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Texas Lawyer

Opposing Counsel Want Judge's Son Off the Case

RSM Production Corp. alleges Jonathan Lerhmann represented it in a dispute with the defendants and is now working on a related case for opposing counsel.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Putting Counsel in an Uncomfortable Spot: The Witness Chair

"More important, however, is for prosecutors to recognize that charges based on attorney proffers are ill-advised," write Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert.
12 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

2 Law Firms Are Feuding Over Allegedly Stolen Clients and Work Processes

"[T]he Etemis categorically deny all allegations made against them," John Kanca, their lawyer, said. "The Etemis have full confidence in their defenses and their counterclaim allegations, and look forward to vigorously seeking justice in court by providing proof as to all of their allegations. The Etemis intend to advance this case by telling the truth and the full story of everything that happened leading to the Etemis departure from Trantolo & Trantolo, and thereafter."
4 minute read

Law.com

Florida Law Firm, Circle K Face Evidence-Destruction Lawsuit

"I have been practicing law for over 50 years, and this is the most egregious cover-up effort that I have ever seen," Jack Scarola, a partner at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, alleged in an interview.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-211

A town justice may not permit his/her attorney assistant to accept part-time employment in the District Attorney's office in the same county.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Prosecutor: Tom Girardi Used His Clients' Money 'Like a Personal Piggy Bank'

Jurors heard opening statements on Tuesday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for the Tom Girardi criminal trial, which is expected to last two weeks.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Jury Selection Starts in Tom Girardi's Criminal Trial

About 70 jurors were brought into a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for the trial, which is expected to last two weeks.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Serious Error': Dozens of Law Firms Urge 6th Circuit to Shield Internal Investigation Docs

"[D]ocuments and communications generated in an internal investigation are protected by the attorney-client privilege as long as they were intended to further the provision of legal advice from counsel," the 39 law firms wrote.
4 minute read

Law.com

The Week in Data Aug. 6: A Look at Legal Industry Trends By the Numbers

Catch up on this week's data and insights from across the Law.com Newsroom, including the top-paid legal counsel to the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Matt's Corner: What Constitutes an 'Abuse of Process'?

Abuse of process is "the use of the legal process as a tactical weapon to coerce a desired result that is not the legitimate object of the process."
2 minute read

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