Legal Ethics Archive » August, 2026

Legal Ethics - August, 2026

289 articles

• Valve's 15K Antitrust Arbitrations Will Stay On Ice, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Eye Drop Antitrust Suit Despite Dissent
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: NYT, J&J, Azerbaijan
• Calif. Bar Drops Disciplinary Action Against 4 DTLA Law Attys
• House Passes Bill To Curb Secret Prosecutor Orders
• Ex-Broncos Player Says Attys Flubbed Indecent Exposure Case
• Lindberg Can't Oust Special Master From Restitution Fight
• Ramey Wants Full Fed. Circ. To Reconsider $207K Sanctions
• Nuvo's $9.75M D&O Deal Ends US-Israel Bankruptcy Clash
• New Report Rings Alarm On Threats To Judicial Independence
• Meyer Unkovic Discovery Bid Partly Granted
• NJ Legal Malpractice Suit Revived Over Expert Rulings
• Law Firm's Calif. Claims Stayed Over AI Comms Co.'s NY Suit
• 6th Circ. Backs $450K Punitive Award For Mich. Farmworkers
• Insurer Spoliation Ruling Flags Continuing Duty To Preserve
• 'Kentucky Hammer' Pushes To Duck Antitrust Suit
• Smoke Shop Owners Say NY Tribe Can't Seek $662K In Fees
• 'Troubled' 7th Circ. Finds No Harm From Benesch Atty Conflict
• Texas AG Disqualified In Ivermectin Malpractice Suit
• Rachael Rollins Pitches Scandal As Asset In Comeback Bid
• Judge Says BlackRock Stake Doesn't Warrant IP Case Recusal
• Trump Denied New Bid To Federalize Hush Money Prosecution
• Mazda Driver Avoids Sanctions In Oil-Burning Defect Suit
• Ugg-Maker Beats Rival Footwear Co.'s Antitrust Suit, For Now
• DOJ Can't Get Rethink On Apple Peek Into Fed Phone-Buying
• ERC Filing Deadlines Raise Tax Adviser Liability Risk
• LGBCoin Defendant Says $75K Fee Bid In Suit Is Inflated
• Uber Beats Defamation Claims In Philly RICO Fight
• ABA Faces Uphill Battle To Remain As Law School Accreditor
• Womble Bond Asks To Drop Dutch Software Client Over Rift
• Dems Say DOJ Opinion Aims To Foil Oversight Of White House
• Taekwondo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Hospital Wants Saul Ewing Client To Stop Contacting Nurses
• Faegre Drinker And Investor Trade Blame Over Depo Delays
• NY Lawyer's Wage, Bias Suit Tossed Over Venue
• Eric Adams' Onetime Aide Says Feds' Bribery Rap Is Too Thin
• Tata Power Must Pay $640M Coal Award As Bias Claim Fails
• House Committee Wants DOL IG To Widen Info-Sharing Probe
• Judge Punts $9.9M Lien Fight In 'Take Care Of Maya' Row
• Mass Tort Firm Galindo Law Can Use Cash In Ch. 11
• Calif. Bill Curbing PE Role In Litigation Heads To Newsom
• Meta Judge Quickly OKs $17B Deal Over Social Media Harms
• Insurer Slams $2M Fee Request In Arbitrator Removal Bid
• Ex-Josh Cellars Exec Balks At Bid For Lit Funding Probe  
• Fla. Panel Lets Law Firm Appeal Bid For Doc's Income Files
• DOJ Flags Breach Of Internal Policies In Apple Suit
• Canva Loses Sanctions Bid Targeting Prolific Patent Lawyer
• Prosecutors Say Goldstein Must Stay Behind Bars
• Fla. Firm Must Face Fiduciary Breach Suit Over Property Deal
• Former Gov't Attys Back DOJ's Challenge To DC Ethics Bodies
• MyPillow CEO Lindell Appeals Smartmatic Sanctions Order
• Arizona Atty Reprimanded For Series Of AI Errors
• Pillsbury Settles Ex-Recruiting Director's Pregnancy Bias Suit
• 'News To Me': Instagram CEO Unaware Its Attys Deleted Data
• Legal Watchdog Lodges Bar Complaint Against Jeanine Pirro
• Airport Terminals Co. Wants DC Circ. To Revive Contracts Suit
• Tesla Can't Avoid Revival Of Home Fire Suit, Calif. Panel Says
• Colo. Judge Ships $8.3M Messner Reeves Fraud Suit To Utah
• Tort Report: Mass. Jury Delivers Record Amazon Crash Verdict
• Canadian Insurer Escapes Subpoena In NJ Malpractice Row
• Elite Schools Get 7th Circ. Appeal In Aid-Fixing Case
• Florida AG Slams Bar Complaint Against DHS Counsel
• NY Times Says EEOC Dragging Feet On Anti-White Bias Info
• Watchdog Wants NY Judge Ousted Over Retaliatory Suit
• Okla. Judge Keeps Malpractice Suit Over $92M Verdict Alive
• Judge Concerned About Misinformation In RealPage Case
• Calif. Judge OKs $2.25M Settlement In Crab Price-Fixing Suit
• 6th Circ. Says Judge Can't Escape Teen Mock Arrest Suit
• What To Know As Legal Duty To Consider AI Takes Shape
• AGs Want Meta's Privilege Claims Reviewed In Bellwether Trial
• Google Says Publishers Can't Get 'Fake Privilege' Discovery
• Attys Ask Court To Toss Suit Alleging They Stole 1,000 Cases
• Mich. Judge Lets Prosecutor's Retaliation, Bias Claim Proceed
• NY Ch. 7 Ruling Continues Cash Advance Recharacterization
• Philly Attys Sued Over Handling Of Amtrak Death Cases
• Firm Blames AAA Check Flub For Workers' Axed Arbitration
• Legal Center Says DOJ Is Stonewalling Fund Records Request
• Ga. Judge Counters Offer To Resolve Ethics Charges
• Vandy Law Grad Can Keep Hidden-Evidence Suit Against Attys
• Divided 2nd Circ. Backs DQ Of Acting NDNY US Attorney
• Law Firm Hit With NJ Claims For Alleged Debt Relief Scheme
• Hall Booth Fights Malpractice Discovery Amid Appeal
• Ex-Tenn. AUSA Charged With Federal-Official Murder Threats
• Fla. Attorney Fined, Referred To Bar For Unapologetic AI Use
• Wiley Data Breach Class Action Dropped As 2 Sides Confer
• Trump Says Pardon Atty Ed Martin Leaving For Midterms
• Gov't To Take 9th Circ.'s Bar Of Nev. US Atty To High Court
• Ga. Judge Admits 'Missteps' As She Answers Ethics Charges
• Judge's Job Bid Sinks Conn. Atty's Homicide Conviction
• Army Immunity Ends Defrauded Families' Malpractice Claims
• Uber Gets Greenlight On Most Fraud Claims Against LA Firms
• Jay-Z Appeals Buzbee Win In Rapper's Defamation Suit
• Meta Atty 'Absolutely Wrong' On Client Privilege, Judge Warns
• J&J Talc Unit Loses Libel Suit Over Flawed Cancer Study
• Podhurst, Ex-Client Take Malpractice Fight To Lion Air Judge
• TikTok's Ex-Legal Head Made Racist Comments, Suit Says
• Ticket Buyers Ask 2nd Circ. To Nix Live Nation Arbitration
• Colo. Lawyer Says Arbitration Bars Homebuilder's Theft Suit
• NC Justices Asked To Limit Bar's Reach Over Former Judges
• Texas Judge Avoids Recusal In Jerry Jones Sex Assault Case
• CREXi Drops 9th Circ. Challenge To Quinn Emanuel DQ
• Fidelity Says Deal Doesn't Bar $920K Atty Malpractice Claim
• Camp Mystic Fights Families' Bids To Remand Flooding Suits
• Disbarred Atty Can't Keep Alive Suit Against NJ Ethics Officials
• Mich. Panel Rejects $2.5M Malpractice Suit Over Bank Debt
• Eastman Among 16 Calif. Attys Disbarred In Q2 2026
• Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer
• Davis Wright Vets Scolded: Don't Tell Foes 'How To Run Firm'
• Convicted Ex-Atty Deserves Redemption, Pardoned Client Says
• Calif. Award Vacated After Arbitrator Attends Law Firm Event
• Pro-Business Foundation Backs J&J's Stelara Antitrust Win
• Polsinelli Can't Rep Doctor In 'Bad Faith' IP Suits, Cos. Say
• Sinema Says Brief Signal Chat Can't Anchor NC Affair Suit
• Ex-US Attys Protest Trump's Swift Firing Of Rogoff In Seattle
• Jackson Walker Says US Trustee Can't Claw Back Legal Fees
• Fed. Circ. Rejects Patent Marking Immunity For NPEs
• DOJ Urges Court Not To Dismiss Suit Against DC Bar
• Atty, Son Charged In Probe Of Alleged Penn State Drug Ring
• Over 120 Ex-Judges Demand Probe Of DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts
• Texas Judge Flags 'Alarming' Number Of Bogus Citations
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive Philly Atty's Conspiracy Suit
• Feds Accuse Comey Of Trying To 'Shortcircuit' '86 47' Case
• Ex-Client Takes Aim At Wilson Elser's 'Duplicative' Experts
• Insurer Says Ill. Law Firm Sent Settlement Funds To Scammer
• SCOTUSblog Founder Goldstein Seeks Release During Appeal
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Surviving A Long Trial
• Southwest's Religious Bias Memo To End Contempt Flap
• Snap Says Pixel Suit Refiled To Avoid Skeptical Calif. Judge
• Bot Errors Doom Expert's Credibility In Tainted-Supplement Suit
• Carbon Importer Accuses Law Firm Of Missing Key Deadline
• Publishers Target Google's 'Fake Privilege' In Ad Tech MDL
• CEO Says Ex-NJ AG Not Entitled To Immunity From Claims
• Quill & Arrow Says Ford Can't Rehash Lemon Law Fee Fights
• Nexo Sanctioned Over Purge Of Emails, Slack Messages
• Ex-Prosecutor Says DOJ Fired Her Over Abortion Protester Case
• PNC Bank Accused Of Enabling Ala. Lawyer's Alleged Theft
• White House Aims To Shield Advisers Behind Law Firm EOs
• 3 NY Injury Firms Get Uber's RICO Suit Tossed
• Ukraine Bank Says Arbitrator Issue In $1.1B Suit Is Overstated
• Miami Atty Says Judge's Defamation Suit Attacks Free Speech
• Atty Says Case Against 'Kentucky Hammer' Should Survive
• NYCBA Cautions Against Recording Nonclient Calls
• Personal Injury Plaintiff Can't Kick Judge Off Crash Case
• Chattah Can't Serve As Acting Nevada US Atty, 9th Circ. Says
• Morgan & Morgan Sues Fla. Bar Over Celebrity Ad Ban
• Suspended Pa. Atty Gets More Scrutiny In Investment Scheme
• 4th Circ. Says Waiver Applicants Aren't Shielded From ICE
• NC Gov. Nixes GOP Bill To Let Chief Justice Suspend Judges
• Simon & Simon Gets Some Loss Records In Uber, FedEx Suit
• MSG Beats Charles Oakley Assault Suit Over Knicks Ejection
• In First, 2nd Circ. Allows DNA Warrant Without Match Sample
• Chicago Deputy Corp. Counsel Accused Of Disability Bias
• NC Law Firm's 'Personal Goodwill' Not Marital Property
• Atty Hits Conn. Prosecutors With Pregnancy Bias Suit
• Tesla Faces Case-Ending Sanctions In Fla. Fatal Crash Suit
• Apple Says No To Rethink Of Fed Phone Buying Subpoena
• Texas Justices Pass On Atty's Bid To Undo Exxon Sanctions
• Lender Looks To Dodge Counterclaims In Cannabis Loan Row
• Immigration Judge Says Anti-DEI Bias Led To Her Ousting
• Ex-Under Armour Ally Wants Pause For Appeal Of Cut Claims
• Law Student's Race Bias Claim Survives In Kirk Discipline Suit
• Holland & Knight Taps Former Firm Atty For $1.2 Billion Suit
• Disbarred Fla. Atty Blames Firm For Lost $40M Ch. 11 Claim
• Holland & Knight Loses Bid To Escape GWG Fraud Suit
• Ex-Workers Want Firm Sanctioned For Unpaid Arbitration Fees
• Anti-DEI Group Asks FTC To Probe Law Fellowship Program
• Law Firm Says Insurer Burned Limits On Thin Defense
• Supreme Court's Apple App Store Pause Lifted After 24 Hours
• Customers Can't Depose Google, Apple CEOs, 9th Circ. Says
• Baker Botts Atty Cleared Of Defamation In Inventor's Suit
• J&J Says No To Reviving Stelara Case
• State Farm Attys Admit Filing Motions Full Of AI Hallucinations
• 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Tort Atty's $25M Extortion Conviction
• Fla. Law Firm Cost Bank's $134M BP Oil Spill Claim, Suit Says
• Glenmark Will Pay $15.3M To End Humana's Price-Fixing Claims
• Injury Firm Fined For Spray Chalk Sidewalk Ads In Hartford
• Simon & Simon Seeks Loss Records In Uber, FedEx Suit
• DOJ Fraud Division To Reach 500 Staffers This Month
• Davis Polk Sues Power Co. Ex-Clients Over $3.2M Fees
• NYC Bar Committee Calls For Nationwide AI Rules Framework
• Going To Hardcore Shows Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• $190K Or $1.9M? Goldstein, DOJ 'At Impasse' Over Forfeiture
• DC Court Says Firms' Fee Arbitration Pact Wasn't Coerced
• Texas Medical Board Says AG Can't Get In On Malpractice Suit
• UMich Law Professor's Pro Bono Work Not FOIA Fodder
• Apple Gets Brief Pause In App Store Case From High Court
• Miami Judge Says Rival's Trump Library Attack Defamed Her
• Women Sue Couple Over 'Rent-A-Womb' Surrogacy Scheme
• No Sanctions For Amazon In Suit Over Fatal Truck Crash
• DOJ Settlements Perceived As Flouting Litigation Norms
• Former Philly DA Attorney Accuses City Of Race, Age Bias
• BakerHostetler Faces Possible RICO Claim From Ex-Client
• Trump, DOJ Say Firing Seattle US Atty Was Within Their Rights
• Law Grad Says Hofstra Ignored Heart Attack Mid-Bar Exam
• Deal Reached In Class Action Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam
• Immigration Atty Seeks To Nix Ex-Clients' RICO Fraud Claims
• Atty Can't Represent His Securities Class Claims, Judge Says
• Goldstein Unveils Cooley Appeal Team
• 4th Circ. Sides With Outback In Contentious Injury Suit
• Meta Spoiled Evidence In Facebook Scam Ad Suit, Judge Says
• Calif. Subclass Added To Fox Rothschild Data Breach Suit
• 8th Circ. Rejects Claims Over Sheriff's Rape Kit Delay
• Ga. Justices Disbar Trio Of Attys In Ethics Cases
• Fox Rothschild Sidesteps NJ Crash Litigation Funding Suit
• LGBCoin Defendant Looks To DQ Judge From Contempt Case
• Missed Step Could Vex Ex-Duane Morris Client's Appeal
• DOJ Says Executive Privilege May Apply To Private Advisers
• 4 Tips For Using AI To Max Fee Awards In NY Lease Disputes
• Spa Fights 9th Circ.'s 'Swinging Dicks' Order At High Court
• Judge Lets Feds Drop Adani Fraud Counts But Rebukes DOJ
• Drugmakers Lose 2nd Bid To Appeal Ex-Prosecutor DQ Rebuff
• CREXi Can't Stay CoStar Case For Quinn Emanuel DQ Appeal
• Cannabis Clients Sue Atty Over Missed Deadline In $5.7M Suit
• Opioid Victims Say Firm Kept Too Much Of Purdue Payouts
• Tax Man Who Shaved Insurance Crook's Income Gets 2 Years
• No Evidence Of Bias In Dulles Bid Protest, Judge Says
• NYC Says Action Over Cop Misconduct Was Filed Too Late
• Conn. Justices Order New Murder Trial Over Cell Data Flub
• Google Is 'Last Bastion' Of Reviewers' Free Speech, Court Told
• Ill. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting PE Role In Legal Industry
• Balch & Bingham Wants Chrisleys' Malpractice Suit Dismissed
• Biz Owners Appeal Morgan Lewis Win In Tax Shelter Suit
• Miss. Judge Declines New Sanctions Over AI Citations
• Simon & Simon Can Shield Some Info In Uber, FedEx Suit
• Senate Confirms Todd Blanche To Be AG
• SPLC Bid To Get Charges Tossed As Vindictive Falls Short
• Judge Pans Atty's Effort To Sink Partnership's Tax Scam Suit
• Conn. $226K Atty Fund Seizure Holds Up At Appeals Court
• CoStar Fights CREXi Bid To Stay Suit Over Quinn Emanuel DQ
• Insurer Says Prior Claims Weren't Known, Must Be Defended
• Senator Considers Ethics Complaint Against 3rd Circ. Judge
• Lender Asks To Block NYC Development's Counsel Bid
• NJ Panel Says Arbitrators Don't Have To Disclose Remote Ties
• Summer's Last NYC Public Defender Strike Ends With Deal
• Key Senator Backs Blanche, Likely Securing AG Confirmation
• Texas Judge Wary Order Recusal In Jerry Jones Assault Case
• DA Says Appellate Insight Needed In Judge Recusal Battle
• Ex-Girardi Atty Gets Probation For Keeping Silent On Theft
• 6th Circ. Slashes 'Egregious' Fee Award In Tax-Taking Suit
• The Dramatic Moments Set To Shape Tom Goldstein's Appeal
• Financial Discovery Halted In Trump's Fla. Suit Against BBC
• Richards Layton Under Fire Amid Bid To Avoid AI Sanctions
• No Simpson Thacher Malpractice In PIPE Case, Jury Finds
• NC House OKs Unpaid Suspensions For Judges Under Inquiry
• Pa. Atty Gets 1-Year Suspension Over Mishandled Injury Case
• Camp Mystic Accused Of 'Forum Shopping' With Flooding Suit
• Being A Sommelier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Va. Judge Sinks General Dynamics' Fee Bid For No-Poach Suit
• New Mexico Says Blanche, DOJ Blocked Epstein Ranch Probe
• CREXi Wants 9th Circ. To Undo Quinn Emanuel CoStar Row DQ
• Trump Tries To Block BBC Access To Trust's Financial Docs
• Ill. Feds Fight Contempt Proceedings In ICE Protest Case
• Backing Penalty For 1st Misquote, Panel 'Stunned' By Another
• Convicted Tax-Offender Atty Rebuffed In Bid To Have Firearm
• NY Legal Aid Union Averts Strike After 4 Months Of Talks
• Conn. Atty To Fork Over $3,500 For AI Errors In Taco TM Beef
• Murdaugh Loses Jury Tampering Suit Against Ex-Court Clerk
• Simpson Thacher Witness Takes Aim At PIPE Stocks Claim
• Atty Scolded Over Bogus Cases In San Antonio School Fight
• McNees Wallace Botched Winery Land Dispute, Suit Says
• Insurers Seek $2M In Fees After Arbitrator Removal Bid Fails
• Ashurst Perkins, Nail Co. Lose Doc Bids In Malpractice Suit
• Fla. Court Rules In Favor Of LGBCoin Investors
• Day Pitney Dropped From Suit Over Ex-Justice's Involvement
• Fla. AG Requests Impeachment Probe Into 11th Circ. Judge
• Modivcare, White & Case Settle Ch. 11 Fee Dispute
• ABA Seeks Bar Exam Reform Following Tech Failures
• Simpson Thacher Highlights PIPE Client's Financial Troubles
• Mich. Judge Fines Atty $1K For 'Baseless' Ethics Accusation
• Ford Asks 9th Circ. To Revive Lemon Law Fake-Billing Suit
• Blanche Advances After GOP Sens. Win Written Assurances
• Fried Frank Data Breach Class Action Voluntarily Dismissed
• ABA Gives Symbolic Support For Law School DEI Standards
• Bronx Union Says Striking Atty Faced 'Impossible' Choice
• Lindberg Wants Special Master DQ'd Amid Restitution Fight
• Legal Questions Michigan Is Still Facing In 2026
• Canva Can't Get Sanctions Order Against Patent Atty
• Rabbi Faces Sanctions In Fontainebleau Defamation Suit
• Jackson Walker, Trustee Agree On $15M Romance Settlement
• ABA To Assess Aggressive BigLaw Campus Recruitment
• DOJ Renews Bid To Oust Susman From ABA Trump EO Case
• Disputes Continue, 1 Week Into NY Public Defender Strikes
• Judge Denies Bid To Oust Kirkland From Trade Secret Feud
• Simpson Thacher's PIPE Work Was 'Dogged,' Jury Told
• Conn. Atty Says Deal Bars Fidelity's $920K Malpractice Claim
• NJ Panel Revives Bank's Greenbaum Rowe Malpractice Suit
• Fla. Judge Faces Hearing Over Political Donation Penalty
• Conn. Justices Order Education For Atty Who Missed AI Flubs
• Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40