Legal Ethics Archive » June, 2025

Legal Ethics - June, 2025

153 articles

• 'I Want Names': YouTube Attys' MDL Redactions Face Scrutiny
• Turkey Buyers Fight Burford Units' Objection To Cargill Deal
• Charter Flight Co. Sanctioned In 'Hot Start' Damage Suit
• 'Bad Faith': Valve Accused Of Thwarting Arbitration It Sought
• Attacks On Judicial Independence Tend To Manifest In 3 Ways
• Judge Hints Signature Is Evidence Staffer Waived Jury Trial
• Avenatti Sheds 3 Years After 9th Circ. Orders Resentencing
• Reed Smith Pushes For 2nd Circ. Stay In $102M Award Fight
• Mass. Judge, On Stand, Denies Helping Immigrant Evade ICE
• Google Fights MDL Plaintiffs' Sanctions Bid Over Lost Chats
• Judge Won't Disqualify Attys In AmeriMark Control Dispute
• Ga. PI Firm Says 'Distasteful' Practices Aren't Court's Concern
• Ex-Judges Urge High Court To Protect Right To Counsel
• DOJ Says Newsom Can't Ask Court To Halt Guard Deployment
• 11th Circ. OK's Probationer's Malicious Prosecution Suit
• DC Attys Say They Had Small Role In 2020 Mich. Election Suit
• DOJ Legal Policy Chief, Adviser On Judge Selections, Resigns
• Iraq Sanctioned After Ignoring Order In $120M Award Suit
• Queens Defenders Ex-Director Charged With Embezzling
• Attys For Disney Streaming Customers Vie To Lead Settlement
• Uber Says Fla. Firm, Drivers Staged Wrecks For Profit
• Houston Atty Says Rival's Client Files Aren't Trade Secrets
• Atty Wants 6th Circ. To Vacate Tenn. 'Gag Order' Rule Decision
• JC Penney Blasts Jackson Walker Bid To Escape Fee Dispute
• Trump Presses 2nd Circ. To Federalize Hush Money Appeal
• Insurer Says Law Firm Mishandled Pesticide Exposure Suit
• J&J's Beasley Allen DQ Bid Based On 'Innuendo,' Court Told
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Appreciating Civil Procedure
• Judiciary Panel Advances New Rules On Amici, AI, Subpoenas
• Vertex Says Tax Software Rival Purposely Destroyed Evidence
• House Conservatives Push Senate To 'Rein In' Judges
• GM To Drop 'Cockamamie' Fiat Foreign Account Claims
• Wash. Justices Unsure About State Bar's Atty Suspension Bid
• Farella Braun Wins Partial Fee Award In FDIC Dispute
• Willkie Partner Wants To 'Chill' Media Contact, Conn. Atty Says
• 3rd Circ. Upholds NFL Case Findings On Censured Atty
• Calif. Bar Exam Fiasco Shows Why Attys Must Disclose AI Use
• Clerk's Role Means Antitrust Judge Must Recuse, Court Told
• Fla. Atty Faces NY, Conn. Discipline For Client Theft Charges
• Ex-GC Accused Of Stealing IP Amid Ownership Stake Dispute
• Spoliation Of Evidence Is A Risky And Shortsighted Strategy
• Judge Warns Attys Over Candor In Grubhub-Kroger TM Row
• Ex-Conn. Attorney Sues AG Bondi To Restore Gun Rights
• Wis. Judge Can't Wield Immunity For Obstructing ICE, DOJ Says
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dechert's Victory Over Hacking Suit
• COVID Funds Bribery Scheme Gets Ex-Calif. Official 5 Years
• Judge Denies Obstructing ICE As Disciplinary Hearing Begins
• 'No Question' DuPont Polluted Delaware River, NJ Court Told
• Madigan Denied Acquittal, New Trial Ahead Of Sentencing
• FEMA Dodges Atty's Bias And Retaliation Suit, For Now
• Ga. Judge Argues Ethics Charges Are 'Irreparably Tainted'
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Doc's Power Of Atty Deal In Patient ERISA Suit
• NJ Bar Pushes To Keep Limit On Nonclient Malpractice Claims
• 5th Amendment Can't Shield Ex-Exec, Drugmakers Argue
• Fitch Even's Ex-IP Client Wants Firm's Patent Suit Tossed
• Alibaba Wants Patent Suit Axed Over Atty's 'Extreme' Conduct
• In 2nd Place, Va. 'Rocket Docket' Remains Old Reliable
• Boies Schiller Faces DQ Bid In Law Firms' Battle In Florida
• Pro Bono Civil Counsel Not A Guarantee, 7th Circ. Rules
• Pa. Firm, Insurer End Suit Over Legal Malpractice Coverage
• Feds Can Sell Russian Oligarch's Seized $230M Superyacht
• Fla. Bar Rejects Ethics Probe Of Bondi While She's In Office
• Nadine Menendez Says Counsel Shake-Up Erases Conviction
• Willkie Atty's Ex-Landlord Says NY Post Leak Wasn't His Idea
• Stewart Says PTAB Should 'Never' Cancel IP As A Sanction
• Teachers Want $218K In Costs After Pay Bias Trial Win
• Ex-Wells Fargo Atty Wins Arbitration Bid In Trade Secrets Suit
• Flaws Remain In Bar Fitness Queries, Summit Panelists Say
• Calif. Bar Hires Investigator To Review Exam Snafu
• NJ Firm Says It Has No Business Being Sued In Louisiana
• Texas Justices Say 'Reciprocal' Discipline Is Time-Limited
• How Attorneys Can Become Change Agents For Racial Equity
• Firm Fights Bid To Remand Florida Whistleblower Suit
• Litigation Funder Can't Stop Attys' Texas Fee Fight Remand
• 5 Takeaways From DOJ's Media Compulsory Process Rules
• Calif. Panel Remands Fee Claims Over Evidence Exclusion
• Fox Rothschild Settles Suit Over $3M Real Estate Deal
• Med Mal Juror Misconduct Claim Won't Mean New Trial
• Ex-Atty Says IRS Suit Over Property Sale Tactic Is Retaliatory
• Paralegal Gets Firm's Extortion Counterclaim Nixed
• Dems, GOP Question Contempt Section Of Reconciliation Bill
• Fla. Justices Set New Atty Suspension Rule For Felony Cases
• Judge Rejects DC Bid To Toss Black Atty's Bias Suit
• Sills Cummis Slams 'Woefully Inadequate' Docs In Fees Suit
• Girardi's Son-In-Law Admits Contempt In Illinois Theft Case
• Convicted Fla. Atty Urges 11th Circ. To Reexamine Sentence
• Conn. Atty Seeks Digital Data To Unmask Alleged ID Thief
• Foley & Lardner Says Palestine Support Didn't Doom Job Offer
• Atty Coalition Asks Fla. Bar To Open Ethics Probe Into Bondi
• Senate Panel Advances Picks For Nat. Sec. Post, Iowa US Atty
• Ga. Law Firm, Insurer Settle Over $6.4M Hotel Injury Case
• Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Bernstein Litowitz Can Hire Ex-SEC Atty Over Musk Objection
• Apple Loses Bid To Pause App Store Order Amid Appeal
• Skadden Foundation Chief Exits, Urging Pro Bono 'Courage'
• High Court Told 'Categorical' Right To Counsel Must Persist
• Fed. Circ. Pushes Back As Ramey Fights Fee Award To Google
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: TikTok Tussle And Merger Melee
• FIFA Slams Atty's Bid To 'Circumvent' DQ In Puerto Rico Case
• Ill. Atty Faces 1 Year Suspension, Left Watchdog 'Baffled'
• FTC Fights Attys Who Want State Bar Input On Ethics Worries
• Last Defendant In 'Shell Factory' Scheme Gets 1½ Yrs
• Pa. Firm Defends Informal Biz Arrangement In Coverage Bid
• Ex-Ga. Strip Club Workers Slam Bid To DQ Attys In Wage Suit
• SEC Says Accountant Errors Don't Doom Crowdfunding Case
• NJ Judge Suspended Over Pro-Police 'Likes' On Facebook
• Judge Won't Block Amazon From Talking To Depo Witnesses
• NJ Mayor Expands False Arrest Suit Against US Atty
• Conn. Attorney Failed To Split $165K Fee, Watchdog Says
• MoFo Can't Escape Perkins Coie's 'Taint' In IP Suit, Court Told
• Orlando Says $1 Typo Cost It Win In Workers' Unpaid OT Suit
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Supporting A Trial Team
• Ga. Judge Can't Escape Ethics Charges, Panel Told
• Foes Urge Court To Assume Google Hid Evidence
• Valve Patent Troll Case Paused Over Legal Fee Dispute
• Consumers Defend Amending Apple, Amazon Antitrust Case
• Judge Blocks Foreign Enforcement In $102M Award Fight
• Conn. Real Estate Execs Say Investors Weaponized Courts
• State Farm, Inventor Agree To End Driver Tech Patent Feud
• License Lapse Gets Atty Suing NFL's Cardinals Suspended
• Groups Ask California Bar To Discipline Google's Kent Walker
• Sanctions Bid Over Bribe Claims 'Short On Proof,' Judge Says
• Indicted Judge Seeks Info On His 'Disgruntled' Ex-Workers
• Mich. High Court To Weigh Warrantless DNA Testing Legality
• NJ Fights Investment Fund's Push To DQ Connell Foley
• Ex-Bank GC Can Easily Pay $2.5M Fraud Restitution, Feds Say
• 'Frivolous' Defamation Suit From Diddy Security Guard Tossed
• Conn. Judge Narrows McCarter's Defenses In $22M Loan Suit
• Butler Snow Calls Bogus AI Citations An 'Isolated Event'
• Estate, Lawyer And Law Firm Clash Over Malpractice Liability
• Tom Girardi Sentenced To Over 7 Years For $15M Client Fraud
• The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms
• Text To Sanctions Trial Witness Just An 'Error,' Judge Agrees
• Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
• Jenner & Block Ruling 'Meant What It Said,' Judge Tells Feds
• Fla. Sanitizer Co. Faces Penalties Over Fake AI Legal Citations
• Ga. Panel Urged To Back $17M Honda Seatbelt Verdict
• Forced Litigation Funding Disclosure Threatens Patent Rights
• Girardi's Dropped Pants Don't Sway Judge From Sentencing
• Judge Finds Exec Sought To Dodge Chicago Hotel Fraud Order
• Jackson Walker, US Trustee Agree To Mediator In Fees Case
• Third Round Of Fixes Sought In Botched Calif. Bar Exam
• Feds Want 12½ Years For Ex-Ill. Speaker Convicted Of Bribery
• Ga. Appeals Court To Review Arbitration Of Firm Fee Fight
• Judicial Clerk Boycott May Be Unethical, Circ. Judge Says
• Retired Judges Call Wis. Judge's Prosecution 'Dangerous'
• J&J Again Seeks To Block Beasley Allen In NJ Talc Litigation
• Womble Bond Atty Asks 4th Circ. To Undo Contempt Order
• MSG Tries Again To Have Ex-Knick's Assault Suit Tossed
• Union Loses Atty DQ Bid In NJ Wrongful Termination Dispute
• The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References
• Immunity Shields Mich. AG From Flint Water Prosecution Suit
• Schumer Pledges To Fight GOP's Limits On Court Power