Legal Ethics Archive » September, 2026

Legal Ethics - September, 2026

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• Valve Order Allows 15K Antitrust Arbitrations To Be Closed
• Defamation Litigation Roundup: Candace Owens, Firm DQ
• Baker Donelson Gets 2nd Chance To Toss Malpractice Suit
• Email Feud Tied To Brothers' Cannabis Venture Heads To Trial
• Tort Report: Uber Owes $40M In Abandoned Rider Death Case
• Ga. Judge Must Justify No Sanctions In Alice-Doomed IP Case
• Ill. Judge To Hear Fight Over Prosecutor Contempt Probe
• NY DA: Construction Exec Offered 'Quid Pro Quo' To Atty
• Biz Groups Urge 5th Circ. To Back Texas Derivative-Suits Limit
• DOJ Accuses Judges Of Ethics Violations With Press Remarks
• DOJ Atty Picked For Judgeship Probed On Fulton County Raid
• Mid-Atlantic Law Firm Hit With Data Breach Class Action
• Texas AG Says ABA Stifling Law School Competition
• Sen. Blackburn Sues Smith For Seizing Phone Records
• AI Meeting Recaps Pose New Discovery And Privilege Risks
• Cigna, Fla. Atty Resolve $21M Claim In Ch. 7 Case
• Geico Call Class Sunk After Plaintiff Tosses Phone In River
• Tommy's Boats Owner Says Atty Error Led To $65M Judgment
• NY, Florida, Mass. Bar Officials Duck Disbarred Atty Suit
• Summer Vacation Rules Save Texas Slip-And-Fall Suit
• DC Circ. Weighs Limits On Boasberg's Contempt Inquiry
• Ga. Judge Flags Suspected AI Misuse In Pipe Coverage Row
• NY Court Officials Must Disclose Secret Guidance To Judges
• NJ Panel Questions Atty's Authority In $600K Injury Settlement
• NJ Atty Can Pursue Defamation Suit Over Social Media Posts
• Embattled Ga. Judge Looks To Oust JQC Panel Member
• Baker Botts Atty Disputes Inventor's Claim Of Defamation Deal
• Philly Plaintiffs' Firm Says Uber Can't Support RICO Claims
• 11th Circ. Won't Pause Sanctions Against Trump In IRS Case
• Prosecutor's CLE Records Blocked In Death Penalty Case
• Agtech Biz Founder Loses Chancery Judge Recusal Bid
• Calif. Attys Face New Penalties For Paying To Recruit Clients
• Alito Makes Last-Minute Recusal From Colo. Climate Case
• Netflix Gets Atty Fees From Ramey For 'Bad Faith' Conduct
• WordPress Parent Ducks Extortion But Not Antitrust Claims
• Law Firm Seeks Exit From Carbon Capture Ponzi Suit
• Katerra Inks Deal Clawing Back $560K In Jackson Walker Fees
• SilverRock Trustee Dismissed Over Ch. 11 Fund Transfers
• DOJ Fraud Memo Highlights Trade Enforcement Playbook
• Jay-Z Accuser Recants Rape Claim In Rapper's Buzbee Fight
• SEC Says Mich. Atty Tipped Family About Pharma Co. Merger
• A2J At The High Court: Gun Bans, Voting And Civil Remedies
• AI Mishap Has Judge Questioning 'Our Collective Character'
• Domino Foods Fights Paul Weiss DQ Bid In Price-Fixing MDL
• Possible Trial In Comey's '86 47' Case Delayed To 2027
• Mass. Man Can Try To Undo Plea Over DA Misstatements
• Calif. Justices Name New Top Judge For State Bar Court
• Tarter Krinsky Faces Suit After Disclosing Data Breach
• Duane Morris To Settle Employee's Tax Withholding Claim
• Game Publishers Eye Doc Request In Valve Antitrust Case
• Split Texas Court Finds Counsel Failures In Fatal Crash Case
• Seyfarth Failed To Guard Client Data From Hack, Suit Alleges
• Feds Fight Bid To DQ Top LA Prosecutor After 9th Circ. Ruling
• Fla. Judge Seeks Journo Docs In Death Penalty Ethics Case
• Ex-Ill. Prosecutor Wants In On ICE Protest Sanctions Fight
• Court Urged To Trim TM Claim From Fake Google Charger Suit
• 4 Tips On Expert Gatekeeping From J&J Talc Deal
• Fla. Surgeon Found Guilty Of Killing Atty Who Went Missing
• Western Pa. Attorney Accused Of Stealing From Client
• Fla. Judge To Get Reprimand For Remark On Shooting Attys
• Sen. Hyde-Smith's Opponent Seeks Blue-Slip Transparency
• Playing Bid Whist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ed. Dept. Committee Sidesteps ABA Accreditation Issue
• NOLA Law Firm Withheld Fees From Settlements, Atty Says
• Goldstein Not Leaving Prison Any Time Soon, 4th Circ. Rules
• Newman's Roadblocks Guide Judicial Conduct Reform Bill
• 'I'm Tired Of This': Judge Scolds Atty In Romantasy Suit
• DOJ Partially Backs Apple In Epic High Court Contempt Case
• Attorneys Say Unpaid Sanction No Basis To End Antitrust Suit
• Legal Groups Back Firm In NC High Court Malpractice Appeal
• Fed. Panel At Standstill Over ABA Law School Accreditor Role
• NM County Faces Sanctions Over Protected Disclosures
• Judge Rejects $2.5M Fees For Opt-Out Attys In Chevy Case
• Calif. Bill Goes Too Far In Trying To Regulate Attorney AI Use
• Tarter Krinsky Data Breach May Have Affected Health Info
• Meta Flaunts 'Abuse' Of Atty-Client Privilege, Judge Told
• Panel Hints Hill Wallack May Face Revived Malpractice Suit
• Atty Urges 4th Circ. To Reverse Liability For Client's Taxes
• Ga. Justices Mull Reviving Injury Firm Client Solicitation Suit
• Ga. Justices Say Missed Deadline Warrants Atty's Suspension
• Fla. Justices Seek No-Pay Discipline In Judge's Ethics Case
• Split Ga. High Court Dismisses Former Judge's Ethics Cases
• NJ Prosecutor's Office Claims Immunity In Video-Sharing Case
• Law Firm Says Illinois Tollway Owes Limo-Crash Defense Fees
• Womble Bond Can't Quit Dutch Client With TM Trial Looming
• NJ Justices Take On Atty DQ In Injury Cases After J&J Ruling
• Judge Sinks Patent Judgments Against Chilisin In Cyntec Suit
• Mich. Fed. Judge On 1-Year Leave Over Drunken Driving Case
• Tesla Atty Misled Witness Days Before Bias Trial, Judge Hears
• Costco Says It Didn't Say 'Zero Heavy Metals' In Protein Powder
• Ex-Prosecutor Escapes Jan. 6 Atty's Defamation Suit
• Sinema Denies Tryst With Ex-Guard Began During Marriage
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• IRS Properly Nixed Tax Deals, Couple Owe $1.8M, Judge Says
• $1.35M Class Deal Reached Over Botched Calif. Bar Exam
• Greenberg Traurig Hit With Action Over Client Data Breach
• Combs' Attys Call Him 'Difficult' In Bid To Exit Rape Suit
• Ex-NJ AG Platkin Says Suit Over RICO Case Still Falls Short
• New Calif. Law Bars Legal Funders From Influencing Litigation
• Ex-DOJ Chief Lambastes 'Abuses Of Power' In Goldstein Case
• Maurene Comey Says DOJ's Firing Justification Is Off Base
• Texas Oil Exec Asks 5th Circ. To Ax 'Lopsided' $210M Verdict
• Judge Questions Whether 'Lawfare' Fund Fight Is Really Moot
• Ex-Animal Rescue Dir. Owes $975K In TM Feud, Judge Says
• Fla. Firm Looks To Dodge Bank's DQ Bid In Trade Secrets Suit
• Patent Atty Can't Stop His USPTO Discipline Case
• Fontainebleau Wins Case-Ending Sanctions In Rabbi Fight
• Ex-Wis. Judge Keeps License Amid ICE Conviction Appeal
• Reed Smith Defends Docs Production In Ex-Atty's Bias Suit
• Carlton Fields Can Fight For Fees In Miss America Case
• AI Flubs, More Secure PACER Get Judiciary Forum Spotlight
• Immigration Attorney Wants SEC Sanctioned In EB-5 Case
• $107M Union Carbide Asbestos Verdict Won't Be Revived
• Ex-Conn. Utility Regulator Defends Appeal Of FOIA Fine
• Weaponization Fund Plaintiffs Say Discovery Ruling Was Right
• Cayuga Nation Gets Reduced Atty Fees After RICO Verdict
• Clancy Atty Denies Malpractice Claim By Man Serving Life
• Paralegal Says Fla. Injury Firm Fired Her Over OT Complaints
• Protesters Say Feds' Fight Shows Need For Misconduct Probe
• FTX Exec's Wife Headed For Spring Campaign Finance Trial
• Utah Tribe Loses Repeated Bids To End Water Suit In Its Favor
• Colo. Firm Accused Of Withholding 33% Malpractice Fee
• Newman Saga Prompts Bill To Limit Judicial Suspensions
• Ford Says Quill & Arrow Can't Escape Lemon Law Fee Fight
• MLB Pitcher Seeks Sanctions Over Alleged Brady Violations
• Family Sues Paxton Over Texas Abortion Ban, Woman's Death
• Apple Backs Its $132K Fee Ask Over 'Bad Faith' Subpoenas
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Cultivating Good Judgment
• Judge Says Feds Should Investigate Philly DA Krasner
• Ashurst Perkins Aided $230M ICap Ponzi Scheme, Suit Claims
• Nadine Menendez Deadline Relief Bid Deemed Moot
• Attorney Escapes $12M Unlawful Tax Strategy Suit In Colo.
• Colo. Firm Settles Clients' Immigration Advice Suit
• Calif. Judge Charged Over Fatal Crash With Bicyclist
• Fla. Judge Ends Recusal Bid In Fontainebleau Defamation Suit
• Washington Sen. Murray Vows To Block Trump US Atty Pick
• Pa. Justices Dubious About Disbarring Ex-Sacks Weston Atty
• Pa. Appellate Panel Scolds Attys In $18.5M Med Mal Case
• 4th Circ. Appears Split On Reviving Comey, James Indictments
• Michael Best Beats DQ Bid In Agtech Biz Receivership Row
• Apple Urges High Court To Nix App Store Contempt Order
• Pa. Top Court Snapshot: Ex-Sacks Weston Atty Discipline Case
• Ex-Moses & Singer Partner Gets 10 Months For Tax Crimes
• Judge Calls DeSantis' Recusal Bid 'Rank Judge Shopping'
• Bove Rejects Recusal Bid Tied To DOJ Whistleblower Claims
• DOJ Derides Anti-Weaponization Fund Discovery
• Big Biz Coalition Backs Litigation Funding Disclosure Rule
• State Farm Attorney Sanctioned $999.99 For AI Hallucinations
• Fla. Judges Cleared To Make Informational Social Media Posts
• UNC Claims Immunity From Law School Grad's Lockout Suit
• 1st Circ. Rejects Judge's Standing Order On Deportations
• Carlton Fields Pushes To Demand Fees In Miss America Fight
• Intersecting Investigation Risks Loom In Next Congress
• Jackson Lewis Removes Ex-Atty's Bias Suit To Federal Court
• Indiana Atty Hit With $10K Sanction Over False Citations
• Attys Must Arbitrate $8 Oil To Fight $625K Sanction: 9th Circ.
• Ex-Wash. Bench Officer Censured Over Explicit Texts, Emails
• 11th Circ. Backs $620K Award In Radiology Contract Fight
• OB-GYN Hits Conn. Law Firm With $60M Malpractice Lawsuit
• Trial Errors 'Crippled Goldstein's Defense,' 4th Circ. Hears
• Midterm Wins Could Help Dems Probe Trump's BigLaw Deals
• Greenberg Traurig, Eckert Seamans Hit By Data Breaches
• Cooley, Investor Settle NJ Malpractice Suit Over Startup Deal
• New Mexico Atty Hit With $5K Fine For Bot-Tainted Brief
• Engineering Co. Calls Atty-Ouster Bid Retaliatory In Wage Suit
• Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs
• JPMorgan Aided Ex-Atty Kossoff's $18.5M Theft, Trustee Says
• Fla. Panel Tosses Teen's Conviction Over Atty's Omission
• Jay-Z Can't Undo Buzbee's Win In Rapper's Defamation Suit
• DOJ Says Records Act Chills 'Candid' White House Advice
• Hospital Says Saul Ewing Atty's 'Revenge' Drove FCA Suit
• TransX, Georgia Driver End Personal Injury Suit Over Crash
• 11th Circ. Says Concealed Gun Alone Can't Justify Fla. Stop
• DOJ Wants To Quash Apple's Look At Fed Phone-Buying
• Executive Privilege Questions Cloud Congressional Probe Prep
• 6th Circ. Shields Detroit Cops In Vacated-Conviction Suit
• Ed Martin Reprimanded Over Unauthorized FBI Contacts
• DOJ Urges High Court To Revisit 9th Circ.'s Bar Of Nev. US Atty
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over Ex-Pharma CEO's Indictment
• Blank Rome Atty Ouster Can't Be Appealed, Conn. Panel Rules
• Mass. Judge Sanctioned Over Handling Of ICE At Courthouse
• Juggling And Unicycling Make Me A Better Lawyer
• Sugar Buyers Want Paul Weiss DQ'd From Price-Fixing MDL
• Conn. Regulator GC Admonished To Abide By Records Law
• 11th Circ. Orders Resentence After Hobbs Act Guideline Shift
• Humana Says Mylan 'Gamesmanship' Can't Keep Trial Paused
• Chicago Firm Says Co-Counsel Cut It Out Of Case, $7.6M Deal
• Class Settlement MDL Plaintiffs Say Cos. Hinder Disclosure
• Ga. Atty Disbarred Over Bank Theft Conviction In Fla.
• NJ Injury Firm Must Face Pregnancy Bias And Wage Claims
• Judiciary OKs Student Interns To Accept Certain Law Firm Stipends
• NJ Law Firm, Former Paralegal End Atty Groping Suit
• 10th Circ. Sets Redo Of Tax Fraud Case To Study Legal Advice
• DOJ Executive Privilege Opinion Portends 3rd-Party Dilemmas
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Lays Out Administrative Right-Of-Access Blueprint
• Murdaugh Murder Retrial Venue Shift Fueled By Bias Concern
• Justice Roberts Won't Pause Dutch Software Co.'s IP Trial
• 9th Circ. Upholds Former Atty's Murder-For-Hire Conviction
• Judge Nixes Atty's Bid For More Depositions In $12M Tax Suit
• Trial Is Quickest Path To IP Case's 'Finality,' Justices Told
• 5th Circ. Backs Ax Of $125M Judgment Over Judge Friendship
• Ga. Defense Atty Accused Of Soliciting Sex From Client
• AG Blanche To Speak At GOP Midterm Convention
• DC Circ. Seems To Back SEC FOIA Withholding In Data Breach
• Womble Bond Says No Need To Share Rift Details In Exit Bid
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Top LA Prosecutor Faces New DQ Attempt After 9th Circ. Ruling
• Mich. Lawyer Can't Shake Cybersecurity Firm's $550K Claim
• Ex-Conn. Lawmaker Is Denied New Trial, Slips 3 Fraud Counts
• Fla. Firm Trenam Law Faces DQ Bid In Trade Secrets Case
• ABA Law School Accrediting Arm Repeals Diversity Standard
• Ex-DLA Piper Partner Must Face Claim He Raped Associate
• Judge Won't Drop Charges Against Adani's Co-Defendants Yet
• Sinema Can't Duck Suit Over Affair With Ex-Security Guard
• Prosecutors Say Trayon White Video Sought To Taint Jury
• Injury Law Roundup: Meta's Social Media Addiction Deal
• Fla. Judge Finds Atty, CEO Hindered Forex Ponzi Receiver
• DOJ Officials Immune From NJ Mayor's False Arrest Suit
• 'Bad Faith' Subpoenas On Apple Execs Spur Fee Sanctions
• Conn. AG, DOJ Rebuked For Bad Citations, Misquote In Filings
• Chrisleys Fight Balch & Bingham's Bid To Ax Malpractice Suit
• Court Slams 'Half-Hearted Compliance' In Crab Price-Fix Suit
• DC Panel's Rare Rebuke Over AI Errors Flags Rules Gap
• Quinn Emanuel DQ'd In Defamation Case Over Stock Reports
• Skadden, Kirkland Fined $2M Over Ga. Case Cover-Up
• 3rd Circ. Revives Malpractice Claim Against Kirkland Atty
• Fla. Judge Retires, Avoids Sanctions For Political Donations
• Retired Partner Stole $348K From Firm, Ill. Watchdog Alleges
• MDL Attys Want Special Master To Vet Meta Privilege Claims
• Dutch Software Co. Asks Justices To Halt TM Trial
• Leon Black Says 'Intrusive' Epstein Subpoenas Are Invalid
• Fed. Circ. Judge's Post-Decision Recusal Won't Lead To Redo
• NJ Judge Strikes Experts In Faegre Drinker Malpractice Suit
• Ga. City, Ex-Court Admin To Mediate Retaliation Dispute
• Federal Judge Warns Threats Imperil Judicial Independence
• Law Firm, Closing Agents Faulted For Not Flagging Fraud
• Pirro Urges House Ethics Panel To Refer Crime Claims To DOJ
• Whistleblower Says She Wasn't Going Around Hospital Attys
• Philly Firm Says Recent Discovery Dooms Uber's RICO Suit
• Fox Rothschild Says Adult Day Care Suit Rehashes Claims
• Husch Blackwell Gets Early Win In Ex-Partner's 401(k) Suit
• Ex-IRL App CEO Says Prosecutors Ignored Ethics Breaches
• Former Girardi Keese CFO Drops Appeal Of 5-Year Fraud Term
• Boutique Firms Emerge As Trump Admin's 'Achilles' Heel'
• Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Walmart Says IP Suit Docs Can't Be Used In Malpractice Case
• House Rejects Amendment To Fix Court At 9 Justices
• Dems Call Subpoenas' Secrecy Request 'Abuse Of Authority'
• Conn. Firm Sued Over $718K Personal Injury Settlement
• GOP Reps Question Georgia Judge's 'Lenient Punishment'
• ABA Outlines Attys' Duties To Clients With Intellectual Limits
• Hall Booth Can't Pause NC Malpractice Claims, Court Told
• JPMorgan Seeks Stay Of $20M Javice, Amar Fee Order
• Texas Atty Charged With Ponzi Scheme, SEC Obstruction
• How Jackson Walker Settlement Will Affect Conflict Checks
• Calif. Bill Regulating Atty AI Use Heads To Newsom's Desk
• 11th Circ. Axes Ethics Complaint Over Fla. Judge's Israel Book
• 'Astonished' Homebuyer Says Atty Email Lapse Caused Hack
• NY Ethics Opinion Warns Attys On Qui Tam Deception
• Clifford Chance Can Arbitrate $3.5M Congo Fee Dispute
• Netflix, Ramey Spar Over Patent Suit Atty Fees
• Mylan Cites 'Immutable Conflict' In 11th Hour Bid To Stay Trial
• Conn. Law Firm's Ex-Bookkeeper Admits Embezzling $754K
• NY Firm, Clinics Reject FedEx's 'Staged' Crashes Claims
• Former In-House Atty May Take Whistleblower Claim To Trial
• Blumenthal Probes Claims USPS Defied Ballot Mail Orders
• Judges Say Social Media, Political Rhetoric Endanger Them
• HSF Kramer Added To $1B King & Spalding Malpractice Suit
• Judge Backs Carlton Fields' Bid To Seek Miss America Fees
• Fla. Bar Tosses Complaint Over DHS GC's 'Worst' Judge Posts
• NC Bar Defends Discipline Of Former Judge To Top Court
• Combies Hanson Accused Of Missing 2-Year Lawsuit Window
• Pa. Anti-SLAPP Ruling Shows Risks Of Atty Defamation Suits
• Eve Legal Says AI.Law Doc Drafting Patent Is Invalid
• Fla. Bar Seeks Protective Order Against Suspended Atty