By Scott Flaherty | December 13, 2018
As CBS considers the legal fallout after findings from an internal investigation of sexual misconduct allegations went public last week, two major law firms leading the probe face questions about their efforts to protect confidential witnesses. For Debevoise & Plimpton, this marks the second time this year the firm has been thrust into the spotlight for such a failure.
By Scott Flaherty | December 13, 2018
As CBS considers the legal fallout after findings from an internal investigation of sexual misconduct allegations went public last week, two major law firms leading the probe face questions about their efforts to protect confidential witnesses. For Debevoise & Plimpton, this marks the second time this year the firm has been thrust into the spotlight for such a failure.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 13, 2018
Can a lawyer who has an active defense practice also serve as an assistant district attorney?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew B. Weisberg | December 13, 2018
In this column on attorney liabilities, this author has oft discussed the legal malpractice statute of limitations as in flux. In light of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's recent holding in Dittman, the legal malpractice statute of limitations in light of the economic loss/gist of the action doctrine(s) (the doctrine) must be revisited.
Connecticut Law Tribune | Commentary
By Patricia King | December 13, 2018
When Mark Dubois pitches his phone into the Atlantic, then I will believe that he is retired.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Rory I. Lancman and Rachel Graham Kagan | December 12, 2018
New York's elected district attorneys are at war with the governor and legislature over a new, first-in-the-nation, State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct charged with reviewing claims that those charged with enforcing the law in a court of law might, themselves, be acting unlawfully. The District Attorneys Association of New York has sued to declare the Commission unconstitutional.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel Cohen | December 10, 2018
In his Ethics and Criminal Practice column, Joel Cohen considers whether there are factors beyond competence that should go into determining whether a technically unconflicted attorney might nonetheless be the wrong guy for the job?
By Christine Simmons | December 10, 2018
McDermott partner Stephen Ryan has plenty of company among attorneys with prominent clients who lied to the government.
By Christine Simmons | December 10, 2018
McDermott partner Stephen Ryan has plenty of company among attorneys with prominent clients who lied to the government.
By New Jersey State Bar Association | December 10, 2018
NJSBA president focuses on importance of professionalism in the law
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