Legal Ethics Archive » September, 2022

Legal Ethics - September, 2022

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• Redgrave Wants Ex-Atty's Suit Over Arbitration Row Tossed
• DOJ Seeks Quick Appeal Of Mar-A-Lago Special Master Order
• 3rd Circ. Orders Sentence Redo In $95M Drug Fraud Case
• 'Serial Liar' Or FBI Briber? Jury To Weigh Ex-Atty's Testimony
• The 5 Biggest Cases This Supreme Court Term
• Ex-Dewey CFO To Pay $95K To End SEC Civil Fraud Suit
• Phillies Owner's Sister Loses Malpractice Suit Against Firm
• Home Depot ERISA Suit Judge Declines Recusal, Tosses Case
• Judge Chides Atty For Misleading Court On Key Fact
• SEC Sues Calif. Atty Over Role In $910M Solar Ponzi Scheme
• BakerHostetler Accused Of Fraud In $100M Bankruptcy Suit
• Ex-DLA Piper Attys' Cannabis Co. Row Burns Hot Despite Stay
• Atty In Radioactive Waste Suit DQ'd Over Prior Landfill Work
• Gov't Asks Judge To Limit Navarro Contempt Defenses At Trial
• Law360's The Term: A New Normal For The Supreme Court?
• Unsealed Ruling Blasts Kreindler & Kreindler For 9/11 Leak
• Locke Lord Is Stuck With Failed Health Plan Malpractice Suit
• No Signs Of Supreme Court's Conservatives Slowing Down
• Yale Law Students' Retaliation Suit Reduced To One Claim
• Clark Partington Facing DQ Bid In Fla. Whistleblower Case
• NY Judge Rips In-Contempt Atty For Repeated Extension Bids
• How Well Do You Know Supreme Court History?
• Foley Hoag Must Pay Expert $92K For Testimony, Jury Finds
• NY Doctor Cops To Role In Trip-And-Fall Litigation Scam
• Fox Loses Bid To Escape Election-Related Defamation Suit
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Takes Bench, Makes History
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Practicality Over Perfection
• Ex-FBI Agent Admits Failing To Report Atty's $36K Ducati Gift
• DLA Piper Says Tech Co. Is Forum Shopping Malpractice Suit
• Jones' Father Tells Jury 'Puffery' Key To Infowars' Success
• Rosette Wins Fight Over Quechan Tribe Representation
• Ahmaud Arbery's Mother Fights DAs' Bid To End Civil Case
• Fla. Judge Says Trump Doesn't Have To Verify Seized Docs
• Tycoon Survives NC Dismissal Bid In Fracas Over Email Hack
• What New Bar Exam Means For Law Students And Schools
• Ga. Woman Ends Legal Malpractice Suit Against Fla. Firm
• NJ Atty Ethics Director Ousted Over Relationship With Staffer
• Jackson Lewis Defeats Conn. Doctor's Defamation Suit
• Ginni Thomas Tells Jan. 6 Panel Election Was Stolen
• Disbarred Atty Arrested Over Attempt To Practice Law
• Chancery Rebukes Bickering Attorneys For Time-Wasting
• 'Egregious' Detroit Judge Should Be Removed, Panel Says
• Alex Jones Hijacked Newtown Parent's Grieving, Jury Hears
• Ex-FBI Agent Denies Taking Bribes To Run Searches For Atty
• ACLU Says Feds Ignored FOIA For ICE Detainee Counsel Info
• Jan. 6 Defendant Gets 52 Months After Feds Botched Case
• Dominion Beats Pro-Trump Atty's Counterclaim In $1.3B Row
• Coach Loses Bid For Sanctions Over Sexual Abuse Suit
• Attys Didn't Intimidate Harassment Plaintiff, 11th Circ. Says
• Ill. City Says It Was 'Kicked' By Express Scripts' Doc Dump
• NJ Justices Doubt Ex-Judge's Voicemail Not Witness Contact
• 'Let's Go Brandon' Coin Investors Dodge Sanctions, For Now
• Ex-Ohio Utility Board Chair Wins Bid To Unfreeze Assets
• Apple's New Messaging Features Will Complicate E-Discovery
• Startup Hits Back At Apple's 'Props' Argument In Patent Case
• Pro-Choice Advocates Say Paxton Subpoena Saga Is His Fault
• ABA Issues Communication Rules For Pro Se Attys
• Texas Inventor Appeals Malpractice Case Against Hunton
• Feds Expand K&L Gates Stalking Case As Atty's Trial Nears
• Alex Jones Acolyte Harassed Sandy Hook Plaintiff, Jury Hears
• Atty Who Allegedly Helped Witness Cheat On Bar Pleads 5th
• Fastest AG In The West? Paxton Slips Service In Abortion Row
• The High Court Cases Health And Life Sci Attys Are Watching
• Law Firm Inclusion Efforts Often Overlook Business Staff
• Ga. Firm Wants Fees For Deal Enforcement Bid In Realty Row
• Ex-Boston Top Cop Says Atty's Report Key To Defamation Suit
• Feds Seek To Keep Win Over Purported Surveillance Claims
• NJ Attys OK To Use Pot, Enter Cannabis Industry, Panel Says
• Four Years Later, Kavanaugh Probe Still Raising Questions
• LA Attys Face Bar Probe Over Genocide Settlement Payouts
• Ex-Tax Atty Disbarred In NJ Over Stock Fraud Conviction
• Dozens Of Orgs Urge House To Pass High Court Ethics Bill
• 11th Circ. Revives Fla. Atty's Bid To Block IRS On Testimony
• DLA Piper Wants Sanctions For $180M Malpractice Suit
• '6th Sense' Not Enough For FBI Database Search, Agent Says
• Atty Can't Get NJ High Court Review Of Overbilling Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Removal Risk Warrants Rehearing Plea Deal
• Kean Miller Must Face File Clerk's Pro Se Discrimination Suit
• Ga. Judge OKs Fee Award In Atlanta Real Estate Feud
• 'Inventing Anna' Faux Socialite At Odds With Her Ex-Attorney
• Calif. Law Firm Booted From Costco Slip-And-Fall Suit
• Eisner Hit With Racial Bias Suit From Unvaccinated Black Aide
• Judge Nixes Sanction Bid For Jones Day Atty In Paraquat MDL
• SC Atty Charged In Jan. 6 Riot Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Levi & Korsinsky Seek Win Over Gender Bias Claims
• An Associate's Guide To Rebounding After A Layoff
• NY Firm's Escrow Defense Contested In $30M Malpractice Suit
• UK Plan To Boost Penalties For Lawyers Sparks Concern
• Judge Trims, Pauses Suit Over Firm's Handling of Estates
• Cannabis Co. Seeks Default Win Against Bank Firm In Tax Suit
• Convicted Pol Can't Search Juror's Cellphone, 6th Circ. Says
• Ex-FBI Agent's Look At Restricted File Raised Flags, Jury Told
• AIG Scores Early Win In Ex-Company Atty's Retaliation Suit
• Jones Ends Trial Week With Wish Jurors Would Do Research
• Group Backs Swisher High Court Bid Over Revived Verdict
• DOJ Swerve On Mass. Judge Indictment Leaves Attys Queasy
• Avenatti Must Pay Stormy Daniels $149K In Restitution
• AML Regulation Of Lawyers Is Imminent And Controversial
• 6th Circ. Blames Attys For Parents' Loss Of Son's Suicide Suit
• Philadelphia Settles Attorney's Disability Bias Suit
• Funders Eye Equity Stakes In UK Law Firms
• Boy Scouts Appeals Roll In, Alex Jones Ch. 11 Attys Nixed
• Jones Day Atty Faces Sanctions Bid In Paraquat MDL
• Investors Say Law Firm Should Face Pot Co. Fraud Suit
• Feds Want Up To 2 Years For Atty Who Threw Molotov Cocktail
• NY Judge Who Pointed Gun At Black Litigant Faces Removal
• Combative Jones Mostly Denies Harm In Newtown Testimony
• Texas Justices Mull If Payment To Exoneree Ends His Suit, Too
• Ill. Justices Say Ex-Client Can Sue To Recoup Punitive Award
• Tom Girardi's Treasures Going Once, Twice, Sold At Auction
• Kreindler Sanctioned Over Deposition Leak In 9/11 MDL
• Special Master Orders Trump To Back Up Planted Docs Claim
• Baker Donelson Dodges Damage Theory In Surveillance Case
• Ex-NJ Workers' Comp Judge Loses Bid To Return To Bench
• Feds Drop Obstruction Case Against Mass. Judge
• Jones' Lies Devastated Sandy Hook Victims, Jury Hears
• Disbarred Atty Testifies He Bribed FBI Agent To Evade Probes
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Wife Wants Roche Freedman's Docs, And DQ
• 11th Circ. Allows DOJ To Access Classified Mar-A-Lago Docs
• Ginni Thomas Agrees To Testify To House Jan. 6 Panel
• Atty Gets Sanctions Tossed In Ill. Trade Secret Dispute
• Mass Tort Cases Expose Bankruptcy Courts To New Threats
• Tether, Bitfinex Must Hand Over Financial Docs In Buyer Suit
• Watchdog Asks State Bars To Investigate 15 'Big Lie' AGs
• NJ Atty Avoids Default Loss In Fla. Couple's Malpractice Suit
• Key Adaptations For Law Firms Amid Quiet Quitting Movement
• Law Firm Fights Malpractice Claims In NJ Land Appraisal Row
• 2nd Circ. Shkreli Atty Ruling Guides On 401(k) Garnishment
• NC AG Tells 4th Circ. Political Speech Law Is Unconstitutional
• Jones' Sandy Hook Lies Were Lucrative, Jury Hears
• Alex Jones' Podcast Co. Can't Retain Atty For Ch. 11 Case
• Ex-Ga. Teachers Can't Fast-Track Atty Withdrawal Appeal
• Ex-FBI Agent Took Cash And Escorts From LA Atty, Jury Told
• Texas Atty In Hot Water After Saying Judge Was Masquerading
• 7th Circ. Asked To Reverse Ill. Atty's Wire Fraud Acquittal
• Del. Judge Is Told Evidence Issue Dooms $5.7M Patent Verdict
• Tribal Org. Snubbed Over Venue In Ex-CEO's Retaliation Suit
• Creating A Hybrid Work Policy? Be Intentional And Inclusive
• Deputy Texas AG Beats Ethics Claims Over 2020 Election Suit
• Bannon Ally Can't Oust 'Wall' Fraud Prosecutor, Move Retrial
• Wells Fargo Says Former In-House Counsel Stole Secret Info
• Newsom OKs Bill Blocking Bar's Legal Service Reform Plans
• Ga. Justices Disbar Attorney For Misusing Trust Account
• Conn. Atty Gets 45 Months For Defrauding Investor Of $1.3M
• Trump Tells 11th Circ. No Proof Docs Were Still Classified
• Ga. Justices Ax Court Clerks' Immunity Bid Over False Arrest
• Atty Fights DQ Bid, Says Email Attack Caused License Lapse
• NC Atty Accused Of Sex With Client Can't Reverse Suspension
• Ga. Atty Gets Life Sentence After Murder Conviction
• 9th Circ. Won't Undo Calif. Firm's DQ For Privileged Info
• Trump Fights Immediately Disclosing 'Declassification' Info
• Ga. Atty Fatally Hit Man 'Out Of Anger,' Prosecutor Tells Jury
• NYC Law Firm Says Insurer Can't Revoke Defense Coverage
• Former NS8 Legal Chief Loses Insurance Coverage Bid
• BakerHostetler, Potter Anderson Trade Barbs In Board Battle
• Judge Declines To Reinstate Suspended Fla. State Atty
• Developer's Unpaid Atty Fees Scrutinized As Trial Opens
• TelexFree Ponzi Victims Say Foster Garvey Aided Fraud
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Roche Freedman Asks 11th Circ. To Nix DQ Bid In Crypto Suit
• Ex-Client Fights Firm's Counterclaims In KPMG Fees Dispute
• A Law Firm's Guide To Humane Layoffs As Recession Looms
• DOJ Asks 11th Circ. For Classified Mar-A-Lago Docs Access
• Hologram Co. Investor Penalized For 'Harassment' Filings
• Mar-A-Lago Special Master Is Up To Task, Ex-Clerks Say
• Apple Tells Startup's Attys To Drop The 'Props' For Retrial
• Construction Co. Head Must Pay Atty Fees, Ill. Panel Rules
• 5th Circ. Revives Airport Injury Suit Over Calendar Mistake
• DOJ Wants SEC's Fraud Suit Against Ex-SEC Attorney Paused
• DOE Doesn't Want Fla. Law School Title IV Case Reconsidered
• Jury In Ga. Atty Murder Trial Will Hear Accident Instructions
• NJ Atty Ethics Office Hit With Lawyer's Retaliation Suit
• Fight Over Lawyer Harassment Rules Heats Up In 3rd Circ.
• BakerHostetler Blasts 'Misguided' Subpoena In Board Battle
• Williams & Connolly Partner, Wife Owe $7M In Taxes, Feds Say
• Convicted Ex-GC Can't Return To Bar, Conn. Panel Rules
• Indicted Ex-Ga. Judge Wants Prosecuting Agency Off Case
• FCA's 'Creative Lawyering' Defense Divides Full 4th Circ.
• 10th Circ. Says Ex-Magistrate Judge Was Abusive To Staff
• Fla. Judge Rejects DOJ Bid For Stay In Mar-A-Lago Case
• SC Watchdog Can Dispute State's $75M Fee To 2 Law Firms
• Facebook Judge Rips Gibson Dunn Atty's 'Abominable' Depo
• Timeshare Exit Suits Are One Liability Claim, Fla. Judge Says
• In Murder Trial, Ga. Atty Says Death Was A 'Tragic Accident'
• Sanctions Will 'Fly' In Cannabis Bank Discovery Dispute
• 3rd Circ. Finds Judge Stymied Asylum Seeker's Right To Atty
• Law Prof Wants U. Of Idaho Sanctioned For Records Spoilage
• Boy Scouts Plan Confirmed, Cineworld Hits Ch. 11
• Jury Clears Pa. Agency In Black Atty's Retaliation Suit
• Fla. Atty May Skirt Prison For $5M Crypto Scam Due To Health
• Toyota's $272M Thai Tax Bill Upheld Amid Bribery Probe
• Prosecutors Want 'Serial' Subject's Murder Conviction Vacated
• Fired Uber Atty Tells Jury He Lied To WilmerHale Investigators
• Del. Judge Sets Hearings About Patent Funding Info Concerns
• Justices Told Cisco Patent Judgment Wrongly Sunk By Stocks
• Loews Defends Baker Botts' Boardwalk Pipeline Opinion
• Infowars Hid Sandy Hook Evidence From Witness, Jury Told
• Former Gov. Cuomo Hit With Sexual Harassment Suit
• 8th Circ. Rejects Appeal From Suspended Attorney
• Philly DA's Atty Calls Contempt Vote 'Political Theater'
• What AML Bill Could Mean For Firms, Funds And FinCEN
• Pa. Bar Groups Ask 3rd Circ. To Support Atty Anti-Bias Rule
• DOJ Gives Attys More Leeway To Aid Migrants In Deportation
• Wealthy Honduran Family Countersues Quinn Emanuel
• Learning From Trump And Bannon Discovery Strategies
• Allen & Overy Settles $1M Fee Fight With Crypto Exec
• Law Firm Gets Arbitration In Pot Co.'s Loan Fraud Suit
• More Portions Of Mar-A-Lago Warrant Unsealed By Court
• Ex-Fugees Artist Can't Nix 1MDB-Linked Illegal Lobbying Case
• Alex Jones Sanctioned Again As 2nd Sandy Hook Trial Begins
• Ill. Watchdog Says Co. Card Misuse Warrants Atty Suspension
• Cuomo Lodges Ethics Complaint Against NY AG
• 'Sins Of Girardi' Shouldn't Taint PG&E Bankruptcy, Judge Says
• LA Pot Cos. Say Attorney Helped Hijack Their Businesses
• 3 Takeaways From Ga. Ruling In Proskauer Malpractice Case
• Powell, Others Ask 6th Circ. To Ax 'Career-Ending' Sanctions
• NJ Atty Wants To Trim Town's Claims In Overbilling Suit
• Fla. Developer Says Atty's Profane 'Rant' Should Trigger DQ
• Black Ex-Aide Ends Race Bias Suit Against Trump Lawyer
• Dropped FCPA Case Holds Key Reminder For Defense Attys
• Litigation Funding Regulation Gets EU Parliament Support
• More Settlements Reached In Fla. Timeshare Exit Suit
• Ex-Trump Adviser Navarro's Additional Discovery Bid Denied
• SC Atty Accused Of Soliciting Employees For Sex
• Wash. Judge Reprimanded For Using N-Word In Zoom Meeting
• $1.7B Crash Verdict Winners Want $549M In Fees From Ford
• Summary Judgment Denied In Suit Against Schnader Harrison
• NJ's Acting AG Debuts New Outside Counsel Conflict Rules
• NYC Atty Seeks No Prison Time Over Molotov Cocktail
• Ex-Elliott Greenleaf Atty Seeks Do-Over On $11M Fee Denial
• The Risks In Lateral Hiring, And How To Avoid Them
• Trump Lawyers Reject DOJ's Mar-A-Lago Doc Review Limits
• Calif. Committee Seeks Input On Judges Consulting Judges
• Alex Jones Set To Face 2nd Sandy Hook Trial After $49M Loss
• Trump, DOJ Lodge Dueling Mar-A-Lago Special Master Picks
• Inside The Collapse Of A Pioneering Opioid Case For DOJ
• NJ Pushes To Keep Former Workers' Comp Judge Off Bench
• Law Firm's Policy Doesn't Cover Malpractice Suit, Judge Says
• BNSF Railway Seeks DQ Of Ex-Employee's Atty
• 3rd Circ. Won't DQ White & Case From Maxus Ch. 11 Case
• USPTO's Fight Against TM Fraud Still A Work In Progress
• Ga. Supreme Court Denies Atty's Bid For Short Suspension
• Reading FARA Tea Leaves In Flynn Ex-Partner, Wynn Cases
• Judges Who Use Social Media Must Know Their Ethical Limits
• Power Cos. Blast FERC Role In Power Market Rule Fight
• Alsup Says Amazon's Attys 'Pampering' Selves With Delay Bid
• Judge Urged To Leave Alston & Bird Out Of Lin Wood Fee Row
• Fla. Firm Can't Escape Debt Collection Suit, 11th Circ. Says
• ABA Is Defending Profession's Values From Monied Influences
• 4th Circ. Underlines Immigration Judges' Standard Of Conduct
• DOJ Appeals Mar-A-Lago Special Master Order, Asks For Stay
• 11th Circ. Tosses Baker Donelson's $140K Fees Suit
• Motley Rice Says Robbins Geller Undercut Client In Stock Suit
• 4th Circ. Judge Blasts Denial Of Atty's Bail Bid As 'Not Fair'
• Law Firm, Atty Get Partial Win In Malpractice Coverage Fight
• Pot Shop Atty Rips FBI Effort To 'Manufacture' Bribery Case
• 1st Circ. Doubts Former Mass. Mayor's Tainted Jury Claim
• Experts Say Mar-A-Lago Judge Shows Poor Grasp Of Privilege
• Jones Day Must Tweak Some Claims In $2M Ex-Client Fee Suit
• 11th Circ. Asked To DQ Atty Caught Calling Jurors 'Idiots'
• Ex-NJ Workers Comp Judge Brings Wrongful Termination Suit
• How In-House Counsel Can Better Manage Litigation Exposure
• Disbarred Fla. Attorney Gets 6 Months For Bribing Prosecutor
• USPTO Wants Discipline Diversion Program To Stick Around
• Ga. High Court Revives Proskauer Tax Malpractice Case
• Ex-Client Rips Cooper & Dunham's Exit Bid In Malpractice Suit
• Philly DA Seeks To Quash Impeachment Probe
• NY Court Gives Ex-AG Schneiderman His Law License Back
• Trustee Looks To Claw Back $2.3M From Kossoff's Mother
• Bass Berry 'Lacked Courtesy' As Atty Grieved, DOJ Says
• Co-Counsel Want Roche Freedman Axed From Tether Suit
• Bruce Allen Testifies In Front Of House Oversight Committee
• Union Urges Fed. Circ. To Revive Ex-DOJ Atty Adviser's Case
• EB-5 Investors Tell Judge Developer Can't Sidestep Settlement
• Attys Sanctioned For Bullying Trans Worker With Questions
• Polsinelli Beats Malpractice Suit By Pharma Co., Ex-CEO
• DLA Piper Freed From $180M Malpractice Suit, For Now
• Locke Lord Accused Of Malpractice Over Oil Project Deal
• Panel Backs Rejection For Atty Who Settled Without Client OK
• Practical E-Discovery Lessons From The Alex Jones Case
• Camden Diocese Opposes Ch. 11 Trade Committee Fees
• Mar-A-Lago And The Inherent Problems With DOJ Filter Teams
• Samsung Wants Former In-House Atty DQ'd From Patent Suit
• Ga. Atty Pushes To Nix Ex-Partner's Final Client Theft Claim
• Elliott Greenleaf Beats Ex-Atty's Bid For $11M Referral Fee
• Pond Lehocky Settles With Ex-Staffer Over Firing
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 188 Attys From 78 Firms
• Judge OKs Mar-a-Lago Special Master, Pauses DOJ Review
• Steve Bannon's Bid For New Contempt Trial Denied
• DC Judge Tosses Ex-Trump Aide's FBI Surveillance Suit
• Perkins Coie $2.35M Fee Bid Deemed Too Steep In NC Biz Spat
• VW, DOJ Rip Bid To Rush Jones Day Emission Docs FOIA Row
• Erika Girardi Received Money From Fla. Plaintiffs Firm
• The Ethical Risks For Lawyers Accepting Payments In Crypto
• Trump's Special Master Bid May Put Heat On DOJ Practices
• Dykema Shouldn't Escape Age Bias Suit, Ex-Secretary Says
• No New Trial But More Cash For Broadcaster That Sued Atty
• Ga. Law Firm Wants Settlement Enforced In Property Dispute
• FBI Agents Found 48 Empty 'Classified' Folders At Mar-A-Lago
• Litigation Funders Helped Girardi 'Loot' Client Funds: Trustee
• Texas Court Reverses Brokerage's $22M Malpractice Win
• Envisioning Metaverse-Based Litigation In The Real World
• Tether Wants Roche Freedman Cut Over 'Secret Pact' Report
• SEC Seeks Early Win In FOIA Fight Over Crypto Conflict Docs
• 15 Attorneys Hit With Complaints Over 'Big Lie' Suits
• Mill Workers Want $13M After Littler Misdeeds Spark Default
• Potential Charges That Could Stem From Mar-A-Lago Search
• SRA Publishes New Advice For Avoiding Sexual Misconduct
• Oath Keepers Atty Charged For Role In Capitol Siege
• Fla. Judge Seems Inclined To OK Trump's Special Master Bid
• Watchdog Probes Collection Of Striking Barristers' Names
• Baker McKenzie DQ'd From Russian Bank Case
• Ex-Capsticks Partner Struck Off For Sexual Harassment
• Insurers, Atty End Tax Shelter Coverage Dispute
• Trump Slams DOJ Opposition To Oversight Following Search