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The Legal Intelligencer

When Legal Malpractice Becomes a Disciplinary Matter

There is obvious overlap between legal malpractice and misconduct under the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct. However, there are important distinctions. The most important distinction is a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct may not be the basis of a legal malpractice claim against an attorney, but failure to provide competent representation can be the basis for disciplinary action.
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The Legal Intelligencer

In re Krain, PICS Case No. 16-0887 (Pa. June 10, 2016) per curiam (14 pages).

Lawyer suspended for over four years failed to demonstrate he had met the qualifications for reinstatement. Petition for reinstatement denied.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Energy Intelligence Group, Inc. v. Cowen and Co., LLC

Despite 'Ethical Wall' Law Firm Is Disqualified For Partner's Prior Involvement With Defendant
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Circuit Judge Faces Allegations of Improper Comments

A Jacksonville judge accused of using epithets to refer to a female staff attorney and saying that blacks should "go back to Africa" could face sanctions after an investigation by a panel that polices judicial conduct.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Save the Tricks, and Maintain Your Integrity

I am a young lawyer and I want to make a name for myself in litigation. Can I or my investigator mislead who we are? The litigation involves a house this person lives in with supposed problems. I want either myself or the investigator to pose as a potential buyer, can I do that?
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

Are Big Law Firms Wrecking Capitalism?

A book by Robert Reich puts lawyers and their corporate clients in the crosshairs.
45 minute read

Daily Business Review

Counts Dropped in Gulf Oil Spill Fraud Case Against Lawyer

A Texas lawyer and six co-defendants are now facing a reduced indictment of 73 charges, instead of 95, at federal trial on accusations that they faked more than 40,000 damage claims after the BP oil spill in 2010.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Lawyer, Class Action Targeting Closing Firm Title Source Dismissed

An attorney who was the sole remaining defendant in a putative class action accusing a mortgage closing firm of violating federal and state law in conducting witness-only real estate closings has been dismissed and the suit dropped after a federal magistrate recommended that she—like the other defendants—be granted summary judgment on the claims.
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The Legal Intelligencer

A Pa. Lawyer Who Wasn't Faces Sentencing After Years of Deception

Kimberly Kitchen's past began to unspool two years ago. Kitchen was, by all accounts, a generous member of the Huntingdon community whose volunteer work with charitable organizations made her a familiar face around town. She was also a forger who practiced law without a license, for which she was found guilty in March of two misdemeanors and a felony. As she prepares to be sentenced Tuesday, the Huntingdon County bar is picking up the pieces left behind by her ruse.
21 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Avoid being placed on inactive status.

I practice in another jurisdiction, so I allowed my Pennsylvania law license to be placed on inactive status about 12 years ago. I recently saw that I am listed as administratively suspended. I don't understand how inactive status went to a suspension. Could you explain?
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