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The Legal Intelligencer

There Are Risks When Hiring Independent Contract Lawyers

In major litigation, my firm hires document lawyers to review documents and provide summaries. They are paid as independent contractors sometimes, and other times, if they are going to be there for a period of time, they are treated as temporary employees where taxes are taken out. Are there any ethical obligations presented?
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The American Lawyer

Judge Disqualifies Kasowitz and DLA Piper in Contract Dispute, Citing Conflicts of Interest for Both Sides

A recent disqualification ruling found that neither Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman nor DLA Piper should be representing their respective clients in a contract dispute both sides had conflicts of interest.
24 minute read

New York Law Journal

2 States, 2 Levels of Punishment in Attorney Discipline Case

An attorney who was disbarred in New Jersey for misappropriation of client funds has received a lighter sanction—three years' suspension—in New York, where he is also licensed to practice, for the same incident of misconduct.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

MetLife Counsel Appointed to Judicial Conduct Panel

Taa Grays, the vice president and associate general counsel for information governance at MetLife, Inc., has been appointed to serve on the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Issues 6 Lawyer Discipline Opinions

By | March 22, 2017
The Supreme Court of Georgia issued the following six lawyer discipline decisions on Monday.
70 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-160

By | March 22, 2017
A part-time judge whose first-degree relative is the police chief for the municipality where the judge presides is disqualified in any matter involving the municipal police department or its officers, subject to remittal where appropriate.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Town Justice Censured for Misconduct on Bench

Hastings Town Court Justice Michael Clark dismissed or reduced defendants' charges without telling prosecutors, imposed conditions on a defendant's release with no legal basis, and increased a defendant's bail from $3,500 to $5,000 without explanation, the Commission on Judicial Conduct said.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Mind the Line Between Jury Research and Tampering

By | March 21, 2017
Thorough and exhaustive research to learn more than the limited information a juror provides about himself is not only the lawyer's right, it is his obligation. But ex parte attempts to influence an entire pool of potential jurors is to be condemned in the strongest terms.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-159

By | March 21, 2017
A judge who is dissatisfied with an attorney's explanation of the propriety of his/her conduct in connection with a proposed default divorce decree must determine, based on the facts and circumstances known to the judge, whether there is a substantial likelihood that the attorney's actions constitute a substantial violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct and, if so, must take appropriate action. If the judge determines in good faith that he/she is legally permitted and/or legally required to sign the decrees, he/she may do so without violating the Rules Governing Judicial Conduct, assuming he/she can be fair and impartial and is not otherwise disqualified from presiding in matters involving the attorney.
15 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Nearly 10 Percent of World's Most Ethical Companies are Insurers, Ethics Group Says

A dozen of the 124 companies recognized this year by the Ethisphere Institute as the “World's Most Ethical Companies” are insurance companies.
9 minute read

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