/legalethics?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Legal Ethics Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:16:34 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413721?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413721 A Connecticut judge said Wednesday that he notified ethics officials after finding the general counsel of the state's utilities authority tried to mislead the court and opposing counsel over deleted text messages in a rate dispute with a pair of natural gas suppliers. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:03:28 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413850?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413850 James Comey on Thursday reiterated his request that the U.S. Department of Justice be forced to disclose all grand jury materials related to his indictment, noting the government has conceded that the grand jury never saw the operative indictment and saying the purported misconduct "shocks the conscience." Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:41:06 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413957?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413957 X Corp. has ended its California state lawsuit against Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz over $90 million in legal fees tied to the fight over Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, according to a court filing. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:22:52 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413262?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413262 A New York state appeals court has reversed an order disqualifying Holland & Knight LLP and one of its partners from representing a fuel company in an arbitration proceeding being conducted in New York over its supply of allegedly defective marine fuel. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 21:09:14 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2412266?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2412266 Kline & Specter PC co-founder Shanin Specter said Thursday he was concerned for his safety after allegedly appearing in the background of a social media video in which former firm attorney Thomas Bosworth — whose departure from Kline & Specter sparked a contentious legal battle — purportedly mused about the return of duels as a means of resolving conflicts. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:13:14 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413609?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413609 A man who alleged he was sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest in Brooklyn should have full access to the cleric's psychological treatment reports that were forwarded from a facility to his supervising bishop, a New York state appeals court has affirmed, denying clergy-penitent or doctor-patient privilege. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:04:33 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413945?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413945 The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to beef up security for state and local judges. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:08:39 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413696?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413696 A California federal judge has ordered patent firm Ramey LLP and its founder to pay Netflix $95,000 in attorney fees for violating a court protective order by sharing confidential documents with a third-party litigation funder. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:52:08 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413390?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413390 A former in-house attorney for Dell can't pursue a lawsuit alleging that the company fired her because she chose to work remotely to accommodate her high-risk pregnancy, the technology company told a Massachusetts federal judge, arguing she is bound by an arbitration agreement. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:50:45 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413774 The Miami Lakes Town Council has signed off on a $100,000 settlement with Becker & Poliakoff PC to resolve the municipality's lawsuit over a former firm lobbyist's role in an FBI sting operation that led to the arrest of the town's later-acquitted mayor. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:18:57 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413643?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413643 A New Jersey appellate panel on Thursday ruled that a former Reed Smith LLP attorney is entitled to pursue more damages and obtain expanded wage data in her gender discrimination suit against the firm, saying a trial court incorrectly applied certain statutes when it limited the damages and data she could seek. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:14:15 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413644?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413644 On the same day that a Philadelphia federal judge approved $58 million in settlements as part of an ongoing generic-drug price-fixing multidistrict litigation, she also ordered several claims recovery firms to correct allegedly false and misleading ads used to attract potential clients seeking to make claims on the settlements. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:36:43 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413703?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413703 The Illinois Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday disbarring former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, who consented to the disbarment after he was convicted earlier this year on charges claiming he used his official position to steer business to his now-defunct personal law firm. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:36:30 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2411229?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2411229 Litigators should consider leveraging forthcoming amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which will require early negotiations of privilege-related discovery claims, by taking an offensive posture toward privilege logs at the outset of discovery, says David Ben-Meir at Ben-Meir Law. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:34:17 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413625?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413625 Unlockd Media has become at least the second Google antitrust foe to seek the recusal of U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. over his close relationship with Google's vice president for litigation and discovery. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:47:18 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413615 Former interim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon told a federal judge Thursday that she never promised crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond any kind of no-prosecute deal as the government negotiated a guilty plea with Bond's husband, former FTX executive Ryan Salame. Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:23:57 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2395428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2395428 Raising miniature livestock on my farm, where I am fully present with the animals, is an almost meditative time that allows me to return to work invigorated, ready to juggle numerous responsibilities and motivated to tackle hard issues in new ways, says Ted Kobus at BakerHostetler. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:44:41 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413325?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413325 Charlie Javice, who faces a seven-year sentence for conning JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying her college financial aid startup Frank, asked a Manhattan federal judge Wednesday for a new trial, arguing that two clerks who worked on the trial had accepted jobs with the bank's firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:05:18 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2413437?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2413437 PacifiCorp announced Wednesday that it has reached a $150 million settlement with more than 1,400 plaintiffs who blame the Berkshire Hathaway-owned utility's equipment for sparking deadly Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 19:16:37 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2412854?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2412854 An Illinois federal judge sanctioned Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. on Tuesday over the company's failure to preserve text message data from more than 50 company-issued cellphones for discovery in multidistrict litigation targeting an allegedly illegal advertising price-fixing scheme.