New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas F. Liotti and Lucia Maria Ciaravino | September 28, 2018
Motions for disqualification should not be cavalierly made.
By Christine Simmons | September 27, 2018
After an appellate ruling on the scope of damages testimony, jurors may finally consider allegations that a former Greenberg shareholder deceived the court about the destruction of a document.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ralph A. Catalano | September 27, 2018
No matter the reasons driving the decision to retain one lawyer for many defendants, the possibility that conflicts of interest may emerge among the clients lurks ominously over the entire arrangement, potentially threatening any prospect of a harmonious defense, and perhaps resulting in an ethical calamity for the attorney.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | September 27, 2018
A friend of mine who is a lawyer had a fire in his law office and it destroyed a number of files. What are his ethical obligations under those type of circumstances?
By John Council | September 26, 2018
The Texas Supreme Court will soon decide whether a lawyer should be disqualified from a contested guardianship case involving an 88-year-old woman because he helped his legal assistant get a $350,000 loan from the woman, wrote her will, and later helped his employee be appointed as her guardian.
By Ross Todd | September 26, 2018
A federal judge found that Orrick had obtained three rounds of waivers from its client's co-defendants, whom the firm had previously represented, signing off on Orrick's continued involvement in the case.
By Ryan Lovelace | September 26, 2018
Even before the Brett Kavanaugh crisis, a new era of sex-related scandals has been keeping D.C.-area lawyers busy, both veterans and relative newcomers alike.
By Meredith Hobbs | September 26, 2018
"I did not appreciate Nat Hardwick taking money from the firm I spent 46 years building," said Art Morris, who retired from now-defunct Morris Hardwick Schneider in 2013.
By Dan M. Clark | September 26, 2018
“He never intended any offense through any statements he made as a judge and he is proud of what he accomplished on the bench,” his attorney said.
By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press | September 25, 2018
State and federal authorities had been investigating the travel and spending habits of the Columbia-area solicitor, who logged more than 70 days of travel over a period of less than two years using money prosecutors said was taken from state and federal accounts holding assets forfeited by defendants in illegal drug cases.
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