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A wealth of articles, columns and case digests examining all the various aspects of attorney ethics and discipline, from quick hit news stories to deep analysis to "how to" or cautionary columns and stories.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 17, 2024
The subpoenas, requested in a Friday letter, would focus on Beasley Allen's litigation financing arrangements with Fortress Investment Group and its purported relationship with news agency Thomson Reuters.
4 minute read
By Cheryl Miller | May 17, 2024
The state bar's Office of Chief Trial Counsel says San Francisco attorney Drexel Bradshaw should be disbarred, not just suspended, for his actions as trustee of an elderly client's estate.
4 minute read
By Matthew B. Weisberg | May 17, 2024
In Heffernan v. Hunter, the court held that because the defendants (appellees) acted within the attorney-client relationship they cannot be considered conspirators.
6 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 16, 2024
A judge may not permit a fraternal organization to use the judge's likeness, image or affiliation for any fund-raising purposes, and therefore the judge should instruct the organization not to use the judge's video interview at an event where one purpose of the event is for fund-raising.
5 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | May 15, 2024
A town justice is not required to report a violation of a town ordinance that came to the judge's attention during a small claims proceeding, but may do so in his/her sole discretion. If the judge chooses to report the violation, he/she may not preside over any resulting proceedings.
3 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | May 15, 2024
U.S. District Judge Judith Levy, in a Monday order, found that engineering firm Veolia North America's media campaign, which included misleading phone calls and a truck circling the courthouse amid a looming trial, threatened the "fair administration of justice."
7 minute read
By Michael A. Mora | May 15, 2024
Local ethics experts weigh in on the attorney's response in this emerging area of disciplinary law.
4 minute read
By Avalon Zoppo | May 15, 2024
"What you're suggesting is that someone, let's say was convicted of a murder and served a 40-year sentence, can come out of state prison and [can] relitigate without that conviction being set aside," Chief Judge Priscilla Richman said.
4 minute read
By Alesia S. Sulock and Josh J.T. Byrne | May 15, 2024
Attention to well-being is critical from the perspective of a lawyer's own health and the attorney's law practice.
6 minute read
By Avalon Zoppo | May 15, 2024
"You have a prosecutor who is deliberately intruding into the attorney-client privilege, and in those circumstances the prosecutor is the last person you should trust when the prosecutor comes in and says, 'This is no big deal,'" attorney Kannon Shanmugam said.
5 minute read
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