices
• Walmart Wants 5th Circ. To Revive Opioid Suit Against Feds
• Defunct Kenyon Firm Loses $9M Fee Fight With Ex-IP Client
• NLRB Judge Chides Amazon, Board Attys In Firing Case
• Gibson Dunn Atty Rebuts Donziger Privacy Concerns At Trial
• Kasowitz Calls Ex-UMG Exec's Malpractice Suit 'Preposterous'
• Judge Says Attys Can Get Fees In Vt. PFOA Settlement Fight
• DC NFL Team Backs Ex-GC's Secrecy Bid In Wilkinson Suit
• Liebowitz Escapes 'Overly Punitive' Atty Fee Bid In Pa. Case
• Atty Says Girardi Was Part Of Chiquita Terror-Funding MDL
• NYPD Cops Charged With Stealing Victim Info For Injury Attys
• 26 More Flint Water Victims Object To $641M Settlement
• Fed. Circ. Backs Apple And Cisco's $4.2M Fee Win In IP Case
• Fed. Circ. Appeal Dropped Challenging Albright's Comments
• Ga. Judge Declines To Recuse Himself From Trump Ally Suit
• Former Trump College Booster Gets Prison For Posing As Atty
• Font Considerations To Give Your Legal Briefs An Edge
• Donziger Calls Contempt Charge Overreach As Trial Begins
• Norwegian Must Fork Over Lobbying Docs In Cuban Dock Row
• 1st Circ. Affirms UBS Win In $70M Puerto Rico Arbitration Row
• Cohen Milstein Rips Paul Weiss, Alex Oh's 'Half Apologies'
• ACLU Sues ICE For Communications About Mass. Judge Case
• California Feds Decry Avenatti's Bid For Trial Delay
• Ex-UMG Exec Can't Keep $1.7M Severance Deal Under Wraps
• NY Packaging Co. Workers Sue 'Missing' Atty For Missing Pay
• Texas Firm Settles PNC Suit Over $3.3M Private Jet Loan
• Make Profitability Management Part Of Your Law Firm Culture
• 'Super Lawyers' Ads Must Follow Strict Guidelines In NJ
• Facebook Wants Keller Lenkner DQ'd From Antitrust Suit
• YPF Can Appeal White & Case DQ Denial To 3rd Circ.
• Fake SoCal Attys Ran Predatory Eviction Practice, Bar Says
• Fed. Circ. Doubts Alsup Fumbled $4.2M Apple, Cisco Fee
• Altria Says Motley Rice Can't Be Co-Lead Counsel In Juul Row
• SC County Nixes Plan To Pay Fed. Judge Cut Of Opioid Money
• Alex Oh Says She Rues 'Breakdown Of Civility' In Exxon Case
• 11th Circ. Rejects RICO, ADA Suit Against Mobile Home Park
• Calif. Atty Avoids Prison For Lies About Fake GM Settlement
• Feds Tread Lightly On Giuliani Devices After 'Taint Team' Flak
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Gets Prison For Conduct In Bankruptcy Case
• Disbarred Mass. Atty Gets 2 Years For Pilfering From Trust
• Sidley Beats Challenge To Boy Scouts Representation
• Pa. DA Resigns As He Cops To Intimidation, Prostitution Rap
• NY Judge Says Avenatti 'Not As High-Profile As He Once Was'
• 10th Circ. Won't Undo Samsung Washer Settlement Over Fees
• MAGA Atty Lin Wood Loses Bid To Slow Ga. Bar Suit
• 5th Circ. Rips Texas Judge For Hostility Toward DOJ Attys
• Mass. Justices Warned Not To Oust Judge For Alleged Grope
• From Ecuador To SDNY, Donziger's Path To A Criminal Trial
• Attys Denied $12M Fees From 'Modest At Best' Facebook Deal
• Ex-Fla. Rep. Gets New Trial After Removal Of Faith-Led Juror
• Calif. Court Says Arbitrator's Pain Pill Use Can't Wipe Award
• Alex Oh Lawyers Up In Exxon Case After Brief SEC Stint
• Baylor Slams Magistrate's Sanction Order In Title IX Dispute
• Woman Says Ill. Firm's Error Left Her With $111K Court Bill
• Women Prosecutors Ask Judge To Uphold DA Sex Bias Case
• 11th Circ. Says Use Of Biz Account Bars Ch. 7 Debt Discharge
• CBS Pans Fired Worker's Gripe Over 'Unjust' $5K Fine
• UCANN Says It Doesn't Owe Atty Fees After Patent Suit
• 1st Circ. Hints Insys Execs' Convictions Will Stand
• Lin Wood Says Judge 'Abused' Power By Taking Him Off Case
• Ex-NFL Team GC Wants His Docs Sealed In Wilkinson Suit
• Carter's Wants Out Of Legal Affairs Manager's Bias Case
• 4 Trends In Discoverability Of Litigation Funding Documents
• Atty Klayman A No-Show After Accusing SDNY Judge Of Bias
• Firm Wants To Arbitrate Fired Atty's Bias Claims
• Girardi's Southern California Mansion Listed For $13M
• Butler Snow Ends Appeal After $9.5M Timber Scam Settlement
• Generic-Drug Makers Knock States' Objection To Sanctions
• Judge Seeks Teva's Take On Morgan Lewis Conflict Claim
• Harvey Weinstein Accuses Jose Baez Of Legal Fee Fraud
• Texas Court Mulls When Atty Letters Are Public Concern
• Baker Donelson Loses Bid To Shake Timber Scam Suit
• Maxus Trust Slams YPF Bid To Appeal White & Case DQ Denial
• Ex-Fulton County DA Faces Sexual Discrimination Suit
• Fla. Foreclosure Atty Fights Deutsche Bank's Sanctions Bid
• MiMedx Slams Quinn Emanuel Fees As 2 Other Firms Settle
• Judge Can't Duck Sanctions For Touching Legal Assistant
• Conn. Appeals Court Upholds Tossing Atty's Defamation Suit
• Dechert Gets Trials Merged Over UAE Torture Claims
• Feds Want Special Master To Review Seized Giuliani Records
• Cox Says BMG Sent False Copyright Notices To Boost Claims
• Electric Car Co. Loses Privilege Over Docs On Atty's Firing
• Gibson Dunn Says Donziger Is Abusing Subpoenas
• Defunct Wholesaler Fights Renewed DQ Bid In Suboxone Case
• Copyright Atty Liebowitz Faces $20K Sanction
• Judge Trims Ex-Howard & Howard Intern's Sex Bias Suit
• Clinic Gets 2nd Shot At Atty Over Cut Of Settlement
• Girardi's 'Real Housewife' Targeted By Lawyers, Critics
• Ga. Bar Says No Basis For MAGA Atty Wood's Discipline Fight
• Texas Atty Gets 15 Years For Cheating Drug Trafficking Clients
• Fla. Judge Accused Of Ditching Work Wants Ethics Panel DQ'd
• 7 Lessons For Young Lawyers Starting Their Careers
• DOJ Blasts Recusal Bid In Lawyer's Suit Over Kozinski Fallout
• Eni Using Sanction Bid For Revenge, Del. Legal Funder Says
• 2nd Circ. Reprimands 'Annoyance' Atty After Hearing Ejection
• Attys Double Down On $12M Fee Grab In Facebook Deal
• Powell Had No Election Rigging Evidence, Dominion Says
• 4th Circ. Divided Over Convicted W.Va. Justice's New Trial Bid
• Fla. Investment Adviser, Va. Atty Convicted Of $25M Scheme
• Judge Newman Again Stands As Sole Ally To PTAB Bias Claim
• Blank Rome Seeks Arbitration In Platinum Malpractice Case
• Ga. Election Officials Won't Be Sanctioned In Voting Case
• Genova Burns Beats Ex-Client's Challenge To Fee Award
• Firm Aims To End Malpractice Suit Over Jersey Shore Venture