/legalethics?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Legal Ethics Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:12:43 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2350532?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2350532 New Jersey-based Porzio Bromberg & Newman PC asked a Louisiana federal judge to dismiss a doctor's suit accusing the firm of driving him into bankruptcy, arguing that there's no jurisdiction that would justify continued litigation in the state. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:12:17 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2350394?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2350394 Texas' four-year time limit on attorney discipline applies to "reciprocal" discipline cases, in which a lawyer is sanctioned in Texas after being similarly sanctioned in another state, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:04:00 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2342370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2342370 As the administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and law firms consider pulling back from their programs, lawyers who care about racial equity and justice can employ four strategies to create microspaces of justice, which can then be parlayed into drivers of transformational change, says Susan Sturm at Columbia Law School. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:43:43 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2350223?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2350223 Insurance litigation firm Matthiesen Wickert & Lehrer SC pushed back against a whistleblower's request to have her case remanded to state court, arguing that the amount sought in the case satisfies the $75,000 minimum to stay in federal court. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:15:55 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2350228?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2350228 A divided Texas First Court of Appeals won't disturb a split decision that revived a dispute between an attorney and a former attorney over a fee-sharing agreement in tobacco litigation, rejecting a litigation finance company's en banc request to keep its trial court victory and prevent the case from being remanded. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:49:40 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2343509?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2343509 The U.S. Department of Justice’s new rules, making it easier for law enforcement investigating leaks to compel members of the media and third parties to disclose information, could have wide-ranging impacts, from reduced protections for journalists and organizations, to an expanded focus on nonclassified material, say attorneys at WilmerHale. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:44:37 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2350100?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2350100 A California trial court erred when it blocked any reference to underlying legal malpractice allegations in a trial for recovery of fees brought by a San Francisco lawyer against his former clients, according to a Golden State appeals panel, which found the malpractice claims, though "effectively abandoned," had not reached final judgment on the merits. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:29:17 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349194?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349194 Fox Rothschild LLP has settled a Colorado real estate investor's legal malpractice lawsuit over a $3 million development deal that went wrong, according to a new order filed in state court directing the parties to file for dismissal within a month. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 20:56:53 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2350015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2350015 An Indiana state appeals court Thursday upheld a defense win in a medical malpractice trial despite a juror's post-verdict revelation that she had previously heard of a defense expert witness. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:49:30 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349875?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349875 A former attorney has asked an Idaho federal court to toss the government's suit accusing him and his company of promoting an abusive tax scheme, arguing that the underlying property sale transactions were above board but the government targeted him as punishment for suing the IRS and to gain backdoor access into confidential business records. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:48:44 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2350041?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2350041 A law firm's counterclaim accusing a paralegal of launching an unpaid overtime wages lawsuit against it in order to try to extort it for money cannot proceed, a Texas federal judge ruled Thursday, saying the claim isn't sufficiently linked to the underlying dispute. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:38:19 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2350001?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2350001 Senate Democrats have vowed to do whatever they can to defeat a provision in the budget reconciliation that would limit federal courts' ability to hold federal officials in contempt, and some Republicans are wary of it as well.  Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:36:06 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349959?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349959 Florida attorneys who are charged with a felony will soon be given the opportunity to respond before the issuing of an interim suspension under a new rule created by the Florida Supreme Court Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:33:55 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349813?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349813 A D.C. federal judge allowed a city attorney's discrimination and retaliation lawsuit to proceed to discovery Thursday, rejecting the D.C. government's motion to toss the claims that a city administrative law judge discriminated against Black women and paid the plaintiff attorney less than her male peers. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:30:28 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349998?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349998 Sills Cummis & Gross PC is asking a New Jersey state court to order a former client to produce documents to back up allegations the law firm padded legal bills that reached about $1.5 million, saying the man's responses have been "inadequate" and "vaguely written." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:23:57 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349876 Tom Girardi's son-in-law pled guilty to criminal contempt Thursday in Illinois federal court, admitting he knew the once-celebrated plaintiffs lawyer failed to pay millions of dollars in plane crash settlement funds they had been ordered to distribute to their clients "as soon as practical." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:16:15 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349723?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349723 A Florida lawyer sentenced to 75 months in prison over a COVID-19 loan fraud scheme has asked the Eleventh Circuit to rehear her sentencing en banc, arguing the appellate court should reexamine the district court's so-called Keane statement allegedly disregarding sentencing guidelines. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:14:53 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2348973?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2348973 Claggett Sykes & Garza LLC partner Andrew Garza told a Connecticut state court judge Thursday that someone used his identity to open bank accounts and file a fraudulent registration for his former law firm with the Secretary of the State's office, and he needs the court to order U.S. Bank and other companies to give him information that could reveal the perpetrator. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:10:56 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349748?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349748 Foley & Lardner LLP urged an Illinois federal judge to dismiss a bias suit by a former summer associate, arguing her job offer was rescinded not due to her Arab Muslim identity but because her public comments on Hamas' 2023 attack on Israel "violated the firm's core values" and showed "incredibly poor judgment." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:30:35 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2349987?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2349987 A group of lawyers, law professors and former judges asked the Florida Bar on Thursday to open an ethics investigation into Pam Bondi's actions as attorney general, saying she has pushed U.S. Department of Justice attorneys to violate their ethical obligations under the guise of "zealous advocacy."