National Law Journal | Commentary
By Karen J. Alter | February 27, 2018
The American discourse on ethics and law lacks an understanding of how law may be constructed to shield questionable behavior.
Daily Report Online | Commentary
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | February 26, 2018
Many legal malpractice complaints allege serious errors or breaches in judgment by attorneys. However, legal malpractice cases are unique because liability does not automatically attach, even if an attorney committed an error or violated his ethical obligation.
By Andrew Denney | February 23, 2018
A Long Island law firm that is representing a matrimonial defendant and which hired an associate who previously worked on the case on the plaintiff's behalf is fighting a judge's ruling to disqualify it from the case for a conflict of interest.
By R. Robin McDonald | February 23, 2018
Fran Rogers, wife of Waffle House CEO Joe Rogers Jr., says her husband's former housekeeper and the housekeeper's lawyers are defending themselves against criminal charges by falsely accusing her husband.
New York Law Journal | In Brief
By Susan DeSantis | February 23, 2018
Real estate attorney Allison Scollar, a lesbian mother who won custody of her adoptive daughter in a highly publicized case, has been disbarred but the decision was kept under seal until now.
By Michael Booth | February 23, 2018
The District XA Ethics Committee said Willliam Laufer of Laufer, Dalena, Cadicina, Jensen & Bradley violated two of the Rules of Professional Conduct when he made the remarks about Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp to an adversary.
By Angela Morris | February 23, 2018
Disbarment might be on the horizon for Texas state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, because of his criminal conviction on 11 felony fraud-related charges.
By Scott Flaherty | February 23, 2018
Walter "Chet" Little, formerly a banking and real estate partner at two large law firms, was sentenced Thursday after entering a guilty plea in November.
By Erin Mulvaney | February 22, 2018
The NLRB inspector general's report reinforced the concerns of union attorneys and Democratic senators that Trump-appointed member William Emanuel should not have voted in a high-profile joint-employment case. Labor lawyers and former board members are closely watching how the agency responds to the watchdog report.
Daily Business Review | Best Practices|News
By Samantha Joseph | February 22, 2018
The order comes after a feud between lawyers handling his civil and criminal cases.
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