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New Jersey Law Journal

Pop Quiz: What Would You Do?

Our legal-ethics expert tests your knowledge.
15 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Adding a Legal Fee Percentage is Wrong, Misleading and Potentially Criminal

I am a lawyer involved in commercial confession of judgments. I noted that often confession of judgments have added a 15 percent legal fee in addition to the judgment. But, I also noted that sometimes the law firm doesn't get that 15 percent legal fee. Instead the client pays either an hourly or reduced rate and the client keeps the balance of the 15 percent fee. Is that unethical?
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyer Reinstated After Suspension for Profanity

A Rochester criminal defense attorney has been reinstated to the practice of law in the Western District after a six-month suspension for being profane and discourteous toward prosecutors, marshals and other court personnel.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Former Big Law Associate Convicted of Voyeurism Fights Disbarment

The D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility issued a report Friday recommending that an attorney who secretly filmed a man changing clothes be disbarred, rather than suspended.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Artificial Intelligence Creates Genuine Liability Concerns

By | August 01, 2016
Ross, marketed as "the world's first artificially intelligent attorney," will do certain limited and focused legal research, but human lawyers remain responsible for the ultimate work product.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Mess Up, Fess Up

By | August 01, 2016
None of us is perfect. We all screw up on occasion. How we react and how we handle the matter when the inevitable occurs, can sometimes cause problems.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Barratry Brawl

What better way to clamp down on the practice than simply giving victims the ability to sue the very lawyers who'd improperly solicited them?
22 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Malloy, PICS Case No. 16-0922 (D.B. June 30, 2016) per curiam (34 pages).

Stemming from a real estate client's representation in the purchase of a house, respondent Edward Charles Malloy III made a series of legal decisions that catapulted a simple claim for carpeting reimbursement into a much larger suit. ODC recommended suspension for five years.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Disciplines 15 Attorneys

The Florida Supreme Court disciplined 15 South Florida attorneys, including five who were disbarred, the Florida Bar announced Friday.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Reciprocity is Dead in Florida. Now What for the Practice of Law?

Playing the devil's advocate, attorney Matthew Sarelson offers 13 suggestions for changing the practice of law in Florida.
25 minute read

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