Legal Ethics Archive » November, 2021

Legal Ethics - November, 2021

236 articles

• NJ Justices Skeptical Convicted Atty Can Keep License
• Jury In Brooklyn Judge's Trial Doesn't Hear Info About Agent
• Texas Panel Probes Basis For $22M Legal Malpractice Award
• Ex-Chiropractor Can't Reduce Prison Term In FBAR Case
• Donziger Case May Stretch Constitution, 2nd Circ. Panel Says
• Ex-Law Student Says Emory Mishandled Sex Assault Case
• Universal Health Slams 'Audacious' Fee Bid In Investor Suit
• The Implications Of COP26 For Legal Practitioners
• Pa. Lawyer Suspended For Withholding Client Settlements
• Pension Fund Attys Targeted For Sanctions In NJ ERISA Row
• LeClairRyan Trustee's $9.5M Deal With Insurer, Execs OK'd
• Without Leadership Buy-In, Law Firm DEI Efforts Stand To Fail
• Ex-LA Special Atty Cops To $2M Kickback For Collusive Suit
• Kossoff Says He'll Turn Over Docs To Bankruptcy Court
• Court Hears NJ Judge Must Face Psychiatric Exam In Suit
• Judge Unsure About Letter As Fix For Boy Scout Email Row
• 7th Circ. Rejects CFPB's Redo Bid For Tossed $59M Win
• NJ Firm Aims To Toss Malpractice Claims In Housing Suit
• Smoke Shop May Get Award Over Bong Maker's Sanctions Bid
• Pa. Prosecutor Asks US High Court To Weigh Cosby Case
• McDermott Atty Tapped For Ukrainian Legal Ethics Council
• Jury Says King & Spalding Not Liable For Associate's Firing
• Dechert Can't Seal Docs In Corruption Case, Telecom Says
• Jan. 6 Panel Plans Vote To Hold Trump DOJ Atty In Contempt
• AmFam Says Injury Settlement Bars $13B Surveillance Suit
• Suspended Fla. Atty Disbarred After Mishandling Funds
• Ex-Knicks Star, Wigdor Atty Accused Of 'Lies' In Assault Suit
• Confronting Origination Credit: Self-Advocacy Tips For Attys
• Roy Moore Urges 2nd Circ. To Revisit Tossed Defamation Suit
• Hagens Berman Stalling Thalidomide Suits Probe, Clients Say
• Lead Atty Disqualified In Ga. Borrowers' Mortgage Rates Case
• Pa. Suspends Atty Investigated By SEC For Crypto Fraud
• NJ Firm Reaches Quick Deal On Ex-Clerk's Bias Claims
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Atty Impostor's Conviction For Cosby Filing
• AXA, Attys End Dispute Over Investor Fraud Suit Coverage
• Novartis Wants Atty DQ'd From MS Drug Patent Row In Del.
• A Real-World Guide To Staying Discovery In Federal Court
• Ex-Cozen Atty Ends SEC Insider Trading Claim With $20K Deal
• Target Settles Virtual IP Suit After Gilstrap Cites Conflict
• SEC Warning To Crypto Attys Harkens To Prior Crackdowns
• SDNY To Randomly Assign Large Bankruptcy Cases
• Kossoff To Surrender To Manhattan DA, Plead Guilty
• Ex-Fox Pundit Rips Bid To Question Mediator In Assault Case
• Judge Scolds Atty For 'Hostile' Court Messages, Limits Access
• Pro-Trump Attorneys To Pay $187K In 'Big Lie' Sanctions
• In-House Attorney's Bias Suit Comes Up Short At 6th Circ.
• Philly Firm Says Ex-Associate Poached Cases, $8M Settlement
• Ga. Justices Says State Official Can't Waive Bar Requirement
• Insurer Says Credit Union's Suit Uses Confidential Disclosures
• Georgia Justices Revive Case Against Municipal Court Clerks
• What Return Of Fraud On USPTO Means For TM Practitioners
• Mishcon Sued For £2.9M Over 'Tainted' Fees In Family Dispute
• LeClairRyan Trustee, Insurer Reach $9.5M Conspiracy Deal
• Fired King & Spalding Atty's $52M Damages Theory Off Table
• 5th Circ. Urged To Block 'Coercive' Courtroom Prayers
• Recruiter Sends Kilpatrick Townsend Spat To State Court
• Ex-LeClairRyan GC Gets Nearly 4 Years For Obstruction
• Chamberlain Hrdlicka Hit With $1.9M Negligence Suit
• NJ Justices Won't Revisit Erased Med Mal Ruling Against Atty
• NJ Judge Aims To Block Her Surveillance In Pension Suit
• NY Firm Can't Rep NJ Town In Mount Laurel Doctrine Matter
• Texas Justices To Decide Legal Malpractice Tolling Dispute
• NYC Lawyer Charged With Straw Donor Matching Funds Scam
• Kreindler Must Reveal Who Attended Leaked 9/11 MDL Depo
• CFPB Instructs Staffers To Flag 'Revolving Door' Misconduct
• Pryor Cashman Ducks Vegan Chef's $150M Takeover Suit
• Calif. State Bar Halts Phony LA Attorney With 22 Aliases
• King & Spalding Trial 1st In SDNY's Vaxxed-Juror Initiative
• Pa. Judge Pleads Guilty To Inappropriate Contact With Minor
• Littler, Steel Mill 'Poisoned' Wage-And-Hour Case, Judge Says
• UK Legal Regulator Seeks To Boost Fines It Can Impose
• MTA Escapes In-House Lawyer's Race, Sex Bias Suit
• Pachulski Founder Takes Reins After Scouts Ch. 11 Email Row
• Ex-K&L Gates Partner Charged With Cyberstalking Colleagues
• Fla. Atty Suspended For Texting Witness During Deposition
• Texas Judge Mulls TRO Against Law Firm In Defamation Suit
• NJ Judge Probes Firm's Insurance, Lost Over Atty Ethics Case
• Fired King & Spalding Atty Had Belligerent Side, Jury Told
• Panama Canal Operator Prevails In Fight With Contractor
• 'Robust' Process Picked Imerys Claims Rep, Trustee Says
• Ex-Girardi Attys' Contempt Hearing Set For Early Dec.
• NJ Firm Accused Of Overcharging Benicar MDL Clients
• Loofah Patent Trial Delayed Over Doc Disclosure 'Oversight'
• House Panel Advances Judicial Stock Disclosure Bill
• SEC Faces Challenge To Extended Disgorgement Shot Clock
• King & Spalding Partner Praised Ex-Atty Despite Ethics Spat
• Paralegal Says Wilson Elser Fired Her For Taking Time Off
• Heed These Rules, Or Risk Your Argument On Appeal
• Ga. Atty Ordered Jailed For No-Shows In Settlement Fee Spat
• Firms' Fight Over Roundup Settlement Fees Lands In Court
• NJ Justices Suspend Atty 6 Months After Assault Conviction
• Atty's Estate Agrees To $3.7M Tax Bill Tied To Fraud Plea
• Pachulski Atty Accused Of Helping Taint Scouts' Ch. 11 Vote
• Convicted Insider Trader Must Disclose Atty Communications
• Loeb & Loeb Atty Can't Nix Suit From Redstone's Ex-Lover
• Fired King & Spalding Atty's Work Was Blasted By Ex-Partner
• Fed Bans Md. Community Bank's Ex-GC From The Industry
• Ex-Pot Co. GC Wants Malpractice Suit Kept In Fed. Court
• NY Atty In Contempt With Risk Of Jail Time, Court Says
• Wis. Lawyer Urges 7th Circ. To Discharge Disciplinary Costs
• What To Include In Orders Governing Remote Arbitration
• Dominion Voting Wants Pro-Trump Atty's Counterclaim Axed
• Ex-Pa. Atty Gets Up To 2½ Years For Estate Embezzlement
• DLA Piper Withdraws From $30M Ga. Case Amid DQ Bid
• 3rd Circ. Vexed By Timing Of Cancer Lab's RICO Suit
• Chicago Atty Sues Firm He Founded Over Shares Buyout
• Feds, PACER Users Agree 'In Principle' To Fee Suit Settlement
• Fired King & Spalding Associate Asks Jury For $52M Award
• Kreindler, Saudis Continue Fight Over 9/11 Deposition Hearing
• 9th Circ. Skeptical Of $1M Sanctions In Stan Lee IP Battle
• 3rd Circ. Says Convicted Atty Can't Lean On Bridgegate Ruling
• Embracing ESG: CBRE GC Talks Effective Compliance Emails
• Texas Immigration Firm Can't Slip Bungled Status Change Suit
• Judge, Atty Spar Over Punitive Damages Bid In Blackmail Suit
• Ex-Ga. DA To Serve 1 Year In Bribery, Witness Tampering Case
• Pa. Clerk's Awarding Of $1.4M Fees In Contract Row Gets Ax
• Gold Mine Operator Wants Attys Sanctioned In Pollution Row
• 11th Circ. Told To Keep Judge In Lin Wood Psych Exam Suit
• Michael Cohen Loses Fight For Legal Fees From Trump Org.
• Messer Sanctioned For Hiding Evidence In Factory Death Suits
• Utah Law Firm's Misrepresentations Void Policy, Judge Rules
• Ex-JPMorgan VP Says She Was Fired For Spotting Red Flags
• Atty Referral Co. Owner Gets 1 Year For Bribing Police
• What To Watch For As King & Spalding, Fired Atty Go To Trial
• NJ Hears Outside Insight On Tackling Jury Selection Bias
• Pa. Trial Consultant Sues Rival Over Alleged Worker Poaching
• Girardi Keese Trustee Swaps Out Attorney Amid Squabbling
• The Hazards Of Female Lawyers Being 'Office Moms'
• Willkie IP Partner Filed 'Joint' Letter Without My OK, Atty Says
• Chancery Roasts Loews Attys In $690M Award To Investors
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• FilmOn Owner Wants New Trial In $11M Sexual Battery Loss
• Top Ill. Court Weighs Timeliness Of Atty Malpractice Claims
• Pa. Attorney Cited For Taking Off Pants At Courthouse Door
• Firm Wasn't Cleared To Ask To Toss FDCPA Suit, Judge Says
• Saudis Want Kreindler To Say Who Attended 9/11 Deposition
• 7th Circ. Blasts Bid To Cut $54M Bartlit Beck Arbitration Award
• Discovery Immunity For Draft Expert Reports Lacks Clarity
• Lin Wood Protests Delaware Expulsion To State Justices
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Pa. Atty's Fed. Disbarment Over Allstate Case
• New Jersey Poses Unique Challenges To Jury Selection
• Boy Scouts Judge Worried Rogue Email Tainted Ch. 11 Vote
• Erika Girardi, GK Trustee Colluded In 'Shakedown,' Firm Says
• Ga. Justices Doubt Judicial Circuit Split Hurt Voters, Black DA
• 'Out There Alone': Rita Glavin Rallies To Cuomo's Defense
• Remodeler Fights Insurer's Win, Sanctions At 9th Circ.
• Atty Must Turn Over Facebook Logs In Bias Case, Judge Says
• Angels Defeat 'Fishing Expedition' Subpoena In Fatal OD Case
• Romania To Pay Half Of Investors' Sanctions Bid In Food Feud
• A Phased Approach To In-House Legal Tech Adoption
• 3-Year Ban, No Disbarment For Atty Who Misused Funds
• Atty To Plead Guilty In Bankruptcy Scheme To Scam Clients
• Conn. Atty Suspended In NJ After Flurry Of Misconduct
• Baker Donelson, Insurer Can't Block $13B Ga. Privacy Suit
• Ex-CIA Coder's Espionage Retrial Set For Spring 2022
• Reed Smith Beats DQ Bid Over Privileged LuLaRoe Docs
• Cuomo Atty Asks NY AG To Probe Alleged Grand Jury Leak
• Contractor Can Sue Individual Tribe Members, 9th Circ. Rules
• NJ Atty Ducks Jail For Hiding Firm's Political Donations
• Ex-Dechert Clients Mostly Lose Privilege Bid In Bribery Fight
• Sanctions Sought Over PI Hired By Doctor In Med Mal Case
• Feds To Appeal Ex-Mayor's Corruption, Tax Fraud Acquittals
• Fla. Law Firm Seeks Toss Of Ex-HR Rep's Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Conn. Judge Orders Adler Pollock To Face Ex-Client's Suit
• NJ Judge Tosses Late Malpractice Filing Against Attorney
• Confronting Origination Credit: How Firms Can Redo Policies
• FERC Hits Trading Firm With $229M Enforcement Penalty
• Crash Victim Accuses Atty Of Botching Case Against Atlanta
• After Girardi, Calif. Bar Floats Audits, Insurance Mandates
• Ex-DOJ Civil Division Head Won't Answer Qs In Jan. 6 Probe
• Pa. Pension Atty. Convicted For Obstructing Labor Probe
• Donziger Tells 2nd Circ. His Jailing Was Rife With Abuses
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Gun Ad Probe, 'Joke' Tweet Mark November
• NFL Misses Deadline For Washington Team Investigation Docs
• Army Penalized For Withholding Docs In $245M Contract Row
• How To Comply With ABA's New Language Access Guidance
• US Supreme Court To Hear Ala. 'Pill Mill' Conviction Case
• Fla. Firm's 'Debt Relief' Contracts Are Illegal, Clients Say
• Ill. Watchdog Wants Atty Out 9 Mos. Over Emails To Judge
• Albany DA Says Cuomo Sex-Crime Charge May Be 'Defective'
• Atty Tells Judge He Rubber-Stamped Disbarred Lawyer's Docs
• Ex-Fox Rothschild Aide Defends Using Atty's 'Obscene' Photo
• Schnader Harrison Pans Docs Bid By Sister Of Phillies Owner
• Moore Ingram Wants Ex-Assistant's 'Shakedown' Suit Axed
• Calif. Pot Cos. Want Suit Against Ex-GC Back In State Court
• Fla. Bar Looks To Disbar Atty For Practicing While Suspended
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Hogan Lovells Says Its Client Afghan Gov't 'No Longer Exists'
• Judiciary Rips Ex-Defender's Bid To Revive Harassment Case
• Broadcaster, Ex-Atty Lay Out Evidence In Malpractice Spat
• Md. Attys Escape Claims Of Botched Med Mal Settlement
• Gensler To Attys: Don't Help Crypto Cos. Hide From The SEC
• Duo Accused Of Cannabis Investor Scam Waives Atty Conflict
• Pollock Cohen Can't Escape Ex-Atty's Pay Suit
• Texas Panel Won't End Fen-Phen Atty Malpractice Fight
• Embattled Copyright Atty Liebowitz Suspended In NY
• Ex-Trump DOJ Atty Can Rep Texas In Child Migrant Policy Suit
• Ga. Judges Void 'Too Harsh' Sanction Against Trucking Co.
• Avenatti Wins Another Prison Delay With Busy Court Calendar
• Fired Jones Day Paralegal Gets 2 Weeks To Serve Bias Suit
• Ex-Informant Wants SEC Held In Contempt Over Suit Filing
• Erika Girardi Calls Edelson's Fee Agreement 'Illegal'
• Timeshare Exit Law Firm Pushes To Block Developer's Suit
• Best Practices For Hiring And Integrating Freelance Lawyers
• Prof's Legal Tab Not Harvard's Problem, Mass. Top Court Hints
• Texas Voters Raise Experience Requirement For Judges
• NYC Pizzeria Claims Law Firms Botched Trademark Litigation
• LA-Area Atty Pleads Guilty In $5.8M Investment Fraud Scheme
• Twitter Urges 9th Circ. To Revive Suit Over Texas Probe
• Kreindler Consultant Reiterates Responsibility For 9/11 Leak
• Wind Farm Developers Slam U.S. Sanctions Claims Over Docs
• Ga. Atty Reprimanded Over ICE Threat In Domestic Case
• NJ Firms Blast Fraud Claims Tied To $125M Verizon Deal Suit
• Chicago Transit Authority Says Atty Lied In Ex-Worker's Suit
• Feds Decry Ex-MLB Staffer's Bid To Delay Fatal Overdose Trial
• DLA Piper Defends Representation In $30M Power Plant Row
• Pa. Worker Says Trump's Election Claims Defamed Him
• Law Firm Seeks To Boot TM Suit Over 'Heavy Hitters' Brand
• Disbarred Atty Who Kept On Lawyering Fined In 'Tragic' Case
• Lieff Appeal In Overbilling Row May Be Futile, 1st Circ. Says
• Arent Fox Settles Unpaid Legal Fees Dispute With Pharma Co.
• Fla. Bar Files Ethics Complaint Against Timeshare Exit Atty
• Kreindler Partner Denies Any Role In 9/11 Doc Leak
• 9th Circ. Says BIA Effectively Denied Immigrant Counsel
• After Recusals, Panel Revealed In Judiciary Harassment Case
• Embracing ESG: Cognizant Counsel, CSO Talk Collaboration
• Ga. Judge Wants Pre-Bench Conduct Axed From Ethics Probe
• Headhunter Sues Kilpatrick Townsend Over Recruitment Fees
• Attorneys For Accused Facebook Scammer Call It Quits
• Judge Sinks Bribery Claims Against Wynn Resorts, Ex-GC
• Ritz-Carlton Wants Atty Testimony In Class Action Thrown Out
• BitMEX Bosses Can Wait To Reveal AML Trial Strategy
• Gerrard Settles Spying Claims Against Kazakh Mining Giant
• As Social Impact Becomes The Test, Firms Asked To Step Up
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Social Impact Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking