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Shhhh ... Lawyers Concerned About Secrecy Surrounding Judge's Suspension

"95% of the time that I interact with him he has been very decent to me," said Vidalia attorney William Michael-Malone Hart. "It is the other 5% of the time, particularly when we get into heated exchanges, that I feel like my clients aren't going to be given a fair chance."
8 minute read

International Edition

Simpson Thacher to Face UK Tribunal Over Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Allegations

The firm said it was 'disappointed' at the prosecution.
2 minute read

International Edition

Ex-DAC Beachcroft Paralegal Banned for Dishonesty in Pre-Employment Questionnaire

The person's alleged dishonesty relates to a personal injury claim he pursued in 2019.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-219

A judge may serve as financial secretary of a not-for-profit cemetery organization, provided the judge refrains from the solicitation of funds or other fund-raising activities.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Ex-Judge David Jones, Jackson Walker and Kirkland Win Dismissal of Lawsuit

Jones previously resigned from his bench last October.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New ABA Rules on AI and Ethics Shows the Technology Is 'New Wine in Old Bottles'

Not addressed in the American Bar Association's opinion on generative AI is whether the technology is considered to be engaging in the practice of law.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Forged Checks, Letters to Joe Biden: Tom Girardi's Lawyers Go on the Offense

On Thursday, Tom Girardi's public defender, cross-examining an IRS special agent, brought up missing pieces of the government's criminal investigation against his client.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-218

(1) A judge who presides in estate proceedings may continue to serve on the board of directors of a not-for-profit hospice organization, even after the judge becomes aware that a testator named the hospice as a beneficiary in their will. (2) The judge may preside over the probate of a will that contains a bequest to the hospice, absent a challenge to the bequest. If a challenge occurs, the judge must disqualify.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Sanctions Pittsburgh Firm for 'Campaign of Deception' in Debt Collection Disputes

"Counsel are well advised to heed one lesson from this experience in particular, among the many," Bissoon wrote. "This court is immune from gaslighting. It will not work, and attempts will be met with great disfavor."
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

OAE Random Audit Reveals Recordkeeping Issues, But Finds Attorney 'Cannot Be Held Wholly Responsible'

"Respondent claimed that he attempted to work with the attorneys whose clients were connected with the inactive balances, but that was 'a strategy that was, for the most part, unproductive due to respondent's lack of authority within the firm's management hierarchy,'" the letter said.
4 minute read

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