/legalethics?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Legal Ethics Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:45:29 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377751?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377751 An Arizona federal judge has revoked a Washington state-based attorney's ability to practice in the Grand Canyon state and removed her as counsel in a social security disability lawsuit over a court filing containing fake and misleading case citations. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:44:34 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377547?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377547 A federal judge tasked with deciding if U.S. Attorney Alina Habba was legitimately serving as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor was curious about how she ascended to the role in the first place, suggesting at one point during a hearing that the government proposed a game of "musical chairs" filled with a "manufactured" position. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 15:02:12 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2375693?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2375693 Amid salacious headlines about lawyers behaving badly and recent polls showing the public’s increasingly unfavorable view of attorneys, we must make meaningful changes to our culture to rebuild trust in the legal system, says Carl Taylor at Carl Taylor Law. Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:34:48 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377295?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377295 A former Branscomb PC partner is asking the Texas Supreme Court to reject a lower court's order compelling him to arbitrate a suit he brought against the firm's other partners accusing them of wrongfully ousting him. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:41:45 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377389?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377389 A Ninth Circuit panel reinstated a $72 million jury verdict against Boeing in an electric jet startup's trade secret case on Thursday and said a new judge should handle future proceedings, flagging the trial judge's late disclosure that his spouse acquired Boeing stock through an IRA during the litigation. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 22:15:33 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2376923?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2376923 A Florida federal judge on Thursday warned parties in a proposed class action over attorney access for individuals confined at the Everglades immigrant detention center that some claims in the lawsuit appear to belong in a neighboring district, saying that he could issue a ruling reflecting this determination.  Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:55:23 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2376718?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2376718 A Virginia woman has told the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals she should be resentenced because her attorney provided bad advice, resulting in her receiving a 30-year prison term for selling her boyfriend's property while he was incarcerated. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 21:32:43 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377380?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377380 A Delaware federal judge on Thursday found that two Lindis Biotech immunotherapy patents at the heart of the German company's $50.3 million infringement verdict against Amgen are unenforceable. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:53:53 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377337?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377337 The Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a Nevada federal court's judgment awarding a litigation support services company a combined $350,000 in liquidated damages and attorney fees after finding a competitor breached their years-old settlement and violated its trademark, determining the district court had not selectively enforced the rules. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:52:57 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2376684?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2376684 UnitedHealth subsidiary OptumRx Inc. is seeking a ban on secret communications with the Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling national opioid litigation after the court-appointed special master accidentally sent the company an email, intended for the judge, celebrating a "gambit" that prevented objections to his decision. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:51:42 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377341?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377341 A Colorado healthcare solutions company accused of falsifying records to state medical officials in order to obtain millions in funding for COVID-19 vaccination centers said Thursday that its prior attorney is at fault for the dismissal of a defamation case against a local journalist who broke the story. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:16:19 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377154?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377154 A mortgage lender said it is owed $540,000 from a title insurer after a borrower filed a complaint with the North Carolina Department of Justice about fraudulent activity related to his loan, telling a federal court the insurer shirked its obligations under the policy and related coverage documents. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:35:53 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377206 An Oklahoma city is looking to dismiss a challenge by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation that looks to block the municipality from prosecuting Native Americans for crimes committed on tribal lands, arguing that a 2022 Supreme Court ruling gives it concurrent jurisdiction with the federally recognized tribe. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:08:04 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377436?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377436 The convicted Boston Marathon bomber on Thursday asked the full First Circuit to consider disqualifying his trial judge from leading an investigation into potential juror bias, arguing an appellate court panel failed to assess whether post-trial public comments tainted his impartiality. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:48:04 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2376959?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2376959 A new trial ordered in an auto collision case was wrongly granted based on juror misconduct, a Florida appeals court has ruled, saying a juror's involvement in injury litigation was disclosed on his questionnaire but wasn't explored in court due to a "lack of diligence" by defense counsel. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:43:45 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377320?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377320 The Florida Bar has again pushed back on a request to investigate U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi for alleged unethical conduct, telling the Supreme Court of Florida that a group of complainants can't bulldoze past its policy of not investigating sitting government officials. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:24:28 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377159?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377159 A bipartisan group of current and former members of Congress on Wednesday criticized the Trump administration's appointment of acting New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, saying doing it without congressional approval is unconstitutional. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:23:40 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2376876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2376876 Hearsay evidence and conclusory allegations of impartiality are not enough to cause the Fourth Circuit to remove the federal judge presiding over white supremacist mass shooter Dylann Roof's criminal case in South Carolina, a panel of out-of-circuit judges determined in a nonprecedential ruling. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:23:30 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377205?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377205 A Georgia federal judge has dismissed a former secretary's pregnancy discrimination suit against a county and the chief judge of its juvenile court, adopting a magistrate judge's recommendation that found the secretary didn't prove that her pregnancy led to her being fired. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 16:15:24 +0000 /legalethics/articles/2377308?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /legalethics/articles/2377308 Allowing U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, to escape bribery charges under the Constitution's speech and debate clause would "eviscerate" several precedents set under the provision, prosecutors told a federal judge on Thursday.