By Jenna Greene | June 4, 2018
Some would-be class actions are so ridiculous that all you can do is shake your head and think “Wow, the lawyer who filed that passed the bar?” But what if there's actually something more nefarious afoot?
By Mike Scarcella | June 4, 2018
“Of the inappropriate behavior that does occur, incivility, disrespect, or crude behavior are more common than sexual harassment,” said the report of a nine-member working group created in the aftermath of revelations about Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski and his inappropriate conduct with law clerks.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | June 4, 2018
Given the special nature of the attorney-client relationship and the duties involved in such a relationship, attorneys cannot represent just any client who wants to hire them.
By Eden Landow | June 4, 2018
The Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday issued five attorney discipline opinions.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | June 4, 2018
A Hartford Superior Court judge has suspended attorney Donald McCarthy Jr. from practicing law for five years. McCarthy had previously been sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 1, 2018
An appeals court has upheld an injunction freezing the assets of Stanley Chesley—once known as the "master of disaster" for his work in mass tort litigation—after concluding that the disbarred Cincinnati plaintiffs attorney is likely to continue what it called a “high-stakes shell game.”
By Ross Todd | June 1, 2018
Former Bingham partner Michael DiSanto claims that Cotchett and former partner Philip Gregory mishandled an arbitration where he was seeking millions of dollars in unpaid guaranteed compensation from the firm. He lost counterclaims forcing him to hand over stock units from his prior employer to Bingham.
By Andrew Denney | June 1, 2018
Andreea Dumitru, 43, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Albany County Court to one count of third-degree criminal tax fraud, according to a news release from the New York Attorney General's Office.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 31, 2018
A Boston federal judge has ordered the head of a pension fund to explain why the fund should still continue to be lead plaintiff, in light of suggestions that it didn't catch millions of dollars in overcharges by lawyers leading the class action.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | May 31, 2018
After serving time in prison for two drunken-driving offenses, former Connecticut attorney Paul Buhl maintains the affects of the medical condition hypothyroidism caused his arrests. He denies being drunk on both occasions.
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