Legal Ethics Archive » June, 2021

Legal Ethics - June, 2021

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• Iowa Federal Judge Apologizes For Criticizing Trump Pardons
• Fla. Atty's Fiery '1984' Talk Gets $37M Tobacco Verdict Tossed
• AT&T Wants Ex-BigLaw Attys DQ'd From $450M Patent Case
• InventHelp Must Face Disclosure Claim In Pa. Fraud Suit
• Ga. Call Center Sues Ex-Partner Atty Over Yanked Website
• Goldberg Segalla Says Fired Partner Never Signed Contract
• State Courts' Stark Lack Of Diversity Demands Action
• 5th Circ. Won't Nix Sanctions Against Perkins Coie's Elias
• Janus Nixes Ore. Bar Fee Mandate, Libertarians Tell Justices
• Ga. Judges Affirm Miller & Martin Malpractice Claims Timely
• Lawyer 'Celebrated' With Champagne After ENRC Probe Leak
• 10th Circ. Mostly Upholds Okla. Mandatory Bar Dues
• Sanctioned Chemical Co. Asks To Salvage IP Invalidity Claims
• Attys DQ'd For Using 'Twisted Logic' In Calif. Pot Co. Dispute
• Girardi Firm May Be Able To Pay Creditors, Erika Girardi Says
• NJ Juror Fined For Causing Mistrial With Outside Research
• Judge Blasts Leaks In U. Mich. Sex Assault Settlement Talks
• Kleinbard DQ'd In Ex-Master Weinstein Atty Separation Fight
• 11th Circ. Revives Crypto Investors' Class Cert. Hopes
• Wis. Court Says Ex-Pot Smuggler Can Have Law License
• Latham Attorney DQ'd From Upcoming Fluor-Zurich Trial
• Univ. Says Law Student's Conduct In Suit Warrants Sanctions
• Ex-Mayer Brown Atty Settles Employment Suit Against Car Co.
• CORRECTED: Florida Special Committee Recommends Regulatory 'Sandbox'
• Omaha Strip Club Lawyer Faces New Sanction Demands
• Ga. Judges Wipe $5M Verdict Against Atty In Malpractice Suit
• Atty's House Bid Ends With 1,492 Votes and 6 Criminal Counts
• Kossoff Can't Pause Ex-Clients' Suits Seeking Missing Funds
• Robbins Geller DQ Will Chill Investor Suits, 2nd Circ. Told
• Ex-Dechert Atty Denies 'Ridiculous' ENRC Leak Claims At Trial
• Ex-Jones Day Atty Drops Claims The Firm Underpaid Women
• Judge Finds Racial Problems In SDNY Grand Jury Process
• Robinhood Wants Class Decertified For Unwanted Texts Suit
• Don't Stay Crypto Fraud Case, SEC Tells Pa. Judge
• Avenatti's Packed Criminal Calendar Likely Forces Calif. Delay
• Leviton IP Retrial Set For Jan. After Judge's Evidence Error
• Insurer Doesn't Owe Firm Fees In Loan Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• Discovery Talks 'Abysmally Failed' In VW Suit, Judge Says
• Fla. Lawyers Sued Over Student Debt Relief 'Scam'
• Atty Must Arbitrate Claim He Was Fired For Having Kids
• Ex-Dechert Atty Says SFO Talks Were To Help, Not Hurt, ENRC
• Giuliani Suspension Highlights Ethical Pitfalls For All Lawyers
• Rayburn Cooper Can't Escape Malpractice Suit, Judge Finds
• Jay-Z Rival Wants Quinn Emanuel Ousted In Album NFT Spat
• Atty Must Testify In Ga. Pol Spending Probe, 11th Circ. Says
• NJ Law Firm Hit With COVID-19 Bias Suit From Ex-Worker
• Judge Rips 'Misleading' Fee Bid In Echo Of State St. Case
• Judge Mulls Hagens Berman $48M Fee Bid In Disk Drive MDL
• Wyndham Vacation Settles 'Timeshare Exit' Suit
• Erika Girardi Accuses Trustee's Atty Of Harassment
• NJ Ethics Panel Red-Lights Traffic Ticket Atty Referral Fees
• Malpractice Claims Over Contract Suit Revived Against Firm
• Malpractice Suit Against Proskauer Too Late, Ga. Court Says
• Texas Justices Say Apache Paralegal Firing Wasn't Retaliatory
• NJ Attorneys Urged To Avoid Paying For Client Referrals
• Grammys, Ex-CEO Who Said Atty Harassed Her Reach Deal
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Harsh Sanctions Against 'Copyright Troll'
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Dechert Settles With Worker In Post-Stroke Firing Suit
• Judge Wary Of Trump Allies' Bids To Toss Dominion Lawsuits
• Seafood Joint Wants Firm DQ'd For Solicitation In Wage Suit
• LA Fights Uphill To End Double-Dealing Claim In Power Suit
• 1st Circ. Won't Nix Its Ruling On ICE Courthouse Arrests
• 'Robot Lawyer' Escapes TCPA Suit After Top Court Draws Line
• Robbins Geller Taps Boies To Appeal DQ For 'Fraud' On Court
• 238 Deepwater Horizon Suits Tossed For Discovery Violations
• CBS Says Goldman Ruling Helps Its #MeToo Suit Cert. Fight
• Facebook Agrees To Pay $6.5M Atty Fees In Data Breach Case
• Kossoff Previews 5th Amendment Discovery Defense
• Ex-Reed Smith Atty Overbilled For Doc Work, Watchdog Says
• NJ Judge's Psychiatrist Must Turn Over Records In Suit
• Giuliani Suspended From Practicing Law In New York
• Girardi Claims Pile Up Ahead Of Bankruptcy Deadline
• Feds Nab Win In Immigration Attys' Suit Over Surveillance
• Fired King & Spalding Atty Gets Trial Date Pushed Back
• Ex-Lewis Brisbois Atty Faked 2,000 Hours, Ill. Watchdog Says
• Erika Girardi's Accountant, Atty Targeted In Hunt For $20M
• Court Rules Committee Moves To Stiffen Expert Standard
• Ex-Mallinckrodt Rep Loses Sanctions Bid In Acthar Suit
• Law Firm Says Counsel Substitution Is Not Biz Interference
• Defense Counsel For Lawyer Charged In Fake Suit Spree DQ'd
• Willkie Strikes $50M Litigation Funding Deal With Longford
• Texas Atty, Ex-Lawmaker Gets 6 Months For Tax Fraud
• SFO Pulls Demand For Ex-Director To Testify At ENRC Trial
• Calif. Judge Rips Monsanto's Atty In $87M Roundup Appeal
• GOP Halts Voting Bill That Takes On Court Ethics, Donor Rules
• Ex-Judge Should Be Disbarred, Ill. Atty Conduct Panel Says
• Navigating Inadvertent Attorney-Client Privilege Waivers
• Avenatti Can't Delay Trial Over Gov't Witness' PTSD
• Conn. Atty Revives Claims McCarter & English Harmed Firm
• Ex-Reinhardt Clerk Blasts 'Inaction' Over Sexual Misconduct
• Calif. Bill Would End Damages Injustice For Dead Plaintiffs
• Staffing Biz Wants Littler Discovery Malpractice Suit Revived
• Morgan Lewis Bows Out Of Price-Fix Case After Conflict Claim
• Kossoff's Wife Makes Forgery Defense In Debt Collection Suit
• IT Expert Admits Leaking ENRC Suspicious Activity Reports
• Crowell & Moring Can't Nix Walgreens' Malpractice Suit
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Trump Staffer's Defamation Suit
• Florida Court Awards Tribe Atty Fees But Slams Its Actions
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Says SEC Fails To Prove Securities Fraud
• 10th Circ. Axes Ex-Sprint Investor's Legal Malpractice Suit
• DOJ Broke No-Charge Promise In Wage-Fix Case, Court Told
• Timber Scam Case Built On Falsities, Baker Donelson Says
• Personal Injury Atty Who Copped To Mistrial Ducks Sanctions
• Ford Cites Ethics Issues In Bid To DQ Atty In Del. Patent Case
• Ga. Atty Disbarred After Abandoning Client In Criminal Case
• Ga. High Court Says Insurance Malpractice Suit Filed On Time
• IT Expert Leaked 'Personal Archive' Of Confidential ENRC Info
• Attorneys Beware: Zoom Depositions Are Likely Inadmissible
• In Oversight Void, Ill. Public Defenders 'Beholden' To Courts
• Conservative Activist's Suit Blames California For Twitter Ban
• Texas Justices To Weigh If Atty Liable For Faked $500K Check
• EQT Seeks Sanctions Over Ex-Rice Exec's Double Filings
• Saint-Gobain Fights Whistleblower Deposition In PFOA Case
• Fla. Judge Threatens Default In Missing Escrow Funds Suit
• Netflix Attys Face Sanctions Threat In 'Varsity Blues' Doc Suit
• 7th Circ. Blames 'Delinquent' Atty For Axed Home Depot Case
• Law Firm Used Confidential Docs To Sue Customers, Co. Says
• Judge OKs Claims Against Offit Kurman Over $3M Judgment
• Firm Must Face Insurer's Suit Over Truck Fire Deal Release
• Girardi Keese Loaned $20M To Erika Girardi's Biz, Atty Says
• Cognizant Says Firm Overbilled It In Ex-CLO's Bribery Case
• Goulston & Storrs Pins Failed Air Rights Project On Builder
• 5th Circ. Nixes Forensic Co.'s Contract Suit Against Texas DA
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Feds Seek Hard Time For Avenatti In Nike Extortion Case
• Ex-NY Court Official, Atty Husband Charged Over Condo Deal
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Federal Claims In Philly Will Dispute
• Walmart CEO Faces Opioid MDL Grilling Despite Protest
• US Lawyer Reveals Rift With Dechert Over ENRC Graft Probe
• Ga. Judge Says Sanctions Likely Over Frivolous Motion
• Fla. Atty Faces Emergency Suspension Over Fund Allegations
• NJ Fed. Court Should Ditch Litigation Funding Disclosure Plan
• Manatt Settles Contract Suit Over Under Armour Claims
• Fla. Court Affirms Buchanan Ingersoll Win In Malpractice Suit
• Magistrate Assigned To Roger Stone's $2M Tax Case Recuses
• Ex-Cognizant Execs Want Cooperator's Bribery Probe Docs
• Atty Says Court Errors Led To $10.2M Malpractice Verdict
• Greenberg Traurig's NY Bill May Aid Russian Oligarch Client
• Girardi's Ex-Clients Go After His Wife In State Malpractice Suit
• Robbins Geller Wants To Fight FIFA Suit DQ At 2nd Circ.
• Yale Law Prof., Legal Ethics Giant Earns ABA's Highest Honor
• Law Firm Talent Must Reflect Shifting US Demographics
• NY DAs Urge Gov. Cuomo To Veto Conduct Commission Bill
• Feds Say No To Vacating Guilty Plea In $42M Pollution Case
• NYC Bar Wants Arrest Question On Bar Application Amended
• ENRC Adviser Regrets Lying In SFO Tipoff About Dechert Atty
• Jailed Maxwell Decries 'Raw Sewage,' Nosy Guards
• Chemical Co. Wants To Skip IP Damages Trial After Sanctions
• Defunct Philly Firm To Get $750K In Unpaid Fees Suit
• 11th Circ. Closes Ex-Doc's Conspiracy Claims Against Attys
• 5th Circ. Finds Lawyer's Error Doesn't Excuse Late Filing
• Ex-Pot Industry Atty Can't Escape Securities Fraud Conviction
• 'Scared' Ex-Cop Secretly Taped Dechert Atty On ENRC Probe
• Insurer Wants Taylor English Off Fatal Ammonia Leak Defense
• 'Pure Insanity': DOJ Pressured To Back Trump Election Claims
• Texas Appeals Court Pauses Reassignment Of Paxton Case
• Kossoff Client Seeks Default Win Over Atty's Missed Deadline
• Clement Joins Fray Over Docs In NFL Sex Harassment Case
• Erika Girardi's Atty Wants Out, Citing 'Breakdown' Of Trust
• Judge Refuses To Seal Atty's Settled Spat With Ex-Fund GC
• Dentons Can't Shift Arbitration Row With Axed Atty In Calif.
• Avenatti, Feds Spar Over Evidence Of Wealth, Client Docs
• Perkins Coie Wants Arbitration In Cryptocurrency Row
• Cash Co. Receiver Seeks To Stall Eckert Malpractice Suit
• Dallas Securities Firm Sends Negligence Suit To Arbitration
• Justices' Financial Disclosures Reveal Book Sales, Inheritance
• Texas Panel Stops Shopping Cart Injury Trial Against Michaels
• Developer Can't Pursue Lost Profits From Chicago Law Firm
• ENRC Leaker Testifies He Was Doing Dechert Atty's Bidding
• Judge Docks Fla. Lawyers Over Vulgar War Of Words
• Attorney Hit With Criminal Contempt Over Calif. Courts 'Rant'
• NJ Attorney Beats Malpractice Suit Over Handling Of Will
• Ex-Client Says King & Spalding Kept Too Much Of $46M Award
• Ill. Atty Created Sham Creditor To Hide Client Assets, Jury Told
• Ex-Fugee, Fugitive Malaysian Hit With New 1MDB Charges
• Law Grad Says Debt Firm Illegally Went After Discharged Loan
• No-Show Atty Ran Out Of 2nd Chances, Mass. Court Says
• 3rd Circ. Blasts 'Unlawyerly' Conduct In Farmer's Enviro Suit
• Fla. Judge Faces Suspension For Representing Son
• Pa. Law Firm Sued Over Breach Of Estate Settlement
• Giuliani Ally Takes Search Warrant Challenge To 2nd Circ.
• A Biz Strategy Model To Improve Lateral Atty Hiring Diversity
• Baker Seeks Pause On Timber Scam Suit Amid Criminal Case
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Calif. Bar Admits Errors In 40 Years Of Girardi Probes
• Minn. Attys Say Pro-Trump Views Were Behind Firm's Firings
• Trenk DiPasquale Cost Ex-Client Chance At $300K, Court Told
• Virtual Voir Dire Devolved Into Circus, Texas Justices Hear
• Calif. Firms Dodge Malpractice Claims At State Appeals Court
• 3rd Circ. Bars Atty Fees For 'Limited Success' In NJ Wage Suit
• Boies Schiller Beats Ex-Assistant's Age, Disability Bias Claims
• Kossoff Loses Bid To Tailor Discovery Order
• Donziger Prosecutor's Final Pitch: Guilty 'Beyond Dispute'
• Facing Prison, Avenatti Says 'Epic Fall' Was Bad Enough
• Fired Dentons Atty Wants Calif. Court To Pause Arbitration
• Pitt Law Settles Title IX Discrimination Suit With Student
• Graft Probe Spiraled Out Of Control, Ex-ENRC Auditor Says
• Braziel Dixon's Missteps Spur Trimmed Fees In FLSA Win
• Mich. Is Latest To Seek Sanctions Over Election Fraud Claim
• McGahn Says Watergate Fears Spurred Him To Ignore Trump
• Tom Girardi's Conservatorship Made Permanent
• Ex-NJ Assemblyman Beats Charge Of Taking Bribe From Atty
• Elizabeth Holmes' Privilege Loss 'A Cautionary Tale,' Attys Say
• Calif. Judge Won't Put Hold On Texas' Investigation Of Twitter
• Eckert Looks To Stay Investment Adviser's Malpractice Suit
• Prosecutors In Texas AG Fraud Case Blast Transfer Decision
• Blocked Twitter Users' Attys Seek Fees After Win Over Trump
• Ga. Judge Tosses MAGA Atty's Suit Over Mental Health Exam
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Atty's Bias Suit Sent To Mediation
• Ill. Firm's Appeal In Legal Bill Fight Is Premature, Court Says
• Dentons Fights Atty Who Claims He Was Wrongfully Fired
• NJ Law Firm Can't Revive Insurance Suit Over Stolen Funds
• Texas Bar Investigating AG Paxton Over Election Lawsuits
• Fired Atty Accuses Texas Firm Of Pregnancy And Race Bias
• Atty Rift Over $30M From Syngenta Deal Sent To Kansas Court
• Carlton Fields Faces $10 Million Legal Negligence Suit
• Smaller Firms Need Employee Wellness Programs, Too
• Dechert Atty Accused Of Using SFO Threat To Control ENRC
• Ex-Atty Ducks Prison For Football-Related Stock Scheme
• Highland Capital's Ch. 11 Contempt Motion To Be Granted
• Atty's Anti-Gay Slur For Judge Broke Ethics Rules, Court Says
• Glenmark Says Glitch Calls For Supplement To DQ Testimony
• Girardi Firm Trustee Can Hire Atty To Chase Wife's Assets
• Riot Suit Server Details Encounter Amid Rep. Trespass Claims
• Ex-NJ Judge Accused Of Groping Draws Ethics Charges
• Avenatti Says Feds Hid Witness' PTSD, Renews Trial Delay Bid
• Judge Won't Halt Nursing Aides' Suit As DOL Case Advances
• 11th Circ. Rebuffs MAGA Atty. Wood's Bid To Recuse Judge
• NJ Judge Blasts 'Fishing' For Her Medical Records In Suit
• Key Bipartisan Sens. Demand Info On Justices' Travel
• Texas Court Says Atty Letters Are Commercial Speech
• Ex-ENRC Legal Chief Accuses Dechert Atty Of Overreaching
• Akerman Holds Off DQ Bid In USAA Medicare Repayment Row
• Weil Overdid Merger Docs' Redactions, Rite Aid Investors Say
• VW Asks 9th Circ. For Say Over Jones Day Docs In FOIA Suit
• Union Calls For Judge's Recusal From FDNY Bias Suit
• NJ Firms Must Face Suit Over Scrapped Home Project
• Calif. Survival Damages Bill Would Cost Cos., Consumers
• Texas Software Biz Says Shore Chan Must Pay $680K Atty Fee
• Fired XFL Commissioner Wants To Depose K&L Gates Atty
• NJ Says Ex-Judge Can't Pursue Pay Suit After Criminal Case
• HSF Warned ENRC Of African Mining Risks, Dechert Says
• Barnes & Thornburg Says It Didn't OK Ex-Partner's Lindell Suit
• Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp Ink $32M Deal For Jay Peak Role
• NJ Justices Censure Atty Over Driveway Scuffle With Teen
• Fox Rothschild Beats Sanctions Over Deadline Extensions
• Lack Of Jurisdiction Dooms Billing Suit Against K&L Gates
• Ex-Judge At Bracewell OK'd For Giuliani Privilege Review
• Stop Networking, Start Relationship Marketing
• F. Lee Bailey, Disbarred Former OJ Simpson Atty, Dies At 87
• Ex-Steelers Allowed To Join Race-Norming Settlement Talks
• Texas AG Urges Court To Reject Twitter's New Injunction Bid
• Firm Settles AG's Claim It Traded Referrals For Yacht Outing
• Fla. Justices Say Firm Can't Avoid Insurer's Malpractice Suit
• Breitling Slams Atty's 'Hit Piece' In 'Red Gold' TM Row
• Dem Gets More Time To Serve GOP Legislator With Riot Suit
• Timber Scam Receiver Seeks $3M Following Butler Snow Deal
• 2nd Circ. Boots Judge From Case Over Sentencing Orders
• What Attorneys Should Know About Fee Deferral
• Philly Judge Suspended In Ethics Row Over 'Rude Demeanor'
• Philly Judge Says His Actions Create Quandary In Ethics Case
• Insurer Needn't Defend Firm In Suit Over Crash Report Data
• LabMD Asks NY Court To Revive Suit Against Witness Atty
• NFL Seeks To End Race-Based Concussion Tests After Outcry
• Texas AG Tells Panel To Toss Ex-Aides' Whistleblower Suit
• Ill. Judge Weighs Atty DQ In Nokia Firing Bias Suit
• Dealerships Seek Sanctions In Hyundai Engine Fraud Suit
• NY Atty Says He Was Fired For Long-Haul COVID-19
• Predictions On Pandemic's Lasting Impact On Legal Education
• Ga. Judges Sanction Atty Over 'Frivolous' Appeal No. 6
• Should States Narrow Atty Bias Rules To Avoid 'Quagmire'?
• Ga. Atty Accused Of Abandoning Personal Injury Suit
• Shkreli Punished For Secret Phone But Can Deny Conspiracy
• Court Scolds Robbins Geller For 'Simply False' Venue Claim
• Jurors To Hear About Whistleblower's Lost Texts, Judge Says
• Amazon's 'Bad Faith' Claim Against NY AG Faces Doubts
• Lawyer Perfectionism Is A Disease We Can Control
• Firms Lose 'Serial' Bid To Delay Merger 'Earn Out' Trial In Del.
• Texas Bar Discipline Includes 1 Disbarment, 8 Suspensions
• Vaccines May Moot Virtual Atty-Client Meets, Mass. Court Says