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The Legal Intelligencer

Economic Factors Driving Increase in Nonlawyer Payment Inquiries

As evidenced by a recent Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling invalidating an alleged fee-splitting arrangement between a law firm and an outside consultant, questions about the proper way for attorneys to pay nonlawyers who help generate business still arise frequently.
14 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Suit Says Managing Partner Pressured Female Staff for Sex

Hartford lawyer Timothy Brignole is accused of pervasive sexual harassment of his female staff, including paralegals and legal assistants, according to a lawsuit filed by a former intern against Brignole, his wife and his law firm.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Arrested Lawyer-Lobbyist Now Battling Addiction

Weeks after his arrest on a federal money laundering conspiracy charge, attorney-lobbyist Alan Koslow battles cocaine addiction while on probation.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-06

A full-time judge may generally publicize his/her book and participate in book signing and other promotional events the publisher organizes, but where the work is a children's book unrelated to the law, the judge may not personally participate in promotions that specifically target attorneys or the legal profession.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-203

A full-time judge who presides in a treatment court may serve on a legislator's advisory committee on drug abuse, subject to certain limitations.
10 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-DOJ Official Convicted in Abramoff Scandal Reinstated to the D.C. Bar

Robert Coughlin II, a former U.S. Department of Justice official convicted in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, has been reinstated to the D.C. Bar.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'What if I ...?'

An ethics attorney shares the three questions he hears most often, and his advice on those matters.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

Feds: Attorney Stole $850K From Real Estate Buyer

Joseph Scali was disbarred Wednesday and hit with a federal indictment on Friday for alleged fraud, tax evasion and obstruction of justice.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Commission on Professionalism Seeks Nominations for Annual Awards

The New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law is soliciting nominations for its annual professionalism awards: the Daniel J. O-Hern Award and the Charles J. Hollenbeck Award.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

I Won't Consent to Your Adjournment Request

A commentary written to spread the gospel of the "golden rule of adjournment consent."
6 minute read

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