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Legal Ethics - December, 2024

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• Biden Vetoes Bill To Add New Judgeships
• NY Businessman To Plead Guilty In Eric Adams' Fraud Case
• Ethics Disclosure Fail Sinks Firm's Coverage, NJ Panel Says
• 'Tragedy To Farce': Menendez Makes 3rd New Trial Bid
• Blank Rome Atty Accused Of Malpractice At Former Firm
• Thompson Coburn Data Breach Plaintiffs Aim To Consolidate
• McElroy Deutsch Beats Former Exec's Malicious Claim
• House Report Says Gaetz Paid For Sex, Accepted Gifts
• Another Texas Judge Exits X's Advertising Boycott Suit
• Girardi's Mental Health To Be Evaluated At NC Federal Prison
• Proskauer Beats DQ Bid In NJ Hospital Antitrust Fight
• Jussie Smollett Atty Scores Exit In Attackers' Defamation Suit
• Buzbee Pans Jay-Z's 'Astonishing' Sanctions Bid In Diddy Suit
• Hagens Berman Settles Suit Over Effexor Deal Atty Fees
• Feds Rip Atty For NYC Mayor Over Press Statements
• SEC Sues Silver Point Over Atty's Receipt Of Nonpublic Info
• Womble Bond Atty Held In Contempt For Unfixed Falsities
• Firm's Fee Battle With Pot Co. Could Turn On An Ellipsis
• Gunster $8.5M Data Breach Deal Needs More Info, Judge Says
• Indicted NH Justice Loses Bid To Toss Charges
• Giuliani Calls Sanctions Bid In Defamation Case 'Political'
• NJ Bar's Diversity Plan Isn't Biased, Panel Says
• Ga. Atty Disbarred For Battery Of Cop During DUI Stop
• NJ Atty Says RICO Case Only Alleges He Acted As Lawyer
• Beasley Allen Fights Bid To Recuse Judge In Talc Fee Suit
• Chicago Attorney Indicted On Immigration Fraud Charges
• Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Top North Carolina Cases Of 2024: Bias, Fraud And False Ads
• Top NJ Cases Of 2024: COVID Test Kits And Political Favors
• Fed. Circ. Seeks Denial Of Newman Bid To Unseal Documents
• Texas Firm Beats Arnold & Itkin DQ Bid In Hurricane Zeta MDL
• Judge Says Some Paraquat Plaintiffs Being Left In Dark
• VLSI Says PQA's Disclosure Fears Are Its Own Fault
• Another Dispute Over Michael Avenatti's Jet Flies Into Court
• 4th Circ. Says Temporary BIA Judges Can Be Reappointed
• The Spiciest Quotes Heard In Mass. Courts In 2024
• Ex-Knick Oakley Denies Scrapping Evidence In MSG Feud
• Rival Firms End $2M Client Poaching Suit
• Denmark Says $500M Recovered In Dividend Tax Fraud Suits
• Girardi's Allies See Fallen Champion; Victims See Deceiver
• Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
• Bain Capital Wants Out Of Bias Claims From Attorney
• New Jersey Power Broker Says RICO Case Isn't Fit For Jury
• The Year In Legal Ethics: AI, Judicial Scandal And More
• Calif. Judge Accused Of Misconduct With Former Secretary
• Fani Willis DQ'd From Trump's Georgia Prosecution
• Del. Justices Affirm Toss Of Co.'s Suit Against Gusrae Kaplan
• Girardi Gets Sentencing Delayed For Dementia Probe
• Calif. Panel Splits On Judge's 'Little Chinese Woman' Remark
• Pilgrim's Pride Gets Chicken Exit OK Under Contested Deal
• Funding Bill Takes In Broadband, Ticketing, Privacy
• Destroyed Docs Merit Harsher Sanctions, Mich. Panel Says
• Jay-Z, Quinn Emanuel Accused Of Paying Ex-Buzbee Clients
• Wash. AG Says Atty Forged Order To Block Client's Arrest
• DA Willis Tears Into Trump's Try At Ducking Election Case
• Atty Seeks Grievance Doc's Disclosure In Alleged Abuse Case
• Talc Law Firm Seeks Judge's DQ In Beasley Allen Suit
• Lowenstein Sandler Dispensary Fee Suit Must Fail, Court Told
• Hagens Berman Says Apple, Amazon Doc Demand Is Off Base
• Greenberg Traurig Faces DQ Bid In NJ Cosmetics Spat
• The Implications Of 2024's AI Rules And Regs For Patent Attys
• Lewis Brisbois Wins $543K In Fees In Name TM Spat In Texas
• CORRECTED: Ineligible Calif. Securities Atty Accused Of Tax Crimes
• Tubi Says Keller Postman Kept Its Clients In The Dark
• PQA Wants Members' Identities Kept From VLSI, Public
• Mass. Judge Apologizes For Slamming Alito Over Flags
• Biden Enacts Law Setting Exception To Some USPTO Fines
• Judge To Expedite Doc Decision In Atty's Voting Machine Case
• The Biggest Georgia Legal Developments Of 2024
• When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
• Apple Fights Epic's Atty Privilege Challenge Win Over Docs
• Perkins Coie Hit With DQ Bid In Face Recognition IP Dispute
• Ex-Reed Smith Atty Seeks To Appeal NJ Bias Damages Limit
• NYC Mayor Must Face Bribery Charge For Turkish Travel Perks
• NC Legal Advice Law Challenge Meets Early Demise
• Pa. Supreme Court Says Judge's Side Job Sinks Tax Rulings
• Colo. Atty Accused Of Poaching Seeks State Justices' Take
• Ex-Tenn. Law Firm Manager Accused Of $1.2M Embezzlement
• Circuit-By-Circuit Guide To 2024's Most Memorable Moments
• Menendez Prosecutors Say 'Chat Chains' Were Admitted In Error
• Medical Facility Or Prison? Judge Mulls Tom Girardi's Fate
• Alaska Plea Nixed Due To Ex-Judge's Sexts With Prosecutor
• NY Judge Denies Trump's 1st Immunity Dismissal Motion
• Boeing Says Records Loss Should Get 737 Max Suit Tossed
• Jay-Z Flags 'Glaring Inconsistencies' In Buzbee Rape Claims
• Blindsided Developer Says $112K Legal Bill Should Be $25K
• Atty Seeks To Escape Hurricane Ad Suit Against Texas Firm
• NJ Panel Tosses Contempt Sanctions Against Lawyer
• Battle Over Atty Speech Raises First Amendment Concerns
• Lin Wood Must Pay $2M To Ga. Court After Defamation Verdict
• Va. Commonwealth's Atty Wants Sanctions In FMLA Dispute
• Firm Tells Colo. Justices To Ignore Ex-Atty's Poaching Petition
• 3rd Circ. Nominee Decries 'Broken' Confirmation Process
• Calif. Fed. Judge Sued Over Fight That Broke Out At Party
• Apple Can't Drag Out Privilege Claims Re-Review, Judge Says
• Ill. Atty Likened Court To Nazi Germany, Faces Disbarment
• Prindle Goetz Says Attys Took Trade Secrets To Rival Firm
• Liner Co. Seeks PTAB Sanctions For Alleged False Testimony
• New Evidence Allows Doctor's Questioning In Zeta DQ Bid
• Virginia Judge Will Rethink Atty Award Amount In Bowling Suit
• Philly Atty Gets Harsher Discipline In NJ For Pill Mill Conviction
• Northwestern Law Prof. Flouted 'Abundantly Clear' Sanctions
• Calif. Justices Won't Undo Judge's Ouster Over Misconduct
• Holland & Knight Beats Malpractice Suit Over College Buy
• Fla. Woman Says PI Firm Botched Daughter's Death Suit
• Holland & Knight Faces DQ Bid In Ga. Spine Center 401(k) Suit
• Ex-Judges, Atty Group Back Newman In Suspension Lawsuit
• Trump Rips DA's 'Dark Dream' To Legally Treat Him As Dead
• What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
• BakerHostetler Can't Ditch RICO Claims In Bankruptcy Fight
• Boutique LA Firm Sues Rival Trying To Claim Fees In $10B Win
• Anti-Abortion Activists Say Clinic Pushed Bogus Hack Claim
• Keller Postman Sues Jenner & Block In Escalating Tubi Fight
• Pharma Co. Says Federal Court Must Weigh Atty Fee Bid
• Newman Gets Amicus Support At DC Circ. In Suspension Row
• Cooley Wins Bid To Arbitrate Fla. Malpractice Suit
• Lowenstein Sandler Looks To Keep Dispensary Fee Suit Alive
• NY Courts Defy Watchdog, Won't Release Judicial Ethics Data
• Saul Ewing Named In Wage Class Reps' Hidden-Asset Suit
• Jury Clears Blank Rome Attys In Malicious Suit Case
• Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• JUDGES Act Passes House But Biden Veto Looms
• Calif. Judge Admonished After Throwing Papers At Atty
• Ill. Atty Convicted Of Tax Fraud, Scripting Witness Testimony
• Embattled Texas Law Firm Heading To Mediation In Ch. 11
• How White Collar Defense Attys Can Use Summary Witnesses
• Class Action Co. Will Reform Biz Practices, DC AG Says
• Ga. Justices Disbar Atty For Abandoning Criminal Cases
• Pashman Stein Accused Of Threatening Firm In Fee Dispute
• After Veto Threat, Courts Warn Need For More Judges Urgent
• Del. Bar Urged To Push Back On Musk's Chancery Criticism
• Akerman Can't Escape Malpractice Suit Over Lease Dispute
• Ozy Media Ex-CEO's Atty Seeks More Time Or OK To Quit
• Connell Foley Faces DQ Bid In Investment Firm's Bias Suit
• Law Firm Must Share Files, Face Malpractice Claim, Suit Says
• 6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
• Paul Hastings Says Biz Waived Privilege On Malpractice Docs
• Arb. Award 'Unjust' Enough To Toss? Ga. Justices Ponder
• Jay-Z Says PI Atty Buzbee Has History Of False Diddy Claims
• McGrath Kavinoky Denied Arbitration With 'Bullied' Clients
• Tool Co. Fights Bid To DQ Law Firm In Whistleblower Case
• NC Law Firm, Insurer Drop Phishing Coverage Row
• BigLaw Firms Freed From Bankruptcy Judge Romance Suit
• SEC Says Xtreme Fighting CEO And GC Defrauded Investors
• NY DA Says Trump's 'President-Elect Immunity Does Not Exist'
• Ex-Judge Accused Of 'Abusive Relationship' With Prosecutor
• NJ Atty Hits Law Firm With Pregnancy Bias, Retaliation Suit
• Ex-Denver Juvenile Judge Censured For Drinking On The Job
• Ga. Justices Reject Bid To Overturn Judicial Election Win
• Diddy's Antagonist, Atty Buzbee, Accused Of Bilking Seaman
• Keller Postman Seeks To DQ Jenner & Block In Tubi Fight
• Ex-NJ Workers' Comp Judge Loses Appeal Over Removal
• PierFerd Dropped From Suit Over Atty's Alleged Double-Cross
• Atty Avoids Suspension For Threatening To Sue Associate
• Paralegal Defends Hawley Troxell Wage, Termination Claims
• Atty Recommended For Sanctions After 'Bad Faith' Filings
• Biden Threatens To Veto Bipartisan Effort To Add Judgeships
• Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
• Pro Se Giuliani Says 4 Attys Turned Him Down, Blames Judge
• Judge Newman Says Fed. Circ. Threatened Her To Seal Filings
• Akin Gump 'Totally Messed Up' With Texts, Vaxart Judge Says
• O'Melveny Faces DQ Effort In Hyundai TM Dispute
• Key House Dem Thinks Biden Will Veto Bill To Add Judges
• 5th Circ. Revives Yemeni Man's Bid To Recover Atty Payment
• 10th Circ. Affirms Nix Of Atty's Racing Expense Deductions
• 'Broke, Half-Blind, Incontinent' Girardi Tries To Avoid Prison
• Avenatti Can't Push Resentencing To June In Client Theft Case
• Xcel Can't Hide Evidence In Marshall Fire Suit, Attys Say
• Texas Firm Says Worker Stole Money For Family, 'Sugar Baby'
• Chicago Pol's Lies Enough To Keep Conviction, Feds Say
• Diddy Drama Pits Jay-Z, Quinn Emanuel Against Texas PI Firm
• 2nd Circ. Restores Challenge To Conn. Atty Anti-Racism Rule
• Seton Hall Whistleblower Case Confirmed For Hudson County
• Pullman & Comley Blames Tech CEO's Statements For Firing 
• Kline & Specter Wants Ex-Attorney's Suit In Arbitration
• Top 10 Legal Malpractice Defenses As Claims Tick Up
• Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
• Litigation Funding Firms Escape Hurricane Ad Suit
• Justices To Consider Easing Rules On Revising Habeas Petitions
• 11th Circ. Finds Last-Minute Evidence Was Correctly Barred
• Immigration Atty Tips For Avoiding Prosecution Under Trump
• Ga. Poll Workers Want 'Severe' Sanctions Against Giuliani
• House Poised To Take Up JUDGES Act As Some Dems Balk
• Patent Litigation Funders 'Fleeing' Del. Court, Study Says
• NY Judge Sanctioned For Ex Parte Convo In Divorce Case
• Ex-City Officials In California Cop To Cannabis Permit Bribes
• Atty Tells Jury She's 'Furious' Over Aircraft Co.'s Suit
• Wash. Judge Rips Attys' 'Expletive-Laden' Calls, 'Petty' Fights
• Mandelbaum Barrett Beats DQ Bid Appeal In Pharmacy Fight
• Fox Rothschild Can't Escape Malpractice Suit Over Land Row
• Firm Can't Strike Settlement Talks From Ex-Receptionist's Suit
• Fed. Circ. Backs $25K Sanction In Stun Device Design IP Suit
• The Malpractice Perils Of Elder Abuse Liability
• Conn. Panel Pares $150M From $1.44B Alex Jones Verdict
• Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
• Judge Newman Brings Fight To End Her Suspension To DC Circ.
• Apple To Appeal Epic's Atty-Client Privilege Challenge Win
• DOJ Is Eyeing Foreign Patent Litigation Funding, GAO Says
• Sanctioned VLSI Patent Challenger Must ID Members In Va.
• Basketball Fan's Race Bias Suit Tossed Over Delays
• Fed. Circ. Unlikely To Help Realtek Pursue ITC Sanctions
• Ex-Posner Staffer Asks Court To Allow Salary Suit To Proceed
• Plugging Gov't Leaks Is Challenging, But Not A Pipe Dream
• Colo. Panel Sides With Cannabis Atty In Former Client's Suit
• Lowenstein Sandler Suit Gets New NJ Judge After DQ Request
• Gossip, Not Pregnancy, Got Secretary Fired, Court Told In Ga.
• Combs Demands Court Inquiry Into Copied Jail Notes
• Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Smith Gambrell And Data Breach Victims Agree To Suit's End
• Small Mass. Law Firm Settles Ex-Client's Data Breach Case
• Keesal Young Sued Over Data Breach Affecting 316K People
• CORRECTED: No Error In RICO Dismissal, Softek Tells Court
• Live Nation Shields Legal Strategy Emails From DOJ Scrutiny
• $486M Djibouti Award Fight Settled In DC
• Gorsuch Exits Utah NEPA Suit Amid Flak Over Billionaire Ties
• Rep. Raskin's Judiciary Hopes Rise After Nadler Drops Out
• Alex Jones Atty Needs 30-Day Suspension, Ethics Boss Says
• Trump Asks Ga. Appeals Court To End Election Prosecution
• DeSantis Says Ousted Fla. Atty's Election Loss Dooms Case
• Ex-Trump Atty Chesebro Looks To Invalidate Ga. Plea Deal
• Atty Can't Go After Music Industry Vet's Son In Estate Spat
• Texas High Court Suggests Atty Discipline Case Is Too Old
• Foley & Lardner Gets Pro-Palestinian Atty's Suit Pared Down
• $4M Legal Mal Judgment Against Offit Kurman Erased
• NJ Atty Denies Harassment, Accuses Ex-Secretary Of Theft
• Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
• NC Panel Reverses Prior Ruling Reviving Atty Meddling Claim
• Coinbase Says It Won't Use Firms That Hire Crypto Enforcers
• Antitrust Judge Rips Apple's 'Meritless' Doc Privilege Claims
• Sanctions Stick Against Colorado Gear Seller And Its Attys
• Judge Mulls Whether DA Willis Must Comply With Subpoenas
• Trump Argues Immunity Extends To Local Prosecutions
• Pastor Wants Judge DQ'd Over Attorney Turnover Comment
• New Judges Include One Who Aided Puerto Rico Bondholders
• Fla. Court Urged To OK 'Offensive' $645K Deal In Firm's Ch. 11
• Blank Rome Beats Subpoenas Seeking Attys' Comp Info
• Tech Giants Seek Firm's Communications With Elusive Client
• Alex Jones Atty Seeks Leniency Over Sandy Hook 'Mistake'
• NJ Law Firm Fights Depo Sanctions In Crypto Scam Suit
• Thompson Coe Settles Defamation Suit From Former Firm Atty
• Rank-And-File DOJ Attorneys Will Keep Calm And Carry On
• Girardi Won't Get New Fraud Trial Despite Memory Claims
• Government Mole Faces Tough Cross From Madigan's Atty
• Judge OKs Fla. Law Firm's $229K Fee In Chiquita MDL
• Hagens Berman Sued For Slice Of Atty Fee From Effexor Deal
• California Supreme Court's Year In Review
• Lowenstein Sandler Seeks Judge DQ In Pot Dispensary Suit
• New Jersey Panel Upholds $140K Legal Fee In Divorce Case
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Faces Depo Over Settlement
• FedEx Wants To Sanction 'Cavalier' Attys Behind OT Litigation
• Couple Say Texas Law Firm Let Disbarred Atty Represent Them
• 'Malicious' Intent Testimony Nixed From Blank Rome Suit
• EB-5 Visa Scam Suit Against Fla. Immigration Atty Ends
• Fla. Judge Suspended For Pro-Cop Campaign Remarks
• Attorney Disbarred In NJ For Stealing $170K From Father
• Miss America CEO Files $500M Suit Alleging Bankruptcy Fraud
• Jackson Walker 'Extinguished' Privilege Over Judge Romance
• Atty Seeks DEA Communications On Rescheduling
• NJ Siblings Say Fox Rothschild Must Face Malpractice Suit
• What Lawyers Can Learn From High School AI Suit