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The Legal Intelligencer

In re Corcoran, PICS Case No. 16-1027 (Pa. Aug. 11, 2016) per curiam (13 pages).

By | August 26, 2016
Despite the objections of the ODC as to the amount of debt still outstanding, the Disciplinary Board found petitioner satisfied the moral and professional requirements for reinstatement to the bar. The petition for reinstatement was granted; petitioner to pay the costs of the proceeding.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Take Up Full-Court Recusal Over Judge's Financial Gain

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to take up the issue of a full-bench recusal when one of the judges on the bench has a financial interest in the case at hand.
11 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Sunset Commission Rejects Proposal to Repeal Rules Referenda

A group of Texas lawmakers rejected a proposal this week—unpopular among some lawyers—for the 2017 Texas Legislature to repeal the rules referendum process that allows Texas attorneys to vote on changes to attorney disciplinary rules.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Two Tampa Lawyers Disbarred for Setting Up Opponent's Bust

The attorneys are permanently disbarred for arranging their opponent's drunken-driving arrest during trial. The target lost his trial bag for hours before he was released from jail.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Dallas Woman Sues City Council Member and Atlanta Lawyer for Barratry in Fatal Dog Mauling Case

In a newly filed barratry suit, a Dallas city councilwoman and an Atlanta plaintiff's lawyer face allegations they improperly solicited a woman for representation in a wrongful death suit after a pack of dogs mauled her mother.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Competing State Bar Bills Emerge as Session Nears End

Only days after the Assembly introduced an amended, last-ditch-effort state bar dues bill, a Senate lawmaker on Monday unveiled a competing measure, ratcheting up the political conflict over what is typically a mundane piece of legislation.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Implement Unsworn Declarations

By | August 22, 2016
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Binding Ethics Decision on Medical Marijuana Benefits Bar

By | August 22, 2016
7 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Industry: Wake Up and Smell the Data!

Everyone in the legal profession should double down and learn what these cutting-edge technologies can safely and securely do to improve outcomes for clients.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Albany Judge Faced Rare Anti-Prosecution Ethics Charges

An Albany City Court judge's resignation last week marked a rare instance where a New York judge faced discipline based on allegations of anti-prosecutorial bias. Judge Thomas Keefe's case also reflected the far more common complaint about judges—demeanor from the bench that's in conflict with expectations of how judges should behave under the state's code of judicial ethics.
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