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The Legal Intelligencer

As AG Race Advances, Kane Is the 'Elephant in the Room'

As election season enters its next phase and the race for Pennsylvania attorney general shifts to a two-person contest, the current leader of the office figures to take a more prominent role in conversations surrounding the campaign. The drama that has followed state Attorney General Kathleen Kane and created disarray in her office in recent months could be a key factor in drawing differences between Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro and state Sen. John Rafferty Jr., R-Montgomery, as the campaign unfolds to be her successor.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

DAs' Group Urges Quick Inquiry Into Claims About Prosecutor

The head of the state district attorneys' association on Tuesday called on the Third Department's Committee on Professional Standards to expedite an inquiry into a judge's accusation of prosecutorial abuse and mismanagement against St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain.
10 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Federal Judge Issues Rule 11 Sanctions Against Plaintiffs and Former Attorney

U.S. Senior District Judge David Ezra in Austin igranted a defendants' request that plaintiffs pay a total of $70,304 in attorney fees.
11 minute read

The American Lawyer

News & Gossip: Slaughter & May, DLA, S&C + More

A quick and dirty take on the news.
22 minute read

Texas Lawyer

District Attorney Dodges Grievance Over Advice to Strike Black Jurors

Wharton County DA Ross Kurtz's alleged comments about striking blacks from juries concerned one of his prosecutors and brought tough questions from a judge. But the State Bar dismissed a grievance over it.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Justices Side With Firm in Fee Dispute

The state Supreme Court has ruled a law firm cannot be held liable for breach of contract under a fee agreement a nonpartner entered into before he joined the firm.
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

Supreme Court of Georgia Rules in 5 Discipline Cases

By | April 26, 2016
The Supreme Court of Georgia on Tuesday issued discipline decisions regarding the following lawyers: Stephen Bailey Wallace II, disbarred; Mary Ellen Franklin, three-month suspension; Gayle S. Graziano, six-month suspension; David P. Hartin, voluntary surrender of license; Morris P. Fair Jr., petition for voluntary discipline rejected
39 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-122

By | April 26, 2016
A judge may not accept a gift of a food platter from a former judge, now practicing in the judge's court, or from a bar group on the former judge's behalf.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-119

By | April 26, 2016
Where a county court judge is aware a town justice presided over an arraignment and then requested the matter be transferred due to a purported conflict, but lacks relevant details of the purported conflict, the judge need not take any further action.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

What All Good Compliance Programs Have in Common

A first-of-its-kind report released April 25 offers a road map for creating high-quality compliance programs, no matter the company's size.
7 minute read

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