Legal Ethics Archive » May, 2025

Legal Ethics - May, 2025

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• 3M Says It'll Pay $285M To End Past, Future NJ PFAS Claims
• Missouri Hit With Sanctions In Generics Price-Fixing Fight
• DC Judge Grapples With Jurisdiction In ABA Grant Row
• Ex-Trump Attys Can't Dodge Jan. 6 In Ethics Case, Panel Told
• Colo. Justices Undo DA's DQ From Judicial Stalking Case
• Wyo. Atty Asks To Scrap Widow's Suit Over Millions In Assets
• BigLaw Student Fellowship Faces Discrimination Charge
• Cadwalader Drops Data Breach Coverage Suit Against Lloyd's
• Attys Face Sanctions Motion Over Combs Assault Suit
• Texas Judge Suspended Over Vote Harvesting Indictment
• Ex-California Court Commissioner Scolded For Texting Parties
• Police Can't Axe Game Co. Subpoena In Eckert Seamans Fight
• Bradley Arant Faces DQ Bid In Georgia Mall Rent Dispute
• Lowenstein Wins Bid To Combine Dispensary Suits In NJ
• MSG Blames Microsoft Glitch For Missing Emails In Court
• Texas Justices Say Nursing Home Can Appeal $7.1M Verdict
• Fla. Judge Facing Ethics Charges For Sharing Fake Recording
• Diddy Wasn't Targeted Due To His Race, NY Judge Rules
• FTC Says Amazon Hid Doc Calling Bezos 'Dark Arts Officer'
• IP Atty Referred To Disciplinary Panel For Paralegal's Error
• Pa. Top Court Snapshot: Cap & Trade, Prosecutor Power
• Feds Rebut Disclosure Delay Claims In Crypto Mixer Case
• Calif. Bar Seeks Provisional Licenses And More For Exam Snafu
• Motive Pushes Back At New-Trial Bid In Fleet Monitoring IP Fight
• Florida Atty Loses Law School Loan Appeal In Connecticut
• Denver Injury Firm Sued Over Losses In Car Accident Suit
• Souter's Clerks Remember Him As Humble, Kind And Caring
• AG Fights Ex-Immigration Judge's Disability Bias Claim In Fla.
• More BigLaw Partners Back Jenner & Block In EO Suit
• Law Firms Sued For Malpractice In NJ Over Ice Cream Venture
• Lucosky Brookman Faces Malpractice Suit Over NYC Site Sale
• Chicago Firm Converted $500K Owed To Creditor, Suit Says
• Hiker And 'Raconteur': Atty Recalls 50-Year Bond With Souter
• Shutts & Bowen Eyes Sanctions Over Country Club Sale Suit
• Split Texas High Court Nixes Barratry Claims Against Attys
• A Look At David Souter's Most Significant Opinions
• NJ Panel Nixes Debt Adjustment Law's Limited Atty Exemption
• Justice Souter Was An Unexpected Force Of Moderation
• Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies At 85
• 5th Circ. Wipes Out Southwest Attys' Religious Training Order
• Pa. Judge Gives Final OK To $1.1M Inquirer Data Breach Deal
• Ramey IP Atty Likely To Get Sanctioned Over Netflix Doc Swap
• Judge Seems To Favor Susman Godfrey In Trump Challenge
• Dentons Europe, Houston Co. To Settle $4.7M Fee Dispute
• Musk Objects To New Job For SEC's Former Litigation Chief
• Apple Asks 9th Circ. To Pause New App Store Injunction
• Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
• Ga. Atty Wins Appeal In 'Too Broadly' Applied Fees Ruling
• Fla. Judge To Get Reprimand For Calling Attorney An 'Ass'
• Fla. Judge Suspended For Spreading Campaign Gossip
• ABA Defends Free Speech In Response To DOJ's Grant Cutoff
• Convicted Atty In Embassy Attack Seeks To Avoid Restitution
• Miami Atty Disbarred Over Insistence Of Foreclosure Fraud
• Pa. Jury Awards $165K To Teachers In Equal Pay Suit
• Jury Says Firm Owes Ex-HR Exec $3.27M In Retaliation Case
• Trump Replaces Martin With Pirro As US Atty Pick
• Critics Warn Tenn. Middle District Rule Could 'Chill' Speech
• Girardi Hospitalized Ahead Of Mental Evaluation Hearing
• 9th Circ. Judge Suggests Sidelining Peers To Curb Injunctions
• Perkins Coie's DQ Applies To MoFo Co-Counsel, IP Judge Told
• Bergdahl Asks DC Circ. To Uphold Conviction Toss
• Judge Warns Feds Impending Libya Flights Would Defy Order
• Zurich Wants Midtrial Win In Fluor $300M Bad-Faith Case
• Girardi Keese Ex-CFO Will Cop To Client Theft In Chicago
• Politics, Tech Issues Top Concerns At Chicago Risk Event
• NY Eyes Injunction Against Feds In Congestion Price Fight
• AWOL Plaintiff Dropped From Apple, Amazon Antitrust Case
• Ga. Atty Gives Up License After Using Client Funds
• LA Firm Sues Fisher Phillips Over 'Ridiculous' SLAPP Suit
• Developer Fights NJ Power Broker's Bid To Nix Civil RICO Suit
• NJ Justices Deem Town Liable For Frivolous Lawsuits
• Mich. Justices May Avoid Double Jeopardy In Contempt Case
• Feds Seek 13 Years In Avenatti's California Resentencing
• Florida Judge In Ethics Case Defends Remarks As 'Dad Jokes'
• Texas Judge Among 6 Indicted For Alleged Vote Harvesting
• Baking Co. Says Trade Secret Sanctions Bid Is Undercooked
• Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
• Apple Seeks Sanctions Against Winston & Strawn In App Suit
• Reed Smith Must Turn Over Docs In $102M Fraud Fight
• 4th Circ. Affirms Win For Ariz. Law Firm In 'Sham' TCPA Suit
• Russia Loses DQ Bid In Ukraine Case Over Arbitrator's Tweet
• Moye White Lease Default Left 'Shock', 'Uncertainty,' Co. Says
• Judge Warns He Wants 'Candor' In Free-Speech Removal Suit
• Sen. Judiciary Panel Clouds Prospects For DC US Atty Pick
• Jay-Z Claims Atty Buzbee's Conspiracy Extends To NY Lawyer
• McCarter & English Pushes To End Ex-Atty's Firing Suit
• Firms Beat Malpractice Suit Over Chicken Plant Pollution
• Convicted Atty Among Pair Disbarred By Ga. Supreme Court
• Atty's Derisive Comments Warrant New Trial, NJ Panel Says
• Relatives Shut Out Of Funds From BigLaw Atty's Slain Wife
• Ex-Conrail CEO Says Saul Ewing Malpractice Suit Timely
• Alex Jones' Atty Seeks Discipline Pause In Sandy Hook Leak
• Approach The Bench: Judge Robinson On Workplace Conduct
• Top 3 Litigation Finance Deal-Killers, And How To Avoid Them
• Temu Says IP Atty Lied To Bag Settlements For Clients
• Ex-OneTaste Leaders Face Trial On Forced Labor Charges
• Calif. Bar Sues Administrator Over February Exam 'Chaos'
• Calif. Atty Gets 21 Months In Prison For $8.8M Investor Scam
• Susman Godfrey Urges Court To Follow Perkins Coie EO Win
• Traxcell Fights $500K Atty Fee Owed To Verizon At Fed. Circ.
• PTAB Judge Wins $125K For Whistleblowing Retaliation
• Kirkland And Other Law Firms Explain Deals With Trump
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: Palin, Fox, Crime Podcasters
• 7th Circ. Judge Slams University's Args In En Banc Denial
• Critical Deadline For Interim DC US Attorney Ed Martin Nears
• Pa. District Paid Female Teachers Thousands Less, Jury Told
• 7th Circ. Affirms Funder's Loss In Fraud Suit Against Law Firm
• Ex-Seton Hall President Asks To Add Conspiracy Claim To Suit
• Shutts & Bowen Takes Aim At Malpractice Suit Over Club Sale
• Calif. Justices Adjust Bar Exam Passing Score Amid Turmoil
• How Attys Can Use A Therapy Model To Help Triggered Clients
• Morgan & Morgan Pushes To Arbitrate Malpractice Claims
• Justice Dept. Seeks To Nix ABA Suit Over Terminated Grants
• Agri Stats Wants Judge Recused From DOJ Case
• Veterans Look To Bar Firm's Contacts With Potential Class
• Justices Skip Recusal Case Over Fitbit Judge's Google Ties
• Judge Axes Trump's Perkins Order With Shakespearean Flourish
• Omnitracs Alleges Religious Bias In IP Trial Tainted Outcome
• Plaintiffs Seek Redo Over Sterilization Co.'s Trial Tactics
• NY Officials Say Feds' Memo In Filing Mishap Is Fair Game
• Cannabis Drink Co. Accuses Stoel Rives Attorneys Of Fraud
• A Look At Trump's Pick For The 6th Circuit
• Third-Party Funding Transparency Is Key In Patent Suits
• FIFA Seeks Fees After Citation Mistakes In Antitrust Case
• JC Penney Says Emails Show Jackson Walker Hid Romance
• Connecticut Firm Can't Reargue Ruling In Lawsuit Over Scam
• NJ Atty Fights 'Over Punitive' DQ Ruling In Biz Dispute
• Houston Atty Can't Beat Sanctions In Hospital Firing Suit
• Ex-Aide Hits Morgan & Morgan With Disability, Age Bias Suit
• Convicted Ex-Sacks Weston Atty Gets Early End To Probation
• 3rd Circ. Says County Judges Need Notice To Pull Probation
• Ex-Litigator, Wilson Elser Plan To Drop Bias Suit
• Colorado Investor, Ex-Counsel Trade Blows In Malpractice Suit
• DC US Atty Pick Vows To Take On Judicial Threats
• 3 Steps For In-House Counsel To Assess Litigation Claims
• New Bill Holds Judges Accountable Even After They Retire
• Claims Against Attys In $2.6B Casino Merger Row Get Tossed
• GOP Seeks To Stop 'Frivolous Lawsuits' With Reconciliation
• Okla. DAs Say Tribes Can't Overrule State Court Opinion
• Ex-Exec's Claims Against Dechert Still No Good, 2nd Circ. Told
• Fla. Justices Call For Suspension Of Judge In Ethics Case
• Drew Eckl Digs In To Force Breakaway Firm's Arbitration
• Colo. Judge Resigns Amid Allegations Over Misuse Of Bench
• Paul Hastings, GenapSys Settle Calif. Legal Malpractice Suit
• 20 Former Federal Judges Launch Group To Defend Judiciary
• Florida Ethics Panel Wants Judge Booted Over Campaign Talk
• McCarter & English Fights Ex-Client's $1M Fee Reduction Bid
• 5th Circ. Keeps NFL Pension Plan's Atty Fee Appeal Afloat
• Landscaping Co. Must Face Trial In Unpaid OT Suit
• Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Apple Defied App Store Injunction For Revenue, Judge Says