By Robert Storace | March 6, 2019
The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel has accepted Paul Manafort's resignation from the Connecticut Bar, for which he will never be allowed to practice law again. Manafort resigned after learning that the chief disciplinary counsel was seeking to hold hearings on his status as a lawyer in Connecticut.
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | March 5, 2019
With a license to practice law comes great responsibility, and that responsibility is generally not excused simply because a junior attorney was “following orders” from a more senior attorney.
By Jenna Greene | March 5, 2019
The Winston & Strawn partner is a top-notch lawyer, a Washington insider with decades of experience working with or against the government at the highest levels. Surely he's familiar enough with security clearance standards to know that the president's son-in-law would face major obstacles in his application.
By Jenna Greene | March 5, 2019
Based on a review of dozens of published decisions involving security clearances by the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals, there's no way Kushner would have gotten a top-secret clearance if he was a normal person.
By Erin Mulvaney | March 4, 2019
Career ethics officials at the US Labor Department determined Michael Avakian, the associate deputy secretary, had "not knowingly violated a criminal statute or particular ethics rule" in filing papers on behalf of a private client while serving in the government.
By Erin Mulvaney | March 4, 2019
Career ethics officials at the US Labor Department determined Michael Avakian, the associate deputy secretary, had "not knowingly violated a criminal statute or particular ethics rule" in filing papers on behalf of a private client while serving in the government.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | March 4, 2019
Legal representations are not meant to settle personal scores.
By Eden Landow | March 4, 2019
The State Disciplinary Review Board's conditions for reinstatement were not met, the Georgia Supreme Court justices rule.
By Ross Todd | March 1, 2019
A California appellate court has referred a San Diego attorney to the State Bar after he called the ruling of a female judge who denied him attorney fees "succubustic.” A succubus, the court pointed out, is "a demon assuming female form which has sexual intercourse with men in their sleep."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Anthony E. Davis and Steven M. Puiszis | March 1, 2019
In this Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis and Steven M. Puiszis write: The duty of competence requires lawyers to be aware of the benefits and risks of emerging technologies that can be used to deliver legal services and how advances in existing technologies can impact the security of information in their possession. Because of the speed at which technology is advancing, the lawyer's duty of competence must evolve with the technologies.
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