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Connecticut Law Tribune

An Unworkable Bar to the Bar

In the film "The Shawshank Redemption," an inmate named Red, played brilliantly by Morgan Freeman, is asked by a member of the parole board whether…
8 minute read

International Edition

McDermott Sued by Investment Manager Over Claims of Fraudulent Misrepresentation

The investment manager alleges that McDermott breached its fiduciary duty by allowing two former McDermott London lawyers to advise him to invest in schemes in which they had undisclosed personal financial interests.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Lawyer Who Bilked Distressed Homeowners Disbarred

Disbarred lawyer Mitchel Tarter's mass lawsuit amounted to a yearslong scheme that involved him also paying kickbacks to nonattorney mortgage brokers he located through a college acquaintance previously banned from working in Washington state's and Maryland's mortgage industries.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

RICO Class Action Ties Boies, K&L Gates To 'Weinstein Sexual Enterprise'

The New York federal lawsuit, which parallels a California case filed last month, suggests the fallout may have just begun for some of Harvey Weinstein's past legal advisers.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Sanctions Insurer After Crash Victim's Doctor 'Co-opted' by Defense

A Douglas County judge barred defense attorneys from offering any causation defenses after a radiologist who reviewed the plaintiff's MRI was hired by State Farm Insurance to bolster its case.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

'Mr. Social Security,' an Ex-Chadbourne Client, Apprehended in Honduras

Eric Conn, a fugitive Kentucky lawyer wanted for a $550 million Social Security fraud, is on his way back to the U.S. after being apprehended in Honduras.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Public Defender Organization Accused of Retaliation Over Staff Attorney's Sexual Harassment Allegations

Management for the New York County Defender Services is accused of dismissing claims of harassment by a staff attorney, and then retaliating against her after she says she officially filed a report against the supervisor.
9 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A Gentler Approach to Ethics Enforcement

In a recent article in the ABA Journal, Carolyn Elefant suggested that ethics rules on advertising and fee splitting are hampering efforts by solos and small firm lawyers to compete in a rapidly changing technological environment.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyer Turns in Rosa Parks' Items in Bankruptcy Case

Among the surrendered items was a signed, first-edition copy of Booker T. Washington's 1901 autobiography, "Up From Slavery."
2 minute read

National Law Journal

ACLU Spurns U.S. Solicitor's Call for Attorney Sanctions in Abortion Case

The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday called "baseless" and "extraordinary" the U.S. Justice Department's accusation that lawyers for the group acted unethically in their advocacy for a pregnant immigrant teen who sought an abortion.
5 minute read

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