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New York Law Journal

New Evidence Leads Federal Judge to Withdraw Attorneys' Sanctions

A federal judge has withdrawn sanctions she previously imposed on two attorneys for allegedly interfering with the interview of witnesses in prescription drug litigation, citing "game changing" new testimony from four witnesses who said they weren't told not to speak with opposing counsel.
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The Legal Intelligencer

T. Levy Assoc., Inc. v. Kaplan, PICS Case No. 17-0033 (EDPa. Dec. 22, 2016) Kearney, J. (7 pages).

By | January 13, 2017
Defendants moved to disqualify plaintiff T. Levy Associates' counsel, Spector, Gadon & Rosen, P.C., under Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Conduct 1.9 and 1.10, alleging that Michael Cross represented defendants Michael and Nina Kaplan before he joined Spector Gadon, and represented defendant BLC Beauty in litigation against its landlord. Defendants further alleged that Barry Brownstein, as a member of Spector Gadon, represented Ms. Kaplan and BLC Beauty in litigation. Defendant allege that attorney Cross may have acquired confidential information regarding the Kaplans' personal financial information while preparing their estate documents, but did not allege any specific confidential information that either attorney Cross or attorney Brownstein may have acquired during their representations of Ms. Kaplan and BLC Beauty in litigation.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Test for Jeff Sessions

The new attorney general says he'll be independent; here's a chance for him to prove it.
11 minute read

Daily Report Online

Interact Ethically With Deposition Witnesses

Unethical conduct can result in sanctions, a deposition do-over, embarrassment and an unhappy client.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-115

By | January 13, 2017
A judge may permit his/her law clerk to teach a class on the Penal Law to law enforcement personnel, provided he/she does so in a manner that promotes public confidence in the judiciary's impartiality and integrity and does not suggest a predisposition on any particular matter. The law clerk should also be willing to teach a similar course to a defense-side audience, if requested.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jailed Lawyer, Newly Released, Arrested in Marijuana-Related Stock Scheme

Disbarred attorney Guy Jean-Pierre completed his jail term Tuesday morning in Queens only to be greeted and arrested for money laundering in connection with a pump-and-dump stock scheme.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

It's Difficult for Hard-Working Superior Court Judges to Issue In-Depth Opinions

I saw a proposed rule change allowing citation to unreported decisions by the Superior Court. It appears far too many decisions of the Superior Court are memorandum and not reported, why is that?
20 minute read

National Law Journal

Walter Shaub, U.S. Ethics Office Chief, Never Planned to Be a Silent Force

Walter Shaub Jr., the chief U.S. government ethics official, told a congressional committee in 2012 he was prepared to meet the challenges ahead. The Obama administration appointee likely had no idea then how prescient his remarks would be. Shaub, director of the Office of Government Ethics, is now at the center of a rising dispute over the scope of Donald Trump's real and perceived conflicts of interest.
26 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Bar Files Ethics Charges Against Attorney

The Florida Bar Wednesday filed ethics charges against attorney Ramon Manuel Rodriguez, accused of knowingly filing and prosecuting a frivolous perjury case against opposing counsel at Lewis Tein.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

VW In-House Lawyer Implicated, 6 Others Indicted by DOJ

Volkswagen Group today agreed to plead guilty to three felonies over its emissions cheating scandal, and federal prosecutors said six former VW department heads were indicted as the investigation against individuals continues.
12 minute read

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