Legal Ethics Archive » July, 2021

Legal Ethics - July, 2021

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• CORRECTED: Maxwell's Ex-Atty Put 'On Notice' After Cosby Op-Ed
• Avenatti Lied About $3M NBA Player Deal, Ex-Client Testifies
• DC Circ. Upholds Judicial Watch's $2.8M Win Over Klayman
• Lowenstein Sandler Beats Suit Over Pharma Exec's Estate
• Ch. 11 Trustee Tells 2nd Circ. Church Sale Was Valid
• DC Court Is Wrong On Jan. 6 Grand Jury Evidence Sharing
• 2nd Circ. Revives Contract Suit Against Fee-Transferring Attys
• 5th Circ. Judge Assails Disparate Impact In Race Bias Case
• Fla. Judge Says NSU Law Student Should Be Sanctioned
• Fla. Justices Place 'Pitbull' Atty In The Doghouse
• Ex-SFO Official Says ENRC Was On Course For Charges
• Lawmakers Unveil Overhaul Of Judiciary Workplace Rights
• Mars Attacks 'Shoddiness' Of Firm's 'Recycled' False Ad Suit
• Avenatti Was 'Anxious' To Get NBA Player's $3M, Atty Testifies
• Davis Wright Loses CBP Contempt Effort On Pot Docs
• Judge Says Zoom Formal Attire Optional, But Clothing A Must
• California Pot Cos. Say Ex-General Counsel Sold Them Out
• NJ Town, Cops Still Can't Dodge Ex-Judge's Civil Rights Suit
• Texas Court Denies Atty New Trial Over $6M Litigation Loan
• NY Fed. Judge Sanctions Atty For 'Gratuitous' Motion Practice
• Boy Scouts' Ch. 11 Settlement Clouded By Claimant Atty Issue
• Texas Justices Urged To Nix DQ In Rackspace Exec's Divorce
• CFO Of John Pierce's Legal Org Facing Criminal Charges
• Fulton County DA's Office Wants Out Of Sex Harassment Suit
• EX-SFO Official Denies Dishonest Plot To Delete ENRC Emails
• Morgan Lewis Caught Up In New McDonald's Investors Suit
• Endo, Arnold & Porter Accused Of Cover-Up In Opioid MDL
• Avenatti Made Ex-Paralegal 'Scapegoat' In Scheme, Jury Told
• DOJ Barred From Interviewing Glenmark Execs Without Attys
• Ex-NJ Judge Fights Ethics Charges Over Groping Accusation
• Ex-NY Judge Denies He Raped Secretary Amid Criminal Probe
• Blank Rome Slammed Over Platinum Arbitration Confusion
• Atty Being Sued By Rackspace Founder Seeks Sanctions
• Judge Refuses Hyundai DQ Bid In Florida Franchise Dispute
• Judge Axes Utah LLC's Contract Claims Against Conn. Atty
• Class Counsel Dodges DQ Bid In Robinhood Marketing Suit
• Law Firms, Know Who's Responsible For Your Cloud Security
• Colo. Bar Clarifies When Attys Must Ask About Illegal Conduct
• SDNY Takes Over 'Lottery Lawyer' Case Due To EDNY Conflict
• Firm Says Hedge Fund Too Broke To Fight $35M FERC Penalty
• DOJ Authorizes Ex-US Atty In Ga. To Discuss Trump Pressure
• 3rd Circ. Clears Unnamed Appellate Judges Of Race Bias
• Ex-SFO Official Says He Was Unaware Of Peers' ENRC Chats
• DOJ Won't Defend GOP Rep. Mo Brooks In Capitol Riot Case
• Avenatti Decided Where Client Funds Went, Ex-Employee Says
• Alsup OKs $5.9M Fees From Finjan, Slams Kramer Levin Attys
• Ex-Partner Says Kutak Rock Squeezed Him Out Of Pot Venture
• NY Giants GC Rips 'Strangle' Threat Suit As Misleading
• LA Law Firm Slams Costco's 'Absurd' DQ Bid In Injury Suit
• No Discovery Stay For YPF Appeal Of White & Case DQ Denial
• Airport Attys Beat Colonial's DQ Bid In Pipeline Easement Row
• Ga. Bar Wants 11th Circ. To Toss Lin Wood Appeal
• Benefits For Law Firms Venturing Into New Services
• Ex-Coach Beats Pitt's Claim His Bias Suit Was Bogus
• Texas Atty Cops To Passing PACER Docs To Drug Traffickers
• Johnson & Johnson Held In Contempt In Illinois Talc Trial
• Ex-GC Says Defunct CBD Cos. Re-Formed With New Name
• Breitling's Sanctions Bid Shot Down In 'Red Gold' TM Suit
• Male Electrolux Atty Drops Sex Bias Suit Over Promotion
• NJ Judiciary Must Face Judge's Pension Interference Claims
• Ga. Judge Facing Ethics Charges Over Facebook Comments
• Zayat's Bankruptcy Attys Want Out Over Unpaid Fees
• Pa. Justices Redo Anti-Bias Ethics Rule After Courtroom Loss
• Erika Girardi Claims Atty's Harassment 'Significantly Worse'
• Goldberg Segalla Beats Suit By Atty Who Left Early For Yoga
• Rackspace Founder Wants Atty Fees Returned After 'Betrayal'
• After Girardi, Calif. Bar Eyes Random Trust Account Audits
• Impeachment Witness Wants $1.8M Suit In Claims Court
• Fired Atty Takes Sex Bias Suit Over Parental Leave To 1st Circ.
• Attys Say Paxton Fraud Case 'Smoking Gun' Aids En Banc Bid
• Ponzi Victims Seek Class Cert. Against Ex-DLA Piper Atty
• NYC Atty Groups Sue To Force Assigned Counsel Pay Raise
• GC's Talks With Worker Who Sued For Age Bias Not Privileged
• Embracing ESG: Exelon GC Talks Diversity Initiatives
• Discovery Violations Net Sanctions In Incense Biz TM Suit
• Fla. Judge Wants Probe To Find Ethics Investigation Leaker
• Donziger Found Guilty Of Contempt By Judge
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• Where Have All The Associates Gone?
• ​​​​​​​7th Circ. Vacates $59M CFPB Penalty Against Mortgage Firms
• Avenatti Phased Junior Attys Out Of Settlements, Jury Told
• SEC Settles With Hedge Fund At Center Of NFL Fraud Suit
• McSwain 'Partisan Disgrace' Letter Puts Firm In Awkward Spot
• Conspiracy, Competition Claims Stay In Law Firm Site Row
• 2nd Circ. OKs $100K Sanction Against 'Copyright Troll'
• 3rd Circ. Says Immigrant Backlog No Excuse For Terse Ruling
• Black IP Atty Asks Justices To Rule Title VII Covers Partners
• Gilead Must Foot $1.8M Bill For 'Egregious' Litigation Conduct
• Kramer Levin Accused Of Malpractice After $850M Deal Flops
• Hyundai Sanctioned For 'Shocking' Fraud Suit Spoliation
• 'I Trusted Michael': Ex-Client Says Avenatti Never Paid Him
• Garland Sets Limits On DOJ Contacts With White House
• Ex-LeClairRyan GC Cops To Obstructing Embezzlement Probe
• Kossoff Can't Plead The 5th As Bankrupt Law Firm Rep
• NJ Urges Court To Toss Embattled Judge's Latest Bias Suit
• Attys Seek $11.5M For Fighting Fresenius' 'Stalingrad' Defense
• Texas Panel Axes $2M Atty Fee Award In Family Biz Dispute
• Attys Say Ex-CIA Coder Fit To Rep Self At Espionage Retrial
• Feds Asking Suspect About Kids 'Crossed Line,' Judge Says
• Baker Botts Attys Nab Higher Fees In $7B Stanford Ponzi Row
• Revamping Law Firm Marketing Lists — With Partner Buy-In
• Ex-SFO Official Warned Dechert Of ENRC Criminal Case
• Avenatti Stole Client Funds To Buy Jet, Pay Bills, Jury Told
• SEC Drops Securities Fraud Suit Against Ex-Brixmor Execs
• Ex-Trader To Seek 'Post-Dismissal Relief' After OCC Retreat
• Fla. Law School Accuses DOE Of 'Agenda' Against For-Profits
• Past Texas Bar Presidents Want AG Paxton Reprimanded
• Firm Must Face Interference Suit From Client's Old Counsel
• As Girardi Scandal Deepens, Lawmakers And Bar Trade Blame
• Houston Judge Quits To Avoid Misconduct Discipline
• Ex-FTE CEO Touts NY Judge Uncle At $28M Theft Arraignment
• Avenatti To Represent Himself In Calif. Embezzlement Trial
• 3rd Circ. Judge Bows Out Of NFL Concussion Deal Fight
• Fed. Circ. Dismisses Mic Maker's Fight Over Injunction
• The Murky World Of Legal Rankings Gets Some Clarity In NJ
• Girardi Investigations Fizzled Amid Watchdog's 'Mistakes'
• Ex-Boies Schiller Legal Assistant Takes Appeal Off The Table
• UnitedLex Must Face Conspiracy Suit Over LeClairRyan Deal
• Ex-NBA Star's Attacker Blames Atty For Separate Conviction
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Ex-Biofuel Exec's Fraud, Tax Convictions
• Rayburn Cooper's Bid To Escape Del. Malpractice Suit Denied
• Ex-SFO Investigator Defends ENRC Work At Fraud Trial
• Avenatti Cites Virus Variant's Surge To Urge Calif. Trial Delay
• Ex-Girardi Keese Attys Can't Duck Stolen Settlement Claims
• Top Florida Litigation Of 2021: Midyear Report
• Ex-BigLaw Atty, SEC Reach Deal In Securities Fraud Suit
• DOJ Says Wage-Fixing Charges Were Never Off The Table
• CVS' $10.4M Worker Training Settlement OK'd Over Objections
• Twitter Seeks 9th Circ. Review Of Texas' Moderation Probe
• Must-Join Texas Bar Won't Fight Ruling That Limits Lobbying
• Lin Wood's Boot From Case Was Proper, Del. Amicus Says
• Judge Sets Discovery Rules In Jones Day Family Leave Suit
• How Girardi Lowered The Bar
• Girardi Warning Signs Slipped Through Legal Loopholes
• Atty Beats $308K Judgment Over Referral Fee In Med Mal Case
• EEOC Wants Egg Farm's Atty DQ'd From Sexual Assault Suit
• Embracing ESG: Cigna Counsel Talks Employee Wellness
• Hacking Suit Against NFL Settlement Firm Sent To Pa.
• NJ Firm Hit With Debt Collection Suit Over Misleading Letter
• Judge Orders New Trial After AUSAs 'Deliberately Misled' Him
• Lin Wood Faces Discipline For Posting Hearing Video Online
• Seafood Eatery Loses DQ Bid Against Counsel In Wage Suit
• Government Can't Give Riot Grand Jury Records To Deloitte
• Venue Question In Ex-Dentons Partner's Fight To Go To Court
• Texas AG Paxton Fights En Banc Review Of Fraud Case Move
• Hybrid Work Models Are Key To Gender Parity In Law Firms
• Sanction Reduced For Ore. Atty Who Posted Client Info
• Bowditch Can't Depose Attorney In $20M Malpractice Suit
• VW Rips Opt-Out Drivers' 9th Circuit Bid For Trial Redo
• Judge Sanctions Klehr Harrison Attys For Deposition Behavior
• Robbins Geller Says FIFA Suit DQ Harms 'Innocent' Investors
• Spring Trial Date Set For Attys Accused Of Molotov Attack
• Eni Can't Hook Del. Litigation Funder With Sanctions
• Legal Assistant Says Firm Sacked Her Over WFH Request
• Mich. Atty's Attack On Mandatory State Bar Fails At 6th Circ.
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Fox Rothschild Drops Bid To Toss Ex-Associate's Bias Suit
• Ex-LeClairRyan GC Hit With Criminal Obstruction Charge
• McKesson's 'Abusive Discovery' Is FCA Dismissal Ploy: DOJ
• Litigation Funder Says DQ'd NFL Concussion Firm Owes $30M
• Sanctions Objections Overruled In CBD Co. Securities Suit
• IP Forecast: Alsup To Hear Finjan's Fee Fight With Juniper
• Turkey Cos. Say Hagens Berman Can't Shield Price-Fix Probe
• 14 Attys Later, Fraudster Wins Resentencing In Pro Se Appeal
• ABA Takes Aim At Fla. High Court Order On CLE Courses
• Netflix Sued By Ex-Legal Affairs Director For Alleged Bias
• Federal Courts Backing New Legislation To Protect Judges
• Atty Fears Threats Will Turn To Violence In Lin Wood Dispute
• Firm Beats DQ Bid Over Ex-Judge's Role In Malpractice Suit
• Girardi Firm Directed Fee Payments To His Wife, Trustee Says
• Facebook Seeks TM Win For 'Outrageous' Record Destruction
• DC Circ. Scraps McGahn Ruling On House Subpoena Power
• Judge Koh DQs Keller Lenkner From Facebook Antitrust Suit
• LA City Attys Colluded, Hid Actions In DWP Suit, Report Finds
• Texas Justices To Decide Sealing Row In AG Securities Suit
• Pa. Bank Says Ga. Firm Billed Temporally Impossible Hours
• 3 Keys To Winning Your Next Oral Argument
• NJ High Court Sets Rules For Criminal Checks On Jurors
• Harvard Professor Says FBI Tricked Him During Interrogation
• Dead Atty's Common Law Widow Can't Dispute Remains Move
• Avenatti Says Potential Calif. Jurors May Have Looked Him Up
• 2nd Circ. Backs Chobani Founder's Ex-Wife In Consultant Spat
• NFL Concussion Deal Masters Say Atty Fabricated Evidence
• 'Borat' Star Ducks Roy Moore's Defamation Claims
• Fired Attorney Slams Pa. Law Firm With Bias Suit
• Illinois Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2021
• Texas Justices Asked To Rope Atty Into $100M Bonus Dispute
• Coverage Dispute Over State St. Fee Probe Set To Stay In Ill.
• 'Gangster' Defamation Claims Against NJ Atty Can't Survive
• Duane Morris' McSwain To Trump: Pa. Election A 'Disgrace'
• Atty Axed From AmEx Anti-Steering Row Back On Case Radar
• NJ Atty Can Pursue $126K Fee Bid Without Written Retainer
• Keys To Efficient And Accurate Doc Review For E-Discovery
• Firms With Same Name Settle TM Suit After Transfer Order
• Ex-SFO Boss Says Collusion Claims Were 'Drunken Boasts'
• Quinn Emanuel Says Ex-Worker's Racism Suit Time-Barred
• Katten Can't Curb $950M Malpractice Suit Ahead Of Trial
• Berger Montague Fights Robinhood's DQ Bid In Wash. Suit
• Feds Back Off Kossoff As Manhattan DA's Probe Proceeds
• 5th Circ. To Allow Judge's Courtroom Prayers Amid Appeal
• Insurer Seeks To Avoid Atty's Wire Fraud Entanglement
• Maxwell's Ex-Atty Says Cosby Op-Ed Didn't Break SDNY Rules
• Embracing ESG: Raytheon GC Talks Climate Change
• Amend Rule 702 To Clarify Expert Witness Standards
• Goulston, Developer Broach Settlement In Malpractice Suit
• Ex-Ga. DA Seeks Immunity In Suit Over Slain Black Jogger
• Ga. Judge Considering 'Serious Sanctions' In Trademark Case
• No Suspicions Over Ex-Dechert Pro's SFO Talks, Atty Says
• 5th Circ. Revives Atty's Malice Suit Against Jeweler
• NY Attys May Ethically Advise Pot Businesses, Accept Stakes
• Service Error Lets Venezuelan Mining Co. Beat $188M Award
• Judge Pulls Boston School Ruling After Alleged Text Coverup
• Ex-Pa. DA Gets Up To 5 Years For Prostitution, Intimidation
• Judge Suggests Feds Target Doctors, Lawyers In Injury Scam
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Appeal From $1.5M Pa. Investment Fraudster
• Workers' Counsel Slams Seafood Joint's DQ Bid In Wage Suit
• NFL Injury Fund Manager Probing If DQ'd Atty Still On Case
• Pa. Court Reinstates Philadelphia Workers' Comp Judge
• Kreindler Firm Accused Of Failing To Pay Atty For 9/11 Work
• Mandatory Bar Critics See Opening As Courts Show Support
• Malpractice Claim Vexes NJ Judge In Campaign Finance Suit
• Atty In Neighbor Spat With Justin Theroux Can't Shield Emails
• Ex-Dechert Atty 'Exaggerated' SFO Ties During ENRC Probe
• Ill. Atty Accused Of Faking Startup Contributions To His Firm
• Texas Atty Will Pay SEC $255K In Escrow Fraud Suit
• Calif. Judge Tells Price-Fix Attys Jackets A Must Even Virtually
• Insurer Says Atty-Client Sexual Encounter Voids Firm's Policy
• Law Professors Say Trump Not Immune To Capitol Riot Suits
• Circuit Judges Spar Over The Term 'Alien' In Opinions
• Robbins Geller DQ Doesn't Muddy Investor Law, 2nd Circ. Told
• Investors' Attys Duck Sanctions In Stock-Loan Antitrust Suit
• Exxon Disputes Atty Fee Bid In Sanctions Dispute
• Law Firm Sees IP Suit Against Ex-Associate Trimmed
• Ex-Girardi Attys' Contempt Hearing To Move Forward In Fall
• Ga. Justices Readmit Atty Who Was Disbarred In 90s
• Mich. Election Fraud Attys Can't Skip Sanctions Hearing
• Baker Donelson, Insurer Sued For $13B By Accident Victim
• 'Attorney Inadvertence' No Excuse For Late Crash Suit Filing
• Avenatti Gets 2½ Years In Prison For Nike Extortion
• Fox Rothschild Aims To Sink Ex-Atty's Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Ex-Dechert Atty Denies Lying On Stand At ENRC Trial
• DC Courts Follow NY, Suspend Giuliani From Law Practice
• LA County Court Fined $25K For COVID-19 Safety Violations
• Oregon High Court Mulls 'Momentous' Bar Exam Alternatives
• Ill. Firm Says Ex-Client's $111K Sanctions Her Own Doing
• NYC Atty Faces $2M Default Judgment In Escrow Row
• Baker Botts Attys Seek Higher Fees In $65M Ponzi Deal
• Ga. Justices Take Up Bid For Higher Atty Fees In Accident Suit
• Florida Law Firm Must Fight TM Suit In Colorado, Judge Says
• Mass. Ruling A Cautionary Tale For Attorneys Changing Firms
• Calif. Drivers Object To $1.1M Toyota Fuel Tank Deal In Texas
• Fla. Atty Agrees To Suspension To Resolve 3 Bar Cases
• Ex-Dechert Atty Says SFO Talks Were In ENRC's Interests
• Tom Girardi Victims OK'd To Go After Erika Girardi For Funds
• No Evidence To Acquit Avenatti In Nike Case, Judge Says
• Ex-Judge 'Forced' To Pull Top NJ Justice Into Back Pay Suit
• Ill. Firm Sues Info Co. Over Excessive Medical Record Fees
• Hagens Berman Gets $31M After 9th Circ. Nixed $48M Fee
• NY Firm Settles Ex-Paralegal's Gender, Military Bias Suit
• Charged MIT Prof. Can't Sanction Ex-US Atty At Jones Day
• The Term Finale: A 'Kumbaya Court'? Not So Fast
• Philly Judge Get 2-Week Suspension For Contempt Finding
• DOJ Asked Whether It Should Defend GOP Rep. In Riot Case
• Biggest Illinois Decisions So Far In 2021
• Texas Atty Hit With Fraud, Conflict Of Interest Suit In Ga.
• Ex-Weber Gallagher Exec Files Age, Race Suit Over Firing
• Exec Can't Dodge Israeli Law Firm's Award Over Unpaid Fees
• NJ Firm Sues Ex-Managing Atty For Luring Away Clients
• Wyndham Parents Lack Standing In Timeshare Suit, Firms Say
• Biggest Texas Supreme Court Rulings Of The Term
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• Returning To Open Court: Excitement, Nerves And Extra Prep
• Ex-Dechert Atty Denies Helping Whistleblower Go To SFO
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Dechert Atty Rips 'Daft' ENRC Claims Over Graft Probe
• 5th Circ. Says Mandatory Bar Fees Violate Attys' Free Speech
• Avenatti Slams Nike Restitution Bid As Boies Schiller Payday
• Ill. Atty Says Chase's Trust Withdrawals Violate Conduct Rules
• Dechert Atty Says IT Problems Obstructed ENRC Graft Probe
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Widow's Legal Malpractice Suit
• Missouri Judge Accused Of Anti-Arab Bias Exits Hardee's Suit
• Justices Seemed Above The Political Fray, Until The Last Day
• Feds Call Maxwell Atty's Op-Ed An Unfair Effort To Sway Jury
• Cozen Atty Accused Of Double-Dealing In Fla. Biz Sale
• Dem Reps. Say Trump, Giuliani Can't Escape Capitol Riot Suit
• Fla. Atty Disciplined For Failing To Manage Staff
• How To Avert Media Narrative And Get A Fair High-Stakes Trial
• Brooklyn US Atty's Pretrial Remarks Fair Game, Judge Says
• Atty Says Claims Of Botched Med Mal Suit Are 'Speculation'
• Dem Seeks Default Judgment Against GOP Rep. In Riot Case
• Missouri Judge Accused Of Anti-Arab Bias In Hardee's Suit
• NFL Fines DC Team $10M After Wilkinson Harassment Review
• La. High Court Disciplines Justice For Election Interference
• Woman Sues Pittsburgh Judge Over Arrest In Parking Dispute
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• Chinese Drywall Attys Want Redo In 11th Circ. Fee Award
• Baker Donelson Pauses Timber Scam Suit Amid Criminal Case
• November Trial Eyed For King & Spalding Atty's Firing Suit
• Giuliani Defense Stance A Puzzler For Atty Ethics Experts