Legal Ethics Archive » February, 2022

Legal Ethics - February, 2022

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• Endo, Arnold & Porter Opioid Discovery Called 'Truly Awful'
• Fla. Court Denies Bid For New Trial Against Bitcoin 'Inventor'
• Privilege Doesn't Apply To Bigamist's Docs, 1MDB Judge Told
• Fla. Injury Atty Says Disability Firm Stole 'Tucker Law' Name
• The Battle To Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Feds Defend Bannon Atty Record Requests In Jan. 6 Case
• NCAA Hoops Convict Wants New Trial After FBI Guilty Plea
• Indicted Judge Can't Halt Obstruction Case At 1st Circ.
• Atty's Bias Suit Says Partner's Abuse Made Her Suicidal
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 90-Day Sanction Sought For Prosecutor In Chandra Levy Case
• Fed. Circ. Doesn't Buy Conflict Of Interest Bid In Patent Case
• JQC Can't Probe Judge's Past As An Atty, Ga. Justices Told
• NY Judge Steps Off Case Due To Wife's Costco Stock
• Paralegal Collective OK'd To Pursue Texas Firm For Overtime
• Brown Rudnick 'Radically' Blew Fee Budget, Ex-Client Says
• 3rd Circ. Preview: March Roars With Ch. 11, Poaching Spats
• Superfund Group Wants Saul Ewing DQ'd From Cleanup Row
• Secretary's Rape Suit Against NY Judge Likely To Survive
• 'Varsity Blues' Feds May Have Let Singer Hide Cash, Atty Says
• Calif. Bar Faces Info Leak Covering 260,000 Discipline Cases
• Party Leaders Vow Open Minds For New High Court Pick
• Clerk Says Judge Shouldn't Have Heard BofA Spoofing Case
• How Judge Jackson Beat Out Competition For High Court Nod
• Why Ketanji Brown Jackson Honored This Historic Judge
• 1st Circ. Judge Selya Says Jackson Will Be 'Balanced'
• IMF Gets Win At DC Circ. In Feud Over Legal Fees
• Biden's Supreme Court Pick Was Star Debater In Miami
• The Key To Turning Solid Briefs Into Winning Briefs
• Court Told Witness Can't Skip Deposition In FBAR Case
• Fed. Circ. Scolds Attys For Breaking COVID Rules
• Yogi's Atty Hit With Sanctions In Calm.com TM Row
• After 'Varsity Blues' Conviction, Gordon Caplan Starts Over
• 6th Circ. Says Powell, Others Can't Dodge CLE Sanctions
• DOJ Sues Pa. Courts Over Discrimination Of Opioid Users
• Ga. Judge Finds Atty Fees Must Be Public After $200M Verdict
• Texas Bar Dues Opponents Move For Class Cert.
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 6 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Opinions To Read Now
• Biden Nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson To High Court
• Feds Say 'Total Institutional Failure' Led To 1MDB Docs Foul
• Parental Leave Suit Expanded To Target Jones Day Partner
• Legal Assistant Says Flagging Sex Harassment Got Her Fired
• IP Forecast: PayPal Looks To Halt Inventor's Patent Campaign
• Steps For Universities As DOJ Shifts Foreign Influence Policy
• SDNY Mootness Fee Refusal May Shake Up A Common Tactic
• Maxwell Juror To Be Questioned About Sex Abuse Survey
• Weber Gallagher Accused Of Malpractice Over Injury Suit
• Chiesa Shahinian Demands Sanctions For Malpractice Suit
• Colorado AG's Office Settles Paralegal's Discrimination Suit
• Feds Accuse Co. Of Operating $17M Charitable Trust Scheme
• Texas Atty Says Firm Fired Her Because Of Disability
• Palo Alto Knocks Kramer Levin In New PTAB Hearing Bid
• Ill. Atty Allegedly Hid Conflicts While Advising Benefit Fund
• Ex-Judge Can't Get Obstruction Retrial Over Phone Evidence
• NJ Court Officials Say Judge Must Face Psych Exam In Suit
• Rakoff Says Palin Wants Him DQ'd After NYT Trial 'Fracas'
• Pandemic Deemed No Excuse For Late Med Mal Expert Filing
• Amazon Says Bid To DQ Its Attys Based On 'Wild Speculation'
• Texas Panel Sends $22M Legal Malpractice Suit To Mediation
• 9th Circ. Backs $5M Tax Bill For Church Abuse Victims' Atty
• Law Firm, Engineer Settle With Surfside Collapse Victims
• Pa. Bar Says Atty Can Front Clients' Sanctions Payment
• Tech Cos. Must Show Judge Litigation Funding Info In IP Row
• Atty Attacked For His 'White Skin,' Beliefs, Del. Justices Told
• Ex-Fla. State Atty Pleads Guilty To Bribery, Extortion
• Ex-NJ Atty Beats Malpractice Claims Over Real Estate Deal
• DOJ Axes Troubled 'China Initiative' After String Of Dismissals
• NRA Wants Dorsey & Whitney DQ'd From Ad Agency Suit
• 'Lottery Lawyer' Can't Split Trial From Alleged Mafia Allies
• Trial Penalty Or Lack Of Remorse? 'Varsity Blues' Stirs Debate
• 1MDB Trial At Risk After Feds Admit 'Inexcusable' Doc Error
• NJ Attorney Arrested On Visa Fraud Charges
• Albright Says Broadcom Atty's Bluff Helped Sink Transfer Bid
• Quinn Emanuel Loses Bid To Toss Ex-Worker's Racism Suit
• Ex-Wilson Elser Paralegal Drops Discriminatory Firing Suit
• Ex-Client Fights To Revive Claims Against King & Spalding
• Justices Reject Ex-Balch Atty, Coal Exec's Bribery Appeal
• NFL Taps Ex-SEC Chair Mary Jo White For Dan Snyder Inquiry
• FINRA Taps Lowenstein Sandler For 2019 Arbitration Probe
• Boy Scouts, Pachulski Reach $2M Deal In Email Row
• Del. Judge Accepts Sanctioned Attorney Over Hertz's Protest
• Foley & Lardner, IP Partner Can't Dodge Malpractice Suit
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Walter Dellinger's Little-Known, Outsize Impact On Legal Aid
• 2nd Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Law Firm's RICO Appeal
• Judiciary Defends Harassment Suit's Judge Selection Process
• Ex-Girardi Client Sues Celebrity Wife, Lawyer Over NFL Funds
• Calif. Atty Gets 12 Years For Taking $5.5M From Clients
• FOIA Suit Questions Ex-Latham Atty's Conduct As DOI Deputy
• Senate Unanimously Clears Judicial Stock Disclosure Bill
• Avenatti To Continue Pro Se In Stormy Daniels Case, For Now
• 'Unusual' Rakoff Move May Not Save Palin's NYT Libel Suit
• Why I'll Miss Arguing Before Justice Breyer
• Ex-Perkins Coie Atty Casts FBI Lying Charge As Overreach
• Broadcaster Lands $520K Verdict In Botched FCC Filing Suit
• Ga. Atty Can Add Defamation Claim To Client-Stealing Suit
• Fla. Atty Suspended For Using Altered Police Photo Lineups
• Timeshare Asks Judge To Sanction Law Firm In False Ad Suit
• 5th Circ. Backs Workers Fighting United Airlines Vax Mandate
• Ex-Willkie Farr Atty Reinstated After 'Varsity Blues' Plea
• Endo Urges Opioid Judge's DQ For 'Egregious' Ethics Lapses
• Suge Knight Atty Cops To Witness Bribe, Loses Calif. Bar Card
• '150 Billion Pills' Gaffe Imperils NY AG's Opioid Win Over Teva
• Pot Attys Org. Enters ABA Debate On Money Laundering Rules
• Ex-Dentons Partner Dealt Win By California's Highest Court
• Attys For Military Co. Say Opposing Counsel Harassed Them
• Girardi Keese Trustee Asks Again To Probe Litigation Lenders
• Del. Atty's Suit Over 'Corrupt' Ethics Case Is Tossed
• Suit Claiming NJ Atty Botched Med Mal Case Sent To Mediator
• Atty's Judicial Barbs Ruled Enough To Merit Suspension
• Yale Urges Court To Dismiss Law Students' Retaliation Suit
• Jurors Knew Palin's NYT Libel Case Was Axed Before Verdict
• Recent Rulings Show Lawyer Criticism Of Judges Is Perilous
• Defunct Kenyon Firm Can't Revive $9M IP Fee Fight
• Hertz 'False Police Report' Claimants Defend Counsel Choice
• Schnader Harrison Tries To End Suit By Phillies Owner's Sister
• Stormy Daniels Sues Book Agent Over Payments To Avenatti
• Cognizant Stockholder Suits Fail Under Del. Law, Court Told
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Says NY Can't Block Bar Exam Suit
• Hagens Berman Defends $31M Fee Award At 9th Circ.
• Calif. High Court Will Hear Argentine Atty's Uber Fraud Suit
• Pa. Supreme Court Suspends Atty With Prior Disbarment
• Litigation Funding Scam Leads To Prison For Ex-Ga. Atty
• Atty Arbitration Pacts Need Closer Look, NJ Justices Told
• Sussmann Says Special Counsel Is Trying To Politicize Case
• Ex-Shutts Partner Fights Employment Arbitration Clause
• Breyer's Role In Courthouse Design Sets A Judicial Template
• Endo Opioid Saga 'Like A John Grisham Movie,' Judge Says
• Maxwell Says Feds' Proof Fell Short In Sex-Trafficking Trial
• Avenatti Ordered To Pay Nike $260K For Extortion Probe Fees
• Bloom Firm To Pay $1.1M Settlement For Malpractice Claims
• Judge Blocks TRO Bid Against Law Firm In Defamation Suit
• NJ Suspends Pa. Attorney For Frivolous Suit Against Investor
• Latham's Prior Sussmann Work May Conflict, Durham Says
• 5th Circ. Says Judge Doesn't Have Immunity In Retaliation Suit
• NJ Atty Seeks Sanctions Against Town Over Malpractice Suit
• Fla. House OKs Lobbying Ban For Former Judges, Justices
• 5 Key Details As Endo Is Rocked Again By Opioid Default
• Edelson, Ex-Girardi Attys At Odds Over Possible Sanction
• NJ Judge Fights Psych Exam Order In Workplace Bias Suit
• Ex-Kleinbard Client Would've Won Fraud Suit, 3rd Circ. Told
• Ex-Goldman Exec Says Feds Hid Evidence In 1MDB Case
• Disbarred Fla. Atty Pleads Guilty To $5M Crypto Fraud
• Fired Atty Says Bias Suit Strong Enough To Proceed
• Atty For Ga. Eateries Avoids Sanctions In Sex Harassment Suit
• Ex-Mass. Judge Settles Claim He Harassed Court Clinician
• Copied Metadata Not Enough To Remove Metals Case Judge
• Endo Hit With New Default Ruling In Opioid Discovery Debacle
• Fla. High Court Eases Bar Requirements For Foreign Attys
• Walgreens OK'd To Pursue Crowell & Moring Breach Claims
• Poisoned Atty Suit Survives Paralegal's Free Speech Defense
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Rubber-Stamped $33M Fraud Judgment
• Jones Day Takes Fight For Orrick Testimony To 9th Circ.
• NJ Suspends Ex-Goldberg Segalla Atty For Unapproved Deals
• Pa. Attorney Pleads Guilty To $240K Client Fraud
• Cuomo Atty Says NY AG Politicized Sex Harassment Probe
• Federal Courts Will No Longer Brook Prosecutor Misconduct
• 1st Circ. Backs Sanctions Against Lieff Cabraser In Fee Tiff
• Ariz. Firm Gets Bulk Of $370K Fee Bid In Mass. FCRA Case
• BigLaw Heavyweights' Feud Highlights Legal Quagmire
• Facing Nepotism Claim, Judge Who Trained Judges Quits
• Maxwell Wants Secrecy For New Trial Bid Amid Juror Inquiry
• Ill. Panel Revives Malpractice Suit Over Property Dispute
• Avenatti Can't Get New Trial In Nike Extortion Case
• Software Co. Wants Amazon Atty DQ'd From Patent Suit
• Ga.'s Judicial Watchdog Says Judge Accosted Bondsman
• Mo. Top Court Disciplines Attys Who Aimed Guns At Marchers
• BigLaw Must Nix All-Or-Nothing Work Model To Retain Talent
• Ally Of Convicted Ex-Atty Aims To Duck Prison Over OneCoin
• Court Boots Mootness Fee Bid In Microsoft Merger Challenge
• Chicago Alderman Not A Tax Cheat, Just Sloppy, Jury Told
• Sex Abuse Victims' Atty Defends Income Omission At 9th Circ.
• Ga. Judge Finds Ex-Delta Worker Lied, Sends Suit Flying
• Texas State Bar Tells High Court To Rebuff Fight Over Dues
• Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Should Have 5 Key Qualities
• NY Giants To Mediate Suit Alleging GC Made 'Strangle' Threat
• Bid To DQ BB&K Is '11th Hour Litigation Tactic,' City Says
• Fla. Atty Hits Firm With Military, COVID Bias Suit
• Harvard Prof Says China-Ties Conviction Too Flimsy To Stand
• Ill. Panel Rules Sanctions Bid Against Insurer Was Untimely
• J&J Drops Bid To Block Reuters Story As Attys Trade Barbs
• Polsinelli Wants Crypto Theft Malpractice Claims Tossed
• 7th Circ. Says Atty Can't Duck Discipline Costs In Bankruptcy
• NJ, Chief Justice Aim To Sink Ex-Judge's Back Pay Suit
• DOJ Says Pa. Courts Denying Opioid Treatments Violate ADA
• FINRA, Wells Fargo Say 2019 Arbitration Wasn't Rigged
• Ariz. AG Gets Diversion Deal On Ethics Complaints
• Bannon Says Feds Sought Atty's Email, Phone Records
• Atty Appeals Firing By Public Defender's Office At 11th Circuit
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2022 Editorial Boards
• Aluminum Cos. Demand Do-Over In Trade Secrets Suit
• Clifford Chance Atty Denies Knowing £1.2B Deal Was Corrupt
• Ga. Judicial Watchdog Urges Denial Of Judge's DQ Ask
• Hausfeld Doesn't Have To Disclose Fees In £920M Google Suit
• Reuters Says J&J Too Late To Nix Story Over Atty Leak Claim
• Health Provider Says Rival Funded TCPA Suit To Seize Market
• Ga. Judges Affirm Lin Wood 'Gag Order' In Client Fee Spat
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Malpractice, ERISA Fuel February
• Lawmakers Question Independence Of Wilkinson's NFL Probe
• Ex-Farah & Farah Atty Charged With $300K COVID Loan Fraud
• Avenatti Convicted Of Defrauding Stormy Daniels
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• J&J Says Talc Plaintiff Attys Fed Confidential Docs To Reuters
• Weinstein Atty Insurance Loss Suit Moved To SDNY
• Avenatti Jury Signals Deadlock In Stormy Daniels Fraud Case
• Ill. Panel Axes Firm's Fight Over Buying Ex-Partners' Interest
• Kavanaugh Recusal Issue Further Tangles Knotty EPA Case
• Dunnam & Dunnam Says Texas Rival Can't Shake TM Row
• Judge Ordered DOJ Atty To Remove Mask, Watchdog Says
• Emory Says Ex-Law Student's Sex Bias Claims Time-Barred
• 2 Fla. Justices Recuse From Redistricting Question
• Musk Challenged On Atty Privilege Claims In Tesla Pay Suit
• Summer Trial Teed Up For Atty Accused Of $8M Escrow Fraud
• Ga. Judges Revive Claims Against Public Defender Council
• HRC Leader Fired Amid Cuomo Scandal Sues For Racial Bias
• Atty Says Query About Missing 401(k) Money Got Her Fired
• Insurer Won't Have To Pay More In Attys' DirecTV RICO Suits
• Okla. Law Firm And Ex-Worker Resolve Suit Over Pot Licenses
• Lies Show Avenatti's Guilt, Feds Say, As Case Goes To Jury
• Indivior Again Loses Bid To DQ Bankrupt Suboxone Plaintiff
• Glenmark Wants Grand Jury Evidence In Price-Fixing Case
• 11th Circ. Wipes $40M Restitution In Ga. Atty's Fraud Case
• 'Embarrassed' Ga. Judge Suspended For Shoving Defendant
• Texas Panel Wary Of Defamation Label In Staffing Co.'s Suit
• The Flaws In The Traditional Approach To Hiring A Law Firm
• Md. High Court Decries 'Rigid' Rule Excluding Nonbarred Attys
• Forklift Co. Says Offit Kurman Errors Worsened Owners' Split
• NJ Atty Charged In NY With Stealing $400K From Clients
• Man Gets 2nd Shot At Death Suit After Atty Ditches Firm
• Unvaxxed NY Judge Stripped Of Most Criminal Cases
• Texas Justices Consider Atty Immunity In Wiretapping Suit
• Telemundo Hid Evidence In Sex Harassment Suit, Worker Says
• Adler Pollock Beats Former Client's Malpractice Claims
• Dominion Calls MyPillow, Lindell 'Bullies' In Election Suit
• Ga. Atty Suspended 6 Months For Mishandling Client Cases
• Baker Donelson Timber Scam Suit Restarted In Miss. Court
• Houston Judge Scolded For 13th Time For Delayed Rulings
• Avenatti Declines To Take Stand, Case Heads To Closings
• Ariz. Firm Gets Pushback On $370K Fee Bid: 'Not WilmerHale'