The Louisiana Supreme Court issued an important opinion this week in In re MMA Law Firm, PLLC, answering certified questions from a federal court about whether and when attorney misconduct …
At the Florida Bar Convention in Orlando on June 17, two veteran judges delivered an unequivocal message about the duty of competence and lawyers’ use of AI. U.S. Magistrate Judge …
We previously reported on the ethics charges filed against Clark County District Judge Erika Ballou arising from her social media posts. See Nevada Judge Faces Ethics Violations Over Social Media …
he Illinois Supreme Court has suspended Yorkville attorney Mark A. Shlifka for three years, effective February 5, 2026. Mr. Shlifka, licensed since 1988, served as First Assistant State’s Attorney for …
Legal services in the United States generate hundreds of billions of dollars annually, much of it in contingency and plaintiff-side litigation where a single verdict or settlement can return multiples …
These lawyers were the subject of Louisiana Supreme Court disciplinary orders or Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board recommendations published during the month of May 2026. Louisiana Supreme Court LADB Hearing Committees
We write often about the importance of the details in engagement agreements and how they can protect lawyers and their clients down the road. The best engagement agreements are detailed, …
This weekend Louisiana voters rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the mandatory retirement age for state court judges. Constitutional Amendment 5, which would have increased the age cap from …
Generative AI is a genuinely useful tool for lawyers, and many Louisiana practitioners are already using it in some form. By now, though, the warnings about AI hallucinations in legal …
Every year, the LADB publishes valuable data on Attorney Discipline in Louisiana. The statistics for 2025 demonstrate a noteworthy shift that Louisiana lawyers will want to absorb. Two years have …
