The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew B. Weisberg | June 14, 2018
Attorney-client and work-product privileges are commonly viewed as sacrosanct. Whether as a matter of ethics, contract, or common law, these privileges—if violated—may inure to both attorney and client even collateral damage (for example, see the current Sandusky attorney disciplinary prosecutions).
By R. Robin McDonald | June 13, 2018
A three-judge panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals overturned a Fulton County trial judge's dismissal of a lawsuit against Dentons that claimed the firm unjustly enriched itself by accepting more than $1.3 million in legal fees from the trusts of Atlanta industrialist and philanthropist Walter Bunzl to defend the embattled trustee against a suit by Bunzl heirs.
By Dan Packel | June 11, 2018
The global firm and its Brazilian affiliate stand accused of putting a $3.18 billion settlement in jeopardy by adding a lawyer still employed as a federal prosecutor to a conglomerate's defense team.
By Charles Toutant | June 11, 2018
A New Jersey appeals court has ordered further proceedings for one plaintiff who claimed in a legal malpractice suit that the firm of Leeds, Morelli & Brown accepted bonuses for steering its clients into arbitration of an employment dispute with the Prudential Insurance Co.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | June 7, 2018
As a lawyer, is it a defense to allegations of false statements or pleadings that I, as a lawyer, personally believe the statements?
By Shari Klevens and Alanna Clair | June 5, 2018
Defending a deposition can be challenging, especially when opposing counsel engages in misconduct or otherwise attempts to circumvent the rules. The…
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 R. Robin McDonald | June 4, 2018
Atlanta attorney Claud "Tex" McIver petitioned the Supreme Court of Georgia to voluntarily suspend his bar license until after a motion for a new trial and his appeal of a murder conviction are decided.
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.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | June 1, 2018
Thomas Murtha, a former longtime Connecticut civil and criminal attorney, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
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