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LTPI Reveals Adaptable Model Code of Conduct for Legal Technology Companies

The document, written from the perspective of a legal technology company, aims to establish ethical standards and guidelines for the legal technology community.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-178

A judicial association may not submit an amicus brief to the Court of Appeals in a pending appeal to express its members' concern, as trial judges, about the practical effects of a recent Appellate Division decision that trial judges lack statutory authority to take a particular action in connection with sentencing. The judicial association and/or individual judges may instead propose changes to applicable statutes which affect sentencing procedures in their courts. However, if it is not possible to advocate for the desired statutory change without publicly commenting on a specific, identifiable case, they must wait until the case is completely resolved.
20 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Case of Mistaken Identity at US Supreme Court

On the rare occasions when he felt the U.S. Supreme Court had messed up, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist was fond of saying, "Even Homer nods." The court nodded Monday and confessed that it had almost drummed the wrong lawyer out of the Supreme Court bar.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Case of Mistaken Identity at US Supreme Court

On the rare occasions when he felt the U.S. Supreme Court had messed up, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist was fond of saying, "Even Homer nods." The court nodded Monday and confessed that it had almost drummed the wrong lawyer out of the Supreme Court bar.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

SEC Bars Former PetroTiger GC Convicted in Bribery Case

Former PetroTiger Ltd. general counsel Gregory Weisman has been suspended from practicing before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission more than three years after his guilty plea in a bribery case.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Bars Former PetroTiger GC Convicted in Bribery Case

Former PetroTiger Ltd. general counsel Gregory Weisman has been suspended from practicing before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission more than three years after his guilty plea in a bribery case.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Supreme Court Disciplines 7 South Florida Attorneys

One attorney was suspended for mixing law firm funds with his yacht business' money.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

State Supreme Court Disciplines 7 South Florida Attorneys

One attorney was suspended for mixing law firm funds with his yacht business' money.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Ethics Upon Ethics: The Attorney's Dilemma

In practice, lawyers have two codes of ethics: their personal moral compass, and the Rules of Professional Conduct. Sometimes there is discord between these two ethical guides.
16 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Gets Prison for Insurance Fraud

U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson handed down the sentence to 62-year-old David Quatrella, who pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
6 minute read

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