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Villani v. Siebert, PICS Case No. 17-0657 (Pa. April 26, 2017) Saylor, C. J., Baer, J. (concurring), Donohue (dissenting) (45 pages).

Trial court erred in granting appellee's preliminary objections to a Dragonetti act complaint on constitutional grounds because appellee failed to establish that the Dragonetti act clearly and palpably violated the Pennsylvania constitution or that the court should per se immunize attorneys, as attorneys, from the application of the substantive tort principles promulgated by the political branch in the Dragonetti act. Reversed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Contacting Jurors Is Prohibited Pretrial; Ask a Judge Post-trial

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Connecticut Law Tribune

Handicapping Disciplinary Cases

At best, handicapping our Supreme Court is an inexact science, but if several recent cases give any indication, I think the pendulum there is swinging in favor of attorneys in discipline matters.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 17-60

An announcement by the outgoing political party chair that next year's party meeting will be held "in May 2018" is not sufficiently definite and reliable for judicial candidates to calculate the start of their window period. They may therefore assume that this year's official date will be used again in 2018 and count back nine months from that presumed date.
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National Law Journal

Ken Starr: Accusations Against Lanier 'Way Off Base'

Corporate opponents who Houston plaintiffs attorney Mark Lanier "vanquished, fair and square, in the courtroom" concocted allegations that he concealed payments to expert witnesses, writes Kenneth Starr.
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Texas Lawyer

Judge Denies Bob Bennett's Request For Mediation Before Sanction Hearing

Houston lawyer Robert S. Bennett asked a judge to order mediation before he holds a hearing to determine the sanction against Bennett in a disciplinary suit.
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Texas Lawyer

Judge Denies Bob Bennett's Request For Mediation Before Sanction Hearing

Houston lawyer Robert S. Bennett asked a judge to order mediation before he holds a hearing to determine the sanction against Bennett in a disciplinary suit.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Gets Prison Sentence for Bilking Clients of Nearly $1M

John O'Brien, 53, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in December for using funds from one client to pay debts owed to others.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Gets Prison Sentence for Bilking Clients of Nearly $1M

John O'Brien, 53, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in December for using funds from one client to pay debts owed to others.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

State Justices Reverse Attorney Suspension

The trial judge was wrong to sanction Hartford attorney Joseph Elder because of a six-year statute of limitations for most attorney discipline cases, the high court ruled.
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