Allison Dunn
Allison Dunn is a reporter on ALM's Rapid Response desk based in Ohio, covering impactful litigation filings and rulings, emerging legal trends, controversies in the industry, and everything in between. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AllisonDWrites.
May 03, 2022 | Law.com
Attorney Receives Three-Month Suspension, Stayed for One Year, Over IOLTA Record-Keeping ViolationsA Massachusetts attorney could potentially escape a three-month suspension for allegedly failing to keep proper records pertaining to his trust account, if he meets the conditions of a one-year probationary period.
By Allison Dunn
3 minute read
May 03, 2022 | Law.com
'We've Set Up a Trap': A Little-Known Rule Change Is Causing Big Trouble for LawyersWashington, D.C. ethics lawyers say an important change to a local bar rule for handling client money has flown under the radar for decades—and it keeps tripping up attorneys.
By Allison Dunn
10 minute read
April 28, 2022 | Law.com
Counsel for Suspended Lawyer: 'Difficulties Don't Bypass Attorneys Just Because of Their Capabilities'"I think there is this impression that because of the nature of the business or because of the nature of the education, these things are not as prevalent, but we're just as human as everybody else," said Kevin Lee Perry, who is representing suspended criminal and family law attorney Melissa Lynch Freeman.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
April 27, 2022 | Law.com
Federal Judge, Admitting to Initially Being Too 'Preoccupied' With 1 Aspect of Case, Revises Indemnification Ruling"The Court admits that it was so preoccupied with the parties' arguments on the duty to defend and applying the Eight Corners Doctrine that it overlooked an aspect of the law on the duty to indemnify," Senior U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson of the Eastern District of Virginia wrote.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
April 26, 2022 | Law.com
State High Court: City Ordinance Barring Gun Owners From Storing 'Unsecured and Unlocked' Firearms Is Preempted by State LawFollowing a mass shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in October 2014, the Edmonds City Council adopted an ordinance requiring residents to store any firearms when not in use.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
April 25, 2022 | Law.com
State Supreme Court's Ruling To Keep Judge's Disciplinary Records Sealed Draws Strong DissentTwo dissenting justices said the court failed to provide reasoning for sealing the documents in the first place, adding that "we should own up to our mistake and provide statutory and constitutionally satisfactory reasons—if any exist—that justify our continued sealing of the JIRC documents. We have not done so, however, because there are none."
By Allison Dunn
5 minute read
April 24, 2022 | Law.com
First 2 State Supreme Courts Join Federal Appeals Courts in Rejecting COVID-19 Business Interruption ClaimsThe Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Iowa Supreme Court became the first state high courts in the country last week to decide whether businesses can recover COVID-19-related business losses under their insurance policies.
By Allison Dunn
9 minute read
April 22, 2022 | Law.com
Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Against Johns Hopkins, Rockefeller Foundation Over 'Nonconsensual Human Medical Experiments' in GuatemalaA district court judge granted of summary judgment in favor of Johns Hopkins University and the Rockefeller Foundation, finding the extensive records did not demonstrate that they were responsible for the alleged misconduct stemming from nonconsensual STD experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s. Paul D. Bekman of Bekman, Marder, Hopper, Malarkey & Perlin, represented the plaintiffs. Robert J. Mathis of DLA Piper represented Johns Hopkins. Sheila Birnbaum and Michael McGinley, counsel Danielle Gentin Stock, and associate Justin Romeo at Dechert represented Rockefeller.
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
April 22, 2022 | Law.com
Five States Still Don't Formally Consider Psychologists to Be 'Physicians' Under Rule 35. Will That Change?Until last week, Massachusetts was one of the last holdouts in the country that did not formally consider a psychologist to be a "physician" under the…
By Allison Dunn
6 minute read
April 21, 2022 | Law.com
'It Probably Wouldn't Be the End of the World': Attorneys on Social Media Envision Life After Disbarment"The way I have been feeling lately, getting disbarred might be the best thing that ever happened for me," said one Reddit user.
By Allison Dunn
3 minute read
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