By Samantha Joseph | August 8, 2017
The Fourth District Court of Appeal rules that investors suing David Stern cannot pursue their case in state court after being dismissed by a federal judge.
By Cheryl Miller | August 7, 2017
How a state agency came to fine the former Los Angeles corporate boutique Richardson Patel—a reminder to other lawyers of the dangers of mixing business and politics.
By Greg Land | August 7, 2017
Attorney Sandra Finch and her lawyer, Bruce Harvey, argued the appellate court erred when it ruled Finch waived her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination during a now-settled insurance dispute.
By Joel Cohen | August 7, 2017
Ethics and Criminal Practice columnist Joel Cohen writes: The question itself seems ridiculous, doesn't it? Of course, the answer has to be "no." Except … not really.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 4, 2017
Respondent was disciplined for serial neglect, failing to communicate, retaining unearned fees, failing to take steps to remedy the neglect and failing to respond to inquiries from disciplinary authorities where he failed to appear for clients' trials without notifying the court or the clients and orally agreed to file an appeal for five clients, charged them an advanced flat fee without obtaining informed consent to handle the fee in a different manner than required by RPC 1.15(I), failed to file briefs resulting in the dismissals of the appeals and did not communicate with the clients.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 4, 2017
The court recommended that petitioner's petition for reinstatement be granted because petitioner had been disbarred for ten years, he amply demonstrated his understanding of his wrongdoing by resigning from his firm and accepting disbarment, he expressed genuine remorse for his conduct in fabricating docket entries in an attempt to mislead his supervisor, during his disbarment he engaged in community activities and took continuing legal education courses and his witnesses testified to his excellent reputation in the community. Reinstatement recommended.
By Samuel C. Stretton | August 3, 2017
I am a lawyer with an active practice in a number of different counties in Pennsylvania. One issue that always creates a problem is when a judge does not appear timely on the bench. Hearings are listed for 8:30 or 9 a.m., and when the judge doesn't show up until 10:30 or 11, that obviously creates problems not only for the court system and litigants but for the lawyers who often have multiple cases they have to attend to. Is there anything that can be done about that?
By Danielle Sadow | New York Law Journal | August 2, 2017
The Committee on Judicial Ethics responds to written inquiries from New York state's approximately 3,600 judges and justices, as well as hundreds of…
By Michael Booth | August 2, 2017
A New Jersey judge is denying that she violated ethics rules by becoming involved in a friend's child custody case.
By J. Randolph Evans and Shari L. Klevens, Dentons US | July 31, 2017
It should come as no surprise that withdrawing from a representation is one of the most effective techniques to guard against legal malpractice claims.
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