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Tech Accelerator Sues Jackson Walker Over Alleged Conflict in Vendor Deal

The Virginia-based National Security Technology Accelerator alleges that a Jackson Walker lawyer failed to mention she was also working for the organization on the other side of the vendor contract.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

Can I purchase my client's lawsuit from the client, have the client then assign the rights to me and then pursue it?
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

2 Connecticut Attorneys Disciplined, 1 Placed on Inactive Status

Connecticut's Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel issued its latest report on attorney discipline. The counsel gave out discipline for two attorneys and put one attorney on inactive status.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

O'Melveny Fends Off Bankruptcy Trustee's $54M Malpractice Claim

A federal judge rejected arguments that an arbitrator was biased against the trustee because the arbitrator's son couldn't get a summer associate position job at either O'Melveny & Myers or Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Can 91a Dismissal Motions Use Affirmative Defenses? This High Court Case Will Decide

When considering Rule 91a motions to dismiss, which dismiss claims with no basis in law or fact, some intermediate appellate courts have ruled that they are allowed to consider affirmative defenses. Other courts have ruled the opposite. The Texas Supreme Court will decide the split in this case.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

You've Been Served. Now What?

For some attorneys, the hardest thing can be to act as a client and not as an advocate.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Little-Known Law Curbing Unauthorized Practice Faces Test in Cross-Border Estate Case

The law allows any person who suffers a loss as a result of unauthorized practice to bring a civil action for an amount three times the costs incurred.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I represent a client in a fairly high-profile criminal case. There has been some adverse publicity in the newspapers and on the internet about my client, which may be the results of leaks from the District Attorney's Office, elsewhere or from origins not known. I want to respond to those leaks. Can I do so ethically?
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

The Cleaner: How Trustee Linda Hadley Steps In for Attorneys in Trouble

Attorney Linda Hadley outlined her involvement in taking over the cases of disciplined attorney David Chomick in an interview with the Connecticut Law Tribune.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Does a Proposed Ethics Rule Amendment Have Teeth?

To most lawyers, the Rules of Professional Conduct govern matters such as conflicts of interest and the disclosure of confidential and sensitive information, but do not impact how they manage their offices, how they conduct their private affairs, or how they deal with staff and others.
9 minute read

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